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House on Mango Street (page 701 in textbook)
By Sandra Cisneros
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House on Mango Street Poetry Terms
Alliteration: the repetition of the same consonant sounds in words that are close together, or the repetition of consonant sounds that are very similar
“Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter…”
Assonance: the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together: “base” and “fade,” “young” and “love”
Consonance: the repetition of a pattern of consonants within words in which the separating vowels differ
*examples: "leaf" and "loaf" or "room" and "roam."
Free Verse: poetry that doesn’t have a regular meter or rhyme scheme (but may use
internal rhyme, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc.)
Hyperbole (overstatement): exaggeration
Imagery: language that appeals to the senses
Internal rhyme: occurs within a line
Irony: a contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality-- between what is
said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true
Metaphor: a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of words “like,” “as,” “than,”
or “resembles
Onomatopoeia: the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
*examples: crackle, pop, hiss, fizz, click, zoom, crash, splash, whirr, tick-tock, meow, ruff, squeak, thump, boom, rumble, snarl, sizzle, bang, cock-a-doodle-do, clickety-clack, gong, moo, screech, howl, growl, kerplunk, gush, clang, chime
Oxymoron: words that have contradictory or sharply incongruous meanings
*examples: conspicuous by his absence; cruel kindness; thunderous silence; make haste slowly; found missing; genuine imitation; good grief, almost exactly; same difference; government organization; military intelligence; sweet sorrow; act naturally; business ethics; clearly misunderstood; passive aggression; pretty ugly; definite maybe; twelve-ounce pound cake; diet ice cream; working vacation; exact estimate; sanitary landfill; home office; nearly perfect; natural synthetic; graduate student; virtual reality; first annual; vegetarian meatballs; safe bet
Paradox: a phrase that appears to be contradictory but expresses some measure of truth
*example: His complaint ... is too funny not to be taken seriously
Personification: a special kinds of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
*examples: “The sun smiled on us.” “The ocean scribbles long sentences on the shore.” “Love is blind.” “My cough is stubborn.”
Refrain: a repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines
Rhyme Scheme: can be determined by using a letter of the alphabet to indicate each new rhyme examples: ex. ABAB, AABB (couplets), ABCB
Rhythm: a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns, in poetry and prose
Simile: a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things,
using an explicit word such as “like,” “as,” “resembles” or “than”
Symbolism: a person, place, thing or even stands for itself as well as for something
beyond itself *examples: the American flag or the bald eagle represents America
Tone: the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject or a character; conveyed
through the writer’s choice of words and detail (can be serious, affectionate, mocking, nostalgic, sympathetic, sad, etc.)
Focus Your Reading (page 701)
1. What is the setting of Mango Street?
2. Define vignette:
“House on Mango Street” pages 703-4
3. Why does the family’s new house on Mango Street upset eleven year old Esperanza?
4. How does Esperanza envision her dream house?
5. What is the mood of this vignette?
6. Find the alliteration : gr_________ gr______________
7. Find the alliteration : p_________ p________________
“My Name” pages 705-6
8. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to be like her great-grandmother?
9. If Esperanza could change her name, what would it be and why?
10. Simile/ Alliteration: It is like the n________ n__________.
11. Metaphor: A m___________ c____________.
12. Metaphor: It is the M___________________________________________.
13. Simile: s__________ like s__________________
14. Metaphor: a w________ h__________ of a w___________
15. Hyperbole: my great-grandfather ______________________________________
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16. Hyperbole: She________________________________________________
17. Metaphor: I don’t want to _______________________________________
18. Simile: They say my name funny as if _____________________________
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19. Simile/ Alliteration: In Spanish my name is made out of a s___________ s____________, like s________________
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“Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark”
20. Why does Esperanza “hold and hold and hold” her father?
21. Simile/ Alliteration: as if he just heard the news himself, ____________
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22. Simile: flowers ___________________________________________________
23. Tone:
“A Smart Cookie”
24. What does Esperanza's mother regret?
25. Simile: sings _____________________________________________________
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26. Metaphor: she ___________________________________________________
27. Metaphor: I ______________________________________________________
28. Mood:
“Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes”
29. Explain the last three lines of the book: "They will now know I have gone away to come back. For the ones I left behind. For the ones who cannot out."
30. Personification: s_____________________________________
31. Paradox: the house _______________________________________________
32. Metaphor: the ghost ______________________________________________
33. Personification: Mango ___________________________________________
34. Paradox: I have gone away ____________________________.
35. What does Esperanza’s search for a house symbolize?
Choose ONE of the following reading responses:
Reading Response #1: Describe your dream house in detail on the inside and the outside. Where would it be? Who would live there with you?
Reading Response 2: Emulate Sandra Cisneros’ style in writing your own vignette. Relate a personal experience with vivid details.
Reading Response #3: Esperanza feels disillusioned when she sees her new home, eats in the canteen, and obtains her first job. When was a time that you or someone you know felt disillusioned? What are some common experiences that might disillusion young people?
Reading Response #4: Esperanza and many of the people in her community such as her grandmother, Marin, Mamacita, Rafaela and Sally seem to be unhappy with their lives and long to be somewhere else. How are you going to live your life so that you won’t have regrets when you’re older? What advice would you give to other people to obtain happiness in their adult lives?
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