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Esperanza Rising Figurative Language Examples - Coggle Diagram
Esperanza Rising
Figurative Language Examples
Similes
"Then like a caterpillar, she slowly inched flat next to him." pg 2
"Esperanza thought that his round eyes, long eyelids, and droopy mustache made him look like a forlorn puppy." pg 16
"She felt as if she were in some one else's body" pg 25
"Everything was in order like her dolls in a row" pg 37
"Esperanza stood as if in a trance and watched
El Rancho de las Rosas burn." pg 42
" We are like the phoenix" pg 50
"Mama waited on the front steps of the cabin with her arms crossed, looking like a fierce statue." pg 44
"They were numb as if encased in a thick skin that nothing could penetrate" pg 43
At first they stayed only a few hours, but then they became like la calabaza, the squash plant in Alfonso's garden". pg 28
"Oh she looks like an angel," Said Abuelita" pg 28
Metaphors
"Their faces were so encrusted with dry dirt that they reminded Esperanza of cracked pottery" pg 151
"Would she ever escape this valley she was living in?" pg 160
"This is what we are!" she yelled "Small meek animals" pg 132
Personification
"The fires anger could not be contained" pg 42
"Esperanza felt anger crawling up her throat" pg 105
"She watched the crochet needle dance back and forth."pg 14
"Again the smell bit into her senses" pg 110
"Mama, my finger. An angry thorn stabbed me."pg 10
"The wind blew and the house moaned and whistled" pg 39
"She looked at papa, not needing to talk, her eyes said everything." pg 3
"Her porcelain face looked wistfully at Esperanza." pg 28
"This whole valley breathes and lives." pg 1
"She watched the grief twist Senor Rodriguez's face."pg25
Idioms
Esperanza's heart felt so big and hurt so much that it crowded out her voice". pg 28
"Esperanza's heart skipped" pg 37
"Her face crumbled." pg 25
"You need the protection of darkness" pg 58
"There is no rose without thorns." pg 14
"Now if they bloomed, she could drink the memories of the roses that had known papa" pg 124
"It had taken every day of three weeks to put the harvest to bed."pg 8
"Didn't I tell you that papa's heart would find us wherever we go?" pg 125
"Wait a little while and the fruit will fall into your hand."pg 2
"After she had lived many mountains and valleys they would be together again" pg 160
onomatopoeia
"Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp."pg 2
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"The locomotive arrived hissing and spewing steam" pg 66
"Shhh" pg 2
"The wagon creaked and swayed" pg 62
Hyperbole
"Its worth 20 times this much" pg 31
"Everyone knows that plums must be cooked for babies" pg 143