In the novel Esperanza Rising the author Pam Munoz Ryan uses the image of a blanket throughout the story. In Chapter 9, the author uses a simile to compare a dust storm to a thick suede blanket. A suede blanket would be thick, velvety, smooth, and a matte tan color. The author uses figurative language to convey her ideas because most people will not experience a dust storm so it is difficult to imagine. This comparison is good because even other the two things are very different this simile helps give the reader a frame of reference so that we can visualize a cloud of thick dust settling everywhere. This comparison is particularly effective because she has already woven the blanket metaphor throughout the story 1) grandmother says that
