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Figurative Language In Eleven By Sandra Cisneros

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Do you feel like you act your own age? DO your emotions ever take over you to the point where you can't handle it? Sandra Cisneros's "Eleven" is a short story that characterizes Rachel. The author conveys figurative language, details, and imagery to describe Rachel. The first method Sandra Cisneros uses is figurative language. Similes are shown to describe the ugly red sweater that Rachel claims is not hers: The author describes the sweaters using a simile: "But when the sick feeling goes away and I open my eyes, the red sweater's still sitting there like a big red mountain." Rachel is seeing the sweater very noticeable and that bothers her because the teacher placed it on her desk even though Rachel says, "That's not, i don't, you're not...Not

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