"I am a balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."

Esperanza feels alone because she has no friends and is responsible for taking care of her younger sister.

Esperanza doesn't want to live on Mango Street because she doesn't like her house.

Esperanza isn't close to anyone in her family because their ages are too far apart.

Esperanza wants to be a red balloon.

"My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air."

Papa has hair that is spiky and sticks straight up.

Papa is wearing a broom on top of his head.

"The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit, and runs the same way it's owner does, clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes."

Meme's dog is large enough to be the size of a man and when it runs it's legs move around wildly.

Meme's dog is dressed in a suit and wears untied shoes.

Meme's dog is actually a man wearing a dog suit.

"The nose of that yellow Cadillac was all pleated like an alligator's..."

Louie's cousin wrecked a stolen car and its front bumper was severely bent in.

The Cadillac is new and in great condition.

The Cadillac is shaped like an alligator.

Louie's cousin painted an alligator on the Cadillac.

"The kids bend trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can't replace."

The Vargas kids play too hard and don't have respect for anything living, or themselves.

The Vargas kids play outside often because they have no other place to play.

The Vargas kids often break valuable items.

The Vargas kids play with breakables.

"...nobody looked up not once the day Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to Earth without even an 'Oh'".

Angel jumped off of something high and fell extremely hard and fast to the ground, but it didn't faze him.

Angel likes to pretend he is a sugar donut and falling star.

"You know what you are, Esperanza? You are like the Cream of Wheat cereal. You're like the lumps."

Lucy and Rachel are using a simile to insult Esperanza because Esperanza advised Nenny not to play with them.

Lucy and Rachel are complimenting Esperanza on her Halloween costume.

Lucy, Rachel, Esperanza, and Nenny all enjoy the lumps in Cream of Wheat cereal.

Lucy and Rachel dare Esperanza to eat as much Cream of Wheat cereal as possible.

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Authored by Margaret Anderson

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5th - 9th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
I thought those people would lock me up and throw away the key.

Hyperbole

Idiom

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
I'm about ten times smarter than everyone on my class.

Idiom

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
My mother's hair is the warm smell of bread before you bake it.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it.

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
My brother can fool anybody anytime.

Alliteration

Idiom

Hyperbole

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is being used?
Amy always ate apples and apricots.

Personification

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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RL6

What type of figurative language is being used?
I thought those people would lock me up and throw away the key.

What type of figurative language is being used?
And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.

What type of figurative language is being used?
I'm about ten times smarter than everyone on my class.

What type of figurative language is being used?
My mother's hair is the warm smell of bread before you bake it.

What type of figurative language is being used?
She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it.

What type of figurative language is being used?
My brother can fool anybody anytime.

What type of figurative language is being used?
Amy always ate apples and apricots.

What type of figurative language is being used?
I hit the hay early last night.

What type of figurative language is being used?
It's windows are so small you'd think they were holding their breath.

What type of figurative language is being used?
My cereal snaps, crackles, and pops.

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RL6

What type of figurative language is being used? I thought those people would lock me up and throw away the key.

What type of figurative language is being used?And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.

What type of figurative language is being used?I'm about ten times smarter than everyone on my class.

What type of figurative language is being used?My mother's hair is the warm smell of bread before you bake it.

What type of figurative language is being used? She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it.

What type of figurative language is being used? My brother can fool anybody anytime.

What type of figurative language is being used?Amy always ate apples and apricots.

What type of figurative language is being used?I hit the hay early last night.

What type of figurative language is being used? It's windows are so small you'd think they were holding their breath.

What type of figurative language is being used? My cereal snaps, crackles, and pops.

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What type of figurative language is being used?
I thought those people would lock me up and throw away the key.

What type of figurative language is being used?
And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.

What type of figurative language is being used?
I'm about ten times smarter than everyone on my class.

What type of figurative language is being used?
My mother's hair is the warm smell of bread before you bake it.

What type of figurative language is being used?
She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it.

What type of figurative language is being used?
My brother can fool anybody anytime.

What type of figurative language is being used?
Amy always ate apples and apricots.

What type of figurative language is being used?
I hit the hay early last night.

What type of figurative language is being used?
It's windows are so small you'd think they were holding their breath.

What type of figurative language is being used?
My cereal snaps, crackles, and pops.