Sandra Cisneros writes "Eleven" to tell a story about a girl named Rachel. Today is Rachel's eleventh birthday. In class, Rachel if forced to claim an ugly red sweater that isn't hers. Sandra Cisneros uses language, images, and organization to characterize Rachel.
Throughout the story, she uses language to show how stressed the red sweater makes Rachel. She writes that Rachel bites "down on" her "teeth real hard". Rachel is not only stressed about the red sweater but she is also stressed about turning eleven. She feels pressure to act more like an eleven year old she says that she has to "try to remember today I am eleven, eleven". She try really hard to not act younger. This is also displayed through the language used by Sandra: "the part
Throughout the story, she uses language to show how stressed the red sweater makes Rachel. She writes that Rachel bites "down on" her "teeth real hard". Rachel is not only stressed about the red sweater but she is also stressed about turning eleven. She feels pressure to act more like an eleven year old she says that she has to "try to remember today I am eleven, eleven". She try really hard to not act younger. This is also displayed through the language used by Sandra: "the part