How would you feel if you put into a situation just as Rachel was? In Sandra Cisneros “Eleven”, we feel Rachel’s humiliation just as if it was our own. You are able to experience her pains through the many literary devices and techniques that Cisneros uses. Sandra Cisneros creates a clear and vivid picture of Rachel’s embarrassment on her eleventh birthday. Her use of point of view, imagery, diction, dialogue, syntax, and many more, allow you to place oneself in Rachel’s shoes and feel her discomfort. Imagery is the use of vivid and descriptive language in a story. In “Eleven”, imagery draws the reader in to see what Rachel sees and feels. Cisneros’ spot on imagery enables us to literally feel Rachel’s humiliation and feel as if we are apart of the scene. When Mrs. Price accuses Rachel of owning the red sweater, we are right there with Rachel. “That’s not, I don’t, you’re not… Not mine. I finally say in a little voice that was maybe me when I was four.” Her misery becomes your own. “I put one arm through on sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese, and then the ...
Imagine it’s your 11th birthday, an exciting event that should be fun and happy, but it turns out to be depressing and disgraceful. Well, that is what happened to the main character, Rachel from Eleven. Rachel is forced to wear an ugly red sweater that isn't hers which makes her cry. She repeatedly wishes she were wiser than eleven because she doesn't know how to respond to her situation properly. Similes and repetition contribute to the depressing mood of Eleven by Sandra Cisneros.
In “Eleven”, written by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros uses literary techniques such as diction and imagery to characterize Rachel’s character during her transition from age ten to age 11. These literary techniques help to describe how Rachel feels in certain situations while also explaining her qualities and traits. Through the use of these literary techniques Cisneros also collaborated on Rachel’s feelings when she was other ages and how she felt at that time during her life.
Imagery is one of the components that were used by Edwards to make his story more persuasive. As the short story begins, the first sentence was an example of imagery. Edwards wrote when men are on Gods hands and they could fall to hell. natural men are held in the hands of God, over the pit of hell Knowing that you might fall into hell at any moment should scare you. God decided to save you until he wants to let you fall into an eternity of burning flames. Another example of imagery is when he talks abo...
Sandra Cisneros writes a memoir through the eyes of an eleven year old. Turning eleven happens to be a tragic day for the main character, Rachel. Through various literary techniques such as hyperbole, simile, and syntax, Rachel is characterized. Rachel is a fresh turning eleven year old who finds herself in an awful situation on her birthday. Forced to wear a raggedy old sweater that doesn’t belong to her, she makes it defiantly clear her feelings towards the clothing item, and we see this through use of hyperboles. Rachel describes the sweater as ugly and too “stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope.” This extreme exaggeration demonstrates the fire within Rachel. She is a defiant and pouty little girl who out of stubbornness has to defy the sweater in her mind. “It’s maybe a thousand years old”, she says to herself in act to degrade the filthy red sweater even more. The sweater to Rachel has become an eternal battle of ages. She is torn on whether or not to stand up and act bigger th...
Imagery is when the author presents a mental image through descriptive words. One prime example of imagery that the author uses is in paragraph 3; where she tells of a moment between a man and a woman. In this narration she states the time, year, outfit of each character described, and what the female character was doing. These details might come across as irrelevant, or unnecessary, but this is Didions way of showing what the blueprint of notebook it. Using imagery reinforces the foundation of the essay, and what the essay’s mission was.
Imagery consists of descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine which draws on the five senses, namely the details of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. As the author describes the feelings and emotions about letting go of their son, she uses imagery to describe the way they are feeling and their actions. For example, “Where two weeks ago, / holding a hand, he’d dawdle, dreamy, slow,” (lines 13-14). The example of imagery is the sense of touch when describing her son’s walk to school while holding his hand when he was not alone. This adds the meaning of the poem because he is comfortable walking with his parents but becomes more nervous and anxious when not comforted by them. The imagery adds to the effect of its
Imagery is a key part of any poem or literary piece and creates an illustration in the mind of the reader by using descriptive and vivid language. Olds creates a vibrant mental picture of the couple’s surroundings, “the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood/ the
Imagery is the use of symbols to convey an idea or to create a specific atmosphere for the audience. Shakespeare uses imagery in Macbeth often, the most prevalent one, is blood. I believe he uses this as a way to convey guilt, murder, betrayal, treachery and evil, and to symbolize forewarning of events.
The writer uses imagery, because he wants to let the readers into his mind. By describing the scene for the readers, makes the readers fell like they were there. Therefore, it gives us a better ability to emphasize with him.
Throughout the story “Eleven” Sandra Cisneros creates the voice of the main character Rachel by the repetition of the word “and”. For example in the text it states, “And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven,...”, in the text it also states, “And you don't feel eleven at all.”.The text also
In “ELEVEN” by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros write a story about an eleven year old named Rachel. In the story it is Rachels birthday. She is at school and something happens that makes her not want to be eleven. In this essay, I will discuss how the author, Sandra Cisneros, uses literary techniques to characterize Rachel.
In the short story “Eleven”, by Sandra Cisneros uses Rachel’s behavior and internal dialogue to develop the main character as sensitive. Cisneros shows Rachel’s sensitivity by showcasing her actions toward others on her depressing birthday. After Sylvia Saldivar claims that the ugly sweater was hers, Rachel says “That’s not, I don’t . . . you’re not.” To Mrs. Price in a scared voice even though Rachel knows that the sweater does not belong to her. After Rachel pushes the sweater to a corner of her desk, Rachel is forced to put the sweater on, she wishes she wasn’t eleven because “All the years inside of me-ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four three, two, and one-are pushing at the back of my eyes” Another way Cisneros displays Rachel’s
Cisneros primarily uses point of view, childlike diction, and syntax to portray Rachel’s juvenile and timid character. The story opens with Rachel engaging the readers using second person point of view and expressing her outlook on age in a more factual than opinionated way, stating that “you feel like you’re still ten”, and “[y]ou don’t feel eleven”(Cisneros 247). Cisneros’s choice of second person point of view creates immediate intimacy and lures the readers into the story. Rachel’s unarguable expressions of opinions create a believable voice of a child who is trying to express her feelings. These literary devices introduce Rachel’s immature but
Imagery is an important literary device that allows the reader to imagine the scene and for the reader to understand the theme. There are several examples of imagery in the poem. He uses words like air and earth to show the surroundings and to allow readers to put themselves in the scene. More complex