Literary Devices In Eleven By Sandra Cisneros

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Every hear we turn an age older but does it feel like it right off the bat? In “ELEVEN” by Sandra Cisneros, Rachel who is now eleven goes through a rough day on her birthday. Cisneros uses literacy techniques to characterize Rachel and her actions throughout the short story. This techniques are similarity, repetition and conflict. Cisneros uses similarity or connection throughout the short story. She is always using “like” to connect things. For example in paragraph 15 she says “I’m crying like I’m three in front of everybody.” So here she is comparing a crying person to a three year old. Se compares this because when someone are three they cry for any reason or just because. Another similarity she does is on paragraph 5 when she compares rattling