House on Mango Street - Similes and Metaphors
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Lesson Plans by Becky Harvey
The House on Mango Street is a collection of short pieces, all written from the view of Esperanza, a young Hispanic girl. Over the course of the book, as Esperanza grows, she describes the people who come in and out of her life on Mango Street. Engage students with Storyboard That activities!
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Figurative Language in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Storyboard Text
- HAIR QUOTES
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air.
- Simile: LIKE a broom
- And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.
- Personification: IS LAZY; OBEYS
- Kiki has hair like fur.
- Simile: LIKE FUR
- But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day...
- Simile: LIKE LITTLE ROSETTES, LIKE LITTLE CANDY CIRCLES
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