Figurative Language in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Testo Storyboard
HAIR QUOTES
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air.
Simile: LIKE a broom
And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.
Personification: IS LAZY; OBEYS
Kiki has hair like fur.
Simile: LIKE FUR
But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day...
Simile: LIKE LITTLE ROSETTES, LIKE LITTLE CANDY CIRCLES