Name________________________________________Date___________Class_______
“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
Instructions: Sandra Cisneros uses several literary techniques to develop her short story. What
you have here is a double-sided journal entry. On one side, there is a space provided for literary
terminology; on the other, there is a space provided for the evidence from the text. I have given
you half of the information, please fill in the rest.
Evidence from Text
Literary Terminology
The embarrassing events in this story
occur on the narrator’s birthday.
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Simile
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Anaphora (______________)
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Anaphora continued
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“It’s maybe a thousand years old and
even ifit belonged to me I wouldn’t
say so.”
Symbol
Lines 105-109
Protagonist
Growing Up is Difficult/
Fitting In/Coming of Age
Tone
Point-of-View