Four Skinny Trees

Today's Goal: Learn about indirect characterization through a close reading of an extended metaphor of "Four Skinny Trees" in The House on Mango Street. 

The Plan:

1. Read! Yay!
2. Quiz on last night's reading
3. "Four Skinny Trees" Close Reading
4. Writing in your English Journal

Terms You'll Learn Today:

Indirect Characterization: when the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, rather than directly told to us.

Extended Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem

The Slides from today:

Writing (on the back of your close-reading page)

In what ways does Cisneros use literary devices to reveal aspects of Esperanza's identity in "Four Skinny Trees?"

Homework:

• Reading Homework: HOMS pages 76-83
• "No Speak English" - How are Mamacita and Esperanza alike? How are they different?
• "Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays" - How is Rafaela literally trapped? How is she trapped figuratively?
• "Sally" - How does Cisneros reveal Esperanza's opinion of Sally? What do shoes continue to symbolize?
• LUM Handout due tomorrow
• MAL/LUM Root Test on Friday in class
• Don't forget about your Book Love book!