Figurative Language in Esperanza Rising by Nicole Kwok

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comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other

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giving humanlike qualities to nonhuman objects

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an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

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a traditional saying or phrase that expresses a perceived truth and gives practical advice

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"He who falls today may rise tomorrow."

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"our land is alive, Esparanza," (pg 1)

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"This whole valley breathes and lives," (1)

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You! above me! why did you copy me!? Even the color is the same! "Did you know that when you lie down on the land, you can feel it breathe? That you can feel its heart beating?" (pg. 1)

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"The rich person is richer when he becomes poor, than the poor person when he becomes rich."

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"You can only feel the earth's heartbeat when you are still and quiet." pg. 2

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"It gives us grapes and then they welcome us" (pg 1)

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"She pressed closer to the ground, until her body was breathing with the earth's" (pg 3)

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"That you can hear it's heart beating" (pg1)

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Roxton

"Not wanting to forget the feel of the heart of the valley."

(3)

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"wait a little longer and the fruit will fall in your hand"...{2}

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"Did you know when you lie down on land, you can feel it breathe? [1]

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It had taken every day of three weeks to put the harvest to bed. (8)

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"Then, like a caterpillar, she slowly inched flat next to him, their faces looking at each other." (page 2)

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"The rich person is richer when he becomes poor, than the poor person when he becomes rich"

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"Wait a little longer and the fruit will fall in your hand" page 2

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"Big pearls of blood pulsed from the tip of her thumb..." pg. 8

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"She pressed closer to the ground, until her body was breathing with the earth's." (3)

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"Esperanza was almost as tall as Mama..."(pg.11

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"The rich person is richer when poor, than the poor person when he becomes rich"

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our land is alive pg 1

"You can only feel the earth's heartbeat when you are still and quiet."

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"... she knew the tool was edged like a razor." (4)

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Roxton

" the tool was edged like a razor." (4)

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" Gazing up at him and watching his eyes dance with love"(pg1)

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as if it had been waiting to shake its hand

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"The short blade was curved like a scythe, its fat wooden handle fitting snugly in her palm.(4)

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"She sank into a dark hole of despair and disbelief" (pg 22)

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When the grapes delivered their harvest, she always turned another year. (6)

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"Papa's eyes were there too, shaped like fat, brown almonds." pg. 11

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"...everyone said she would someday look just like her beautiful mother."( pg.11)

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''She fell to her knees and sank into a dark hole of despair and dis belifef.

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"She felt sick at the thought of Mama marrying him."pg 38

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Tuo luos face hardened loke aa rock

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"Her Porcelain face looked wistfully at Esperanza with enormous eyes." (28)

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"She felt as if she were in somebody else's body..."pg. 25

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"Tio Luis's face hardened like a rock..." (pg.32)

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"Her heart felt so big and hurt so much that it crowded out her voice." (28)

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" They looked like monstrous lions' paws resting at the edge of the ridge." (94)

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TEARS BURTS FROM HER FACE AS IF SOMEONE HAD squeezed A OVERRIPE ORANGE PG 92

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"What's the matter, silver spoon stuck in your mouth?" (pg 97)

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"...fields and fields of dark green cotton plants became a sea of milk white puffs." (pg. 94)

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They looked like monstous liones paws.(94)

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"... it appeared as if the mountains pulled away from each other, like a curtain opening on a stage, revealing the San Joaquin Valley beyond." ( page 94)

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"The babies, Lupe and Pepe, a girl and a boy, were dark-eyed cherubs, with thick mops of black hair." pg. 88