House on Mango Street - Literary Devices Quotes
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DRAMATIC IRONY
Example: When Aunt Lupe tells Esperanza that writing will keep her “free,” Esperanza is unaware of what she means, but the readers know that Lupe’s words are true.
SITUATIONAL IRONY
Example: When Meme Ortiz “wins” the jumping contest but breaks both arms (22).
VERBAL IRONY
Example: Esperanza’s mother calls herself a “smart cookie” (91).
PERSONIFICATION
Examples:
Esperanza’s house has “windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath” (4).
The four skinny trees “are the only ones who understand” Esperanza (74).
Esperanza’s house has “windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath” (4).
The four skinny trees “are the only ones who understand” Esperanza (74).
ALLITERATION
Example:
Esperanza wants her own house, and says she also wants, “my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias” (108).
Esperanza wants her own house, and says she also wants, “my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias” (108).
CONSONANCE
Examples: “crazy” and “dizzy” (41) and “soggy,” and “baggy” (51).
ASSONANCE
Example: Esperanza describes the people in her neighborhood as “all brown all around” (28).
ALLUSION
Examples: The “Monkey Garden” is alluding to the Garden of Eden (94).
Esperanza refers to Sally as “Cleopatra” (81).
FORESHADOWING
Examples: Esperanza wonders if Sally is longing for a house that has a “room waiting for” her (82).
ONOMATOPOEIA
Examples:
Esperanza describes the previous inhabitants of the monkey garden as speaking with “twangy yakkety-yak” voices (94).
Esperanza describes the previous inhabitants of the monkey garden as speaking with “twangy yakkety-yak” voices (94).
METAPHOR
Example:
Esperanza says, “I am a red balloon” (9).
Esperanza says, “I am a red balloon” (9).
SIMILE
Example:
Esperanza describes her laughter as something that comes “all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking” (17).
Esperanza describes her laughter as something that comes “all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking” (17).
SYMBOL
Example:
Esperanza buys a replica of the Statue of Liberty at Gil’s junk store (20). What does the statue represent?
Esperanza buys a replica of the Statue of Liberty at Gil’s junk store (20). What does the statue represent?
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