"My Name" Story

Who did Esperanza inherit her name from?

Her great-grandmother

Vocabulary: sobbing

crying very hard

Vocabulary: forgave

has forgiven, accepted an apology

Esperanza wants a ____. Maybe ZeZe the X.

nickname

Esperanza says that in Spanish, her name sounds like ...

silver

Esperanza says that in English, her name sounds like...

tin

Vocabulary: baptize

to name, or to give an identity

Vocabulary: inherit

to receive something from someone after that person's death

Vocabulary: wonder

to want to know about

Vocabulary: wild

untamed, without an owner

What is the name of the narrator in the story?

Esperanza

Who wrote this story?

Sandra Cisneros

Why does Esperanza want a nickname?

She feels that her name does not represent her true self.

Why was Esperanza's great-grandmother a sad woman?

She was sad because she did not want to get married but she was forced to.

What book is this story from?

The House on Mango Street

What is a simile?

a form of comparison in which two things are compared using like or as

Vocabulary: chandelier

a light fixture that holds many bulbs and hangs from the ceiling