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Tone: the author’s attitude expressed through word choice.
"Now you know to talk to drunks is crazy and to tell them your is worse... even if it is is a bum man's whiskey words saying them " (41).
Esperanza is very judgemental towards Rachel.

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Mood: the reader’s emotions/feelings as they read the text.
"Only his dirty fingernails against my skin, only his sour smell again... the red clowns laughing their think-tongue laugh" (Cisneros 100).
When reading this, it is very uncomfortable for the readers along with the character herself.

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Symbolism: an object that stands for a larger meaning or theme within the text
A quote where symbolism is used to portray the theme of growing up is, "You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad" (Cisneros 33).
The sky is a symbol of the hope they have towards their future's.

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Anaphora: " And I think if my own papa died what would I do I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him."
This shows that Esperanza is growing up because she is comforting her dad when he is sad.She repeats that she just holds him in her arms.

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Metaphor: "my mother's hair, my mother's hair...sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, (it) is the warm smell of bread before you bake it...you sleep near her...Papa snoring...the rain, and Mama's hair that smells like bread"
This shows that Esperanza feels safe and secure as she grows up by being with her mother.

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Anaphora: a deliberate repetition of words or phrases for a dramatic effect on the text.
"All night the boy who is a man watches me dance. He watched me dance" (Cisneros 48).
She repeated that the boy was watching her dance, which shows  that she is becoming aware of the boys around her.

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" Because I am the oldest  my father has told me first, So now it is my turn to tell the others"

Esperanza has accepted the fact that she is the oldest of her siblings and is stepping up to the role of the big sister, Which is a part of growing up.

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Which vignette did Esperanza show that growing up is a struggle/ hard time in life?

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After Esperanza had grown up and bought her own home, she talked about what she had in her home, and she purple petunias on her porch.

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Simile: "You wake one day and they are there. ready and waiting like a buick with the keys in the ignition."

This is a simile because she is comparing her hips to a buick

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Diction: specific and impactful word choice to convey a meaning, tone, or mood.
A quote where diction is used to portray the theme of growing up is, "I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to" (Cisneros 5).
Even though she is very young, she realized then that she never wanted to be belittled like that again.

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"I want to be like the waves on the sea, like the clouds in the wind, but I'm me. One day, I'll jump out of my skin. I'll shake the sky like a hundred violins"(Cisneros 60-61).
In this poem that Esperanza wrote and then read to her aunt, she is expressing her desire to escape from Mango Street. That she wants to do something bigger.

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"I looked at my feet in their white socks and ugly round shoes. They seemed far away. They didn't seem to be my feet anymore. And the garden that had been such a good place to play didn't seem mine either" (Cisneros 98).
After Esperanza feels ashamed for trying to help Sally when she was being taken advantage of, Esperanza loses a part of herself. She no longer sees the Monkey Garden as a place to place and escape, but as the reality that surrounds her.

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Imagery: using descriptive details to help paint a picture in the reader's mind.
One instance where imagery is used to show that Esperanza is growing up was, "I read somewhere in India there are priests who can will their hearts to stop beating... my eyes melt into the ground like two black snails" (Cisneros 97).
When reading this section, you can imagine exactly how Esperanza felt when she was bullied for trying to help.

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In what vignette do you believe Esperanza experienced something that made her mature the most, and why?

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What's the hardest part of growing up?

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The theme "Growing Up" is very important because it takes place very often in this story. Growing up is a big factor in life and it is interesting to learn about how people of different cultures grow and how it differs to our own.

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In this vignette Esperanza gets her first job at the photo development shop and this shows that she's growing up even though she has to lie about her age. It makes her feel older than she really is.

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This theme is important because everyone grows up so important to read about how other people of different cultures and ideas grow up. Growing up can be difficult for some people because sometimes they age physically but not mentally thats why some teenagers act like kids even though they look like almost full grown adults

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We can see Esperanza maturing in this Vignette because she starts to care about how she looks and about what the other gender thinks of her which is a common occurrence when you are maturing

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"One day you wake up and they are there" - Esperanza referring to her developing hips

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As the story evolves Esperanza is growing up, maturing and growing into herself. She really finds her true identity and changes as a person throughout. Esperanza goes through a lot of experiences with society and friends which show her how the real world works.

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The theme "Growing Up" is something that everyone can relate to, as everyone ages. Growing up can be described as figuring out your identity, or overcoming something like bullying.

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A Ted Talk describing the difference between just getting older and actually maturing.

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The difference between adults and grown ups: Dr. Lisa Damour at TEDxCLE

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Simile: A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
A simile which helps to develop the theme of growing up was, "Everything is waiting to explode like christmas. I want to be all new and shiny... imagining what I can't see"(Cisneros 73). Esperanza had found her first crush, and was experiencing emotions that show she is maturing.

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Everyone grows up differently in their households. How a child grows up can be affected by their Culture,Parents, Religion and where they grow up

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In this vignette Esperanza is describing the feet of each person in her family. And how their lives can be reflected in how their feet appear or by what shoes they wear. When Esperanza and her friends are seen wearing heels, Mr. Benny says, "Them are dangerous, he says. You girls are too young to be wearing shoes like that" (Cisneros 41).