Lesson 9 Esperanza Rising Metaphors

Lesson 9 Esperanza Rising Metaphors

Metaphors

• Authors use figurative language, such as metaphors, that paint a picture to show, not tell, their ideas.

• A metaphor is a type of comparison that says something is/was/are/were something else.

• Type in the chat a metaphor that you know!

Multiple Choice

What does the following metaphor mean?: "In Mexico we stand on different sides of the river."

• There is a big river in between them and they are both stuck on their own side because they don't have a floating device to use to get across.

• They come from the same background and they are meant to be together, so they will do anything to cross the river.

• Esperanza and Miguel are not equal because he is the son of a peasant and she is the daughter of a wealthy landowner, and, as a result, their futures look very different, so there is a distance between them and they could never marry.

Multiple Choice

What does the following metaphor mean?: "Are you standing on the other side of the river?" "No! You are still a peasant!"

• Miguel hoped things would be better for him in the United States, but things aren't any better for him. He is still a peasant.

• Miguel is now on the same side of the river as Esperanza and they are going to get married.

Multiple Choice

What does the following metaphor mean?: "And there, in the middle of the wilderness, was a girl in a blue silk dress and a boy with his hair slicked down, eating mangoes on a stick, carved to look like exotic flowers, sitting on a grassy bank, on the same side of the river."

• Esperanza and Miguel are still not alike and they will never understand each other.

• Esperanza is now equal to Miguel. She also works hard in the fields and does not have much money.

Multiple Choice

The river metaphor is women throughout the story. What theme does this metaphor convey?

• You have to swim to cross a river.

• Rivers move fast, just like life.

• Rivers can be very wide, so the banks are a long way apart.

• Everyone should be treated equally.