Eleven by Sandra Cisneros by Amanda Grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019 en-us 2019-06-11 20:37:12 UTC 2022-03-17 08:48:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f467.png Question #1 amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032341 When Rachel says that growing older is “like an onion,” she is using a simile, a type of figurative language. A simile is a comparison of unlike things that uses a word such as like or as. What other similes does she use in lines 14–16?]]> 2019-06-11 20:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032341 Question #2 amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032479 Reread lines 31–34. How does the imagery describing the sweater help you understand how Rachel feels?]]> 2019-06-11 20:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032479 Question #3 amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032619 What impression of Mrs. Price does Rachel give the reader in lines 60-66? Why does Rachel feel that Mrs. Price is “right”? Give evidence from the text to support your answer.]]> 2019-06-11 20:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032619 Question #4 amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032694 How does Rachel feel about the sweater? Reread lines 67–82. Which images help you understand Rachel’s feelings? Include evidence from the text to support your answer.]]> 2019-06-11 20:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367032694 Question #5 amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367033129 Reread lines 83–86. How does the first-person point of view affect what you know about Sylvia and Phyllis?]]> 2019-06-11 20:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367033129 Bonus Question amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367033218 Identify each time Rachel claims “not mine”. Why does the author repeat this refrain throughout the story and how does it affect the overall meaning and tone of the text?]]> 2019-06-11 20:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367033218 Final Writing Task amanda_grobe https://padlet.com/amanda_grobe/mswp2019/wish/367033269 In the short story, “Eleven”, by Sandra Cisneros, in what ways do Rachel’s reactions demonstrate her multiple “years” of her eleven year-old self? Write one paragraph summarizing the ways that Rachel responds. Include textual evidence to support your interpretation of the age that her actions demonstrate.  


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One critic has said that Sandra Cisneros (the author of “Eleven”), “makes the invisible, visible” How does Cisneros make Rachel’s feelings “visible” to readers?
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