Explain how authors create powerful imagery: visual imagery, auditory imagery, tactile imagery, olfactory imagery, and gustatory imagery. From
anywhere in The House on Mango Street, find a passage that you
think portrays powerful imagery of one of the five types. Identify as many details that
contribute to this imagery as you can.
QUESTION 2
The diction of a passage (use of language and word choice) is
not only the only determinant of the passage’s tone. Sometimes, it
is simply the details that an author chooses to include that determine the
tone of a passage. Choose a passage from anywhere in The
House on Mango Street in which you think the details that the
author chose to include are meant to convey a particular tone.
Describe the tone, and explain which details contribute to it.
QUESTION 3
Explain one of this novel’s themes and explain why you think
it is a theme.
QUESTION 4
Compare and contrast The House on Mango Street with Handmaid’s Tale or Beloved in terms of their narratorial perspectives (the
point[s] of view from which they are told).
QUESTION 5
Explain
some ways in which The House on Mango Street fits into the
category of young adult literature.
QUESTION 6
Find a passage from anywhere in The House on Mango
Street that you think portrays a strong sense of setting. Analyze
this passage for the specific ways that Cisneros portrays the
setting. In other words, how does she show you,
rather than simply tell you, the time and place that are
portrayed in this section?
QUESTION 7
Choose one character in the novel who could be considered a
round character. Explain why this character could be considered a
round character.
QUESTION 8
Find an allusion from anywhere in this novel. Identify
the text, person, place, or thing that the allusion is referencing.
Then, explain why you think Cisneros included this allusion.
QUESTION 9
Identify one of this novel’s motifs. Explain why you
consider it a motif and explain why you think it is significant to the
story.
QUESTION 10
How would you describe the plot of this story?
QUESTION 11
Previously in this course, you were taught how to identify
and analyze the meaning of three types of figures of speech: similes,
metaphors, and instances of personification. From anywhere in The
House on Mango Street, find examples of two out of these three types of figures of speech.
For each, explain as specifically as you can how it works to add meaning
to the passage in which it is located.
QUESTION 12
Identify one person, place, thing, or event that you think is
a symbol for something else. Explain what you think is being symbolized
and explain why you think so.
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based on the novel house on mango street answer 10 of the 12 question using intext citation from the novel
