Figurative Language Group Presentation The House on Mango Street Create a presentation of nine slides- a title slide and then two slides per person. Find your favorite line or sentence that uses figurative language in the last 12 stories (p. 81-109). Each slide will feature a new quote/line/sentence with the page number, title of the vignette, proper identification of the figurative language, a corresponding image, and an explanation/analysis as to what it means on a separate sheet of paper or in the notes section of your presentation. Each slide must contain: a. Visual picture of the line you chose. This can be your own creation or a picture you take, or an image you find. b. Quote/line from the vignette with page number and title C. CORRECT identification of what literary device/example of figurative language being used: personification, imagery, metaphor, simile, symbolism etc. Do not repeat literary devices in your presentation. On a separate sheet of paper, or in the note section: Write a 2-4 sentence explanation as to what the the author Sandra Cisneros is getting at with the quote-when it occurred in the novella and the context. This is done on a separate sheet of paper, in the note section of the slide, or on a separate slide. Rubric: Did your project... Contain images /examples that demonstrated your understanding of the novel? Were they relevant, important and directly tied to the book?
Contain written explanations that were proofread, grammatically correct and easy to understand? Contain written explanations that were detailed, thorough, answered the prompt and directly tied to the novella? Fulfill all of the requirements listed in your project choice? Present itself neatly? Was it organized, clean, easy to follow? Types of Figurative Language/literary devices in The House on Mango Street Simile: the comparison of two unlike things, using the word like or as Metaphor: the direct comparison of two unlike things Personification: the act of giving an animal or inanimate object human characteristics Alliteration: the repetition of initial consonant sounds to invoke a feeling or sound Symbolism: the use of items to represent ideas or qualities Synesthesia: the explanation of one sensory experience by describing another ex. Bitter cold; sweet notes Onomatopoeia: a word that mimics the sound it describes Allusion: a reference to a person, place, or item outside the context of the text Euphemism : a polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant.... For example, kick
the bucket is a euphemism that describes the death of a person. Imagery: sensory language that creates pictures in the mind. Hyperbole: an exaggeration Idiom: An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally, like ball and chain" has nothing to do with marriage but suggests a prisoner. Diction: word choice (formal, informal, slang ) Syntax: sentence structure; word order. I married him. vs. He married me. Tone- attitude (serious, indifferent, angry ) Example Example: Do not use my example Explanation on a separate sheet on in the notes part of your presentation. This metaphor compares Esperanza's great-grandmother to a wild horse when she was unmarried. Before marriage, she was wild, strong, and free; however, she was forced
to marry when her future husband treated her like a fancy chandelier or an object and put her in a sack. According to the story, She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow (11) wishing she were free. Esperanza has inherited her name but does not want to end up trapped in a loveless marriage, watching life happen, sitting by a window. Esperanza would rather baptize herself with a new name, something much wilderer: Yes, Something like Zeze the X will do (11) This new name seems more appropriate for a wild horse of a woman. 30 presentation points possible(yes, alliteration).
. Esperanza as a dynamic character: for this topic choice, you could (perhaps) focus on her dynamic transition from a selfish and immature individual to a selfless and altruistic individual. You could include the people, places, and experiences that help create this dynamic transition. Each body paragraph must present a topic of its own and they must all relate back to and support the thesis in the introductory paragraph Example of one slide of your project. Quote: Explanation:Analysis of quote The narrator Death is a helpful tool for the author Markus Zusak because it allows him to have a unique and frankly unbiased vantage point of humanity when Death uses a metaphor of a line and a circle to explain life and death. Through Death s perspective, humanity is a wonder, a kind of destructive species, that struggle and win, fall and rise, igniting and repairing everything around them. This theme of the coexistence of good and evil is expressed when Death states,
I m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and beauty and wonder how the same thing can be both (491). This quote shows the conflict that exists within the whole book. The reader is constantly switching from the life of Liesel Meminger, where beautiful things are occurring, things that seem so big and great, changing her life and those around her, only to zoom out and see what Death sees. Liesel Meminger and her Himmel Street may be filled with love and friendship, but it is also a insignificant victim of World War II, of Hitler and the Holocaust, another product of humanity. Zusak begs the question on how there can exist people like Rudy Steiner, givers of bread and teddy bears and then Victor Chimel, that bastard, or going further, Liesel Meminger with words and love and nothing else and then Hitler who had words and no love and everything else. How could the two be under one title, one species: human? Image