E9.P2.2023_Sandra Cisneros/HoMS Intro Activity

What genre is House on Mango Street? Choose all that apply.

• novel

• novella

• short story

• coming-of-age

Match the following texts we've studied to their corresponding genres.

• "Building Bridges"

• autobiography

• I'll Push You

• novella

• The Pursuit of Happyness (book)

• graphic novel

• Of Mice and Men

• short story

• American Born Chinese

• documentary

The book is comprised (made up of) vignettes, which can be described as... (choose all that apply)

• brief descriptive writing pieces

• a hybrid between a short story and a poem

• essays

• literary portraits

• non-fiction articles

True or false: The book is written and designed so someone can choose any vignette and enjoy it without having to read the full book.

• True

• False

Which of the following does author Sandra Cisneros compare her vignettes to?

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The book is a "coming-of-age" story, which means a ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   character has to learn about his/her/their ​ (c)   through ​ (d)   and questioning.

• young
• main
• world
• observation
• old
• minor
• neighborhood

Also in a "coming-of-age" story, the young main character has to make surprising or uncomfortable ​ (a)   in order to become ​ (b)   .

• realizations
• an adult
• a baby
• a teen
• jokes

Author Sandra Cisneros intends for House on Mango Street to be engaging for teenagers because she feels that the book speaks to young people's... (choose all that apply).

• isolation

• loneliness

• longing

• search for role models

What is the setting of the book?

Looking at the first vignette, "The House on Mango Street," name one of the streets Esperanza has already lived on before.