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Esperanza Rising Figurative language examples - Coggle Diagram
Esperanza Rising Figurative language examples
idioms
"The weariness of the days of travel flooded over her, and her mind wandered from people peeing in ditches, to Marta's rudeness, to El Rancho de las Rosas." pg 105
"Her bruises had been to her pride" pg 122
"Her face crumbled" pg 25
"Her smile faded ,her chest tightened, and a heavy blanket of anguish smoothed her smallest joy." pg 23
"Now, if they had bloomed she could drink the memories of the roses that had known papa" pg 124
"She watched the silver needle dance back and fourth in he grandmothers hand." Pg 14
"Didn't i tell u that papa's heart would find us wherever we go." pg 125
"It had taken everyday for three weeks to put the harvest to bed and now everyone had anticipated the celebration" pg 8
"He snapped the edge of the shell and pried it apart, the pulled the meat from its defenses and ate it." pg 128
"She swallowed her laughter and after a moment said "i an hear it papa"." pg 2
personification
"She rolled on her back, tears, wormed down her face to her ears." pg 92
"Confusion and uncertainty spilled fourth and became an arroyo of their own." pg 92
"If she lay very still on the land, and was very still and quit she could hear the heartbeat of the valley." pg 91
" The fires anger could not be contained" pg 42
" Th wind blew hard that night and the house moaned and whistled" pg 39
"Her porcelain looked wistfully at Esperanza with enormous eyes." pg 28
""Mama, my finger. An angry thorn stabbed me"" pg10
"not wanting forget the feel of the heart of the valley."pg 3
"our land is alive Esperanza" pg 1
"On the side of the highway, acres of grapevines stretched out in soldiered rows and swallowed up the arbors." pg 94
similes
" The flames ran along the deliberate rows of vines like long curved fingers reaching for the horizon, lighting the night sky." pg 42
"When papa was alive everything was in order, like the dolls lined up in a row " pg 37
" They were numb, as if encased in a thick skin that nothing could penetrate." pg 43
" oh she looks like an angel" pg 28
"Mama waited on the steps of the cabin with her arms crossed looking like a fierce statue." pg 44
"She felt as if she were in someone elses body, watching a sad scene unable to help" pg 25
"He had the same dark skin and small stature as Hortensia, and Esperanza thought his round eyes, long eyelids and droopy mustache made him look like a forlorn puppy" pg 16
"Last night she had watched papa sharpen the knife back and forth across the stone, so she knew the tool was edged like a razor" pg 4
"The short blade was curved like scythe, it's flat handle fit snugly in her palm" pg 4
"then like a caterpillar, she slowly inched flat next to him, their faces looking at each other." pg 2
onomatopia
"The locomotive arrived pulling a line of cars and hissing and spewing steam." pg 66
"clicketta clicketta clicketta" pg 72
"The wagon cracked and swayed" pg 62
"The coffee and sausage made her stomach growl." pg 106
" the beat rushing in her ears shoomp, shoomp, shoomp." pg2
hyperboles
" And the house... its worth 20 times this much" pg 31
"But this time she was buried beneath a mountain of guavas and could not wave to anyone." pg 65
meatophors
"" Esperanza in this way my love and good wishes will be in a blanket forever"" pg 14
"When the baby fell asleep against Esperanza,his head slid down her arm, leaving a stream of perspiration." pg 88
"Their faces were so encrusted with dirt that they reminded Esperanza of cracked pottery." pg 150