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Diction & Syntax

Imagery

  • "The angry lion growl of the corrugated curtains when the shopkeepers roll them open each morning and the lazy lion roar at night when they pull them shut."
  • Sensory details allow the reader to paint a vivid picture in their head and experience emotions

Long & Loose Sentences

"As soon as we cross the bridge everything switches to another language. Toc, says the light switch in this country, at home it says click. Honk, say the cars at home, here they say tán-tán-tán. The scrip-scrape-scrip of high heels across the saltillo floor tiles. The angry lion growl of the corrugated curtains when the shopkeepers roll them open each morning and the lazy lion roar at night when they pull them shut.The pic, pic, pic of somebody's faraway hammer. Church bells over and over, all day, even when it's not o'clock. Roosters. The hollow echo of a dog barking. Bells from skinny horses pulling tourists in a carriage, clip-clop on cobblestones and a big chunks of horse caquita tumbling out of them like shredded wheat."

  • "Bells from skinny horses pulling tourists in a carriage, clip-clop on cobblestones and big chunks of horse caquita tumbling out of them like shredded wheat."
  • Emphasize and put focus on setting by having the main idea at the beginning of the sentence

Patterns of Organization

Description

  • "The pic, pic, pic of somebody's faraway hammer. Church bells over and over, all day, even when it's not o'clock. Roosters. The hollow echo of a dog barking."
  • the author uses sounds and other senses to describe the scene more vividly
  • also establishes the mood/atmosphere of the scene

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Tone & Purpose

Joyful- The author's use of imagery and long sentences help create a happy tone

Purpose- To paint an image and focus on how different Mexico is from the United States

Liliana Esquivel

AP English, Per. 6

Tone & Purpose:

Sentimental- The author's use of figurative language and short sentences reflects the nostalgic and tenderness attitude

Purpose- To provide background on her Aunt and Uncle's family and how they are connected with each other

Diction & Syntax

Passage 1:

Figurative Language

  • "A wooden house that looks like an elephant sat on the roof." (simile)
  • "A stone's throw from Maxwell Street flea market." (metaphor)

This allows the reader to envision a more realistic and lucid scene through this use of figurative language.

Short Sentences

  • "Just off Taylor Street."
  • "Not far from Saint Francis church of the Mexicans."

Emphasizes and paints a picture of how close their house was to significant places in their neighborhood.

"A wooden house that looks like an elephant sat on the roof. An apartment so close to the ground people knock on the window instead of the door. Just off Taylor Street. Not far from Saint Francis church of the Mexicans. A stone's throw from Maxwell Street flea market. The old Italian section of Chicago in the shadow of the downtown Loop. This is where Uncle Fat-Face, Aunty Licha, Elvis, Aristotle, and Byron live, on a block where everyone knows Uncle Fat-Face by his Italian nickname, Rico, instead of Fat-Face or Federico, even though 'rico' means 'rich' in Spanish, and Uncle is always complaining he is pobre, pobre. - It is no disgrace to be poor, Uncle says, citing the Mexican saying, - but it's very inconvenient."

Patterns of Organization:

Narration

  • "This is where Uncle Fat-Face, Aunty Licha, Elvis, Aristotle, and Byron live, on a block where everyone knows Uncle Fat-Face by his Italian nickname, Rico, instead of Fat-Face or Federico, even though 'rico' means 'rich' in Spanish, and Uncle is always complaining he is pobre, pobre."
  • She is recounting an event with concrete details and in third person point of view
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