Unit 2: The House on Mango Street

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

• Narrative

• Idiom

• Irony

• Allusion

a short written passage that uses imagery to describe a subject in greater detail

• Narrative

• Vignette

• Allusion

• Paradox

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

• Paradox

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Vignette

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words; a figure of speech

• Idiom

• Irony

• Narrative

• Vignette

a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

• Idiom

• Narrative

• Paradox

• Vignette

the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected. Irony can be verbal, situational, or dramatic.

• Allusion

• Paradox

• Irony

• Idiom

not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

• Cavalier

• Aloof

• Deliberate

• Innovative

showing a lack of proper concern

• Cavalier

• Aloof

• Deliberate

• Innovative

done conscientiously and intentionally.

• Cavalier

• Aloof

• Deliberate

• Innovative

introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking

• Cavalier

• Aloof

• Deliberate

• Innovative