“The Veldt” By: Ray Bradbury pg 14 “The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky. The shadow flickered on George Hadley’s upturned, sweating face” (p.14).
This passage effectively uses sensory language to help the reader smell, hear, see, and feel the hot, African veldt land. Bradbury describes the smell of the grass, the water hole, the animals, and the dust. Then, he describes the sounds of antelopes and vultures. He combines this with what Mr. Hadley sees and feels while standing in the hot sun. Without using sensory language, the reader couldn’t know how realistic the virtual world was that the nursery could create. Mr. Hadley is even sweating which demonstrates the heat in the nursery. The vultures that create the shadows over his face hint that he may be the prey of the lions on his final visit to the nursery. (He’ll be sweating then as well.)
The A-List By: Zoey Dean She felt ridiculous as she pulled back on the vinyl pants, silk chemise, and Ben’s tuxedo jacket.
Literary luminary: Imagery pg# 159
This is imagery because there is a vivid image of her getting dressed by putting on her vinyl pants, silk chemise, and Ben’s tuxedo jacket. This makes the writing better because you can see a picture “movie” of what is going on in the book, instead of reading and not really knowing what has happen. This will Literary Luminary type (imagery) will catch your eye because they are normal very descriptive and detailed and its almost like watching a movie in your head while reading.
“Breaking Dawn” By: Stephanie Meyer p. 532 “The necklace was simple-gold woven into a thick rope of a chain, almost scaled, like a smooth snake that would curl close around the throat.”(p. 532)
This passage uses a clear simile. It does so by comparing (using “like) the thick “rope of a chain” to a smooth scaled snake. To a degree this would also be an example of personification but the passage is using the chain and comparing it to a rope. Meyer uses many similes such as this throughout the book, but this one was in my opinion, her most interesting one. It surprised me that the necklace described in this passage was so simple because as stated previously in the story, it belongs to the Volturi, the very powerful and wealthy clan of head vampires. The Volturi had mostly been described as high-class snobbish vampires, and yet the jewels they have received from many generations ago are plain and ordinary looking. Perhaps the necklace could symbolize something, or the necklace could be foreshadowing an upcoming event involving the necklace. Stephanie Meyer only uses similes in her writing, from what I have seen, in foreshadowing and symbolism.
“Me playing softball would be like you playing the oboe.” “Huh?” Brooke blinked. “Well, the bassoon is a woodwind instrument with a double reed just like an oboe. So if you can play one, you should be able to play the other, right?” “No,” Brooke said. “They are totally different instruments.” “Right! And baseball and softball are totally different sports!”
The main character, Joelle Cunningham, has just moved to a small town where the school system has a policy that funding for girls and boys athletics must be the same and comparable sports must be offered for both sexes. If a comparable sport if not offered, a girt is allowed to try-out for and play on a boys sports team. Joelle has grown up only playing baseball and in this town, her only choice is to play softball. The captain of the softball team, who is also in the band, is telling Joelle that baseball and softball are the same game.
The author decides to use a simile to show Brooke that baseball and softball are not alike, in the fact that if she can play one double-reed woodwind instrument that she should be able to play them all. She argues that that is ridiculous and Joelle says that so is saying that baseball and softball are the same game.
Passage: "Sunshine streamed through the window, hitting the bag if Chips Ahoy hard enough to melt the chips."
Response: I think that this passage was kind of like imagery/sensory details because I could just see the sunshine coming through a window and hitting a bag of cookies, the sun so bright that it melts them.
Twilight by:Stephanie Meyer Page#: 280 “He laughed quietly, and gently unloosened my strangle-hold on my neck. There was no resisting the iron strength of his hands.”
-This passage is an example of a metaphor because it is talking about how his hands are like iron strength. So they are saying his hands are really strong and tough. If they said his hands were like little clouds then it would say his hands were not saying they were strong it was saying they are week. So this shows a pretty good example of a metaphor.
“Samantha’s Story Collection” by: Susan S Adler, Pg “ooh, Ida, Samantha squealed. Her breath made an image that looked like clouds in the chilly December air.”
This small sentence represents a simile. When I first read the sentence, I was not sure what it could go by. But then I read through it a few more times and noticed the part that says “an image that looked like clouds” I thought this could be personification but it wasn’t giving her breath in the cold air any human qualities. This sentence stood out to me because it makes me think of being out side with my friends talking, then you see each others breath and it encircles a cloud type of smoke. So I thought it was pretty neat to read this sentence but also be able to imagine it as well.
“She’d been in her room trying on jeans-three new pairs-checking herself out in the mirror. You couldn’t go by sizes. She’d made sure to take all sixes, but you wouldn’t know it-one pair was way too tight, another was baggy. She was lucky to get one decent pair out of the haul.”
This is imagery because there is a dramatic image of her trying on jeans. The author made it descriptive, and very graphic. You can really tell what is going on in the story because the author made it seem like you were watching a movie.
Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods Author: Patricia Reilly Giff Pg.13 Passage: “Instead, I squeezed my lips in between my teeth so hard they were hidden inside my mouth and shot lightning rays at her out of the corners of my eyes.” Response: This is a hyperbole because it’s exaggerating the fact that Hollis is glaring at Ms. Regan. Saying “…and shot lightning rays at her out of the corners of my eyes.” makes the passage less boring, & shows how much Hollis dislikes Ms. Regan. Like, instead of saying “I glared at her”, the author used hyperbole to exaggerate the situation, & make the passage less boring.
The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Literary luminary/simile pg 1
Passage “one of those days that when you breathed out your breath kind of hung frozen in the air like a hunk of smoke and you could walk along and look exactly like a train blowing out big, fat, white puffs of smoke”
Response This is not just a simile because it uses like. This compares how when you breathe you make a trail of air and it is being compared to a train blowing that big amount of smoke. I thought well that’s an interesting way to put it. It’s important to the story because it helps you understand the situation better.
"New Moon" By: Stephenie Meyer pg.242 "Then I saw it; a huge black shape eased out of the trees, quiet as a shadow, and stalked deliberately toward the vampire. It was enormous- as tall as a horse, but thicker, much more muscular. The long muzzle grimaced, revealing a line of dagger-like incisors. A grisly snarl rolled out from between the teeth, rumbling across the clearing like a prolonged crack of thunder. (p.242)
In this passage, as you may see, it uses sensory language to let the readers visualize the scene more indubitably. The author describes the sight of the wolf and how he approaches the vampire. The sound is coming from the angry wolves. Snarling, the wolves comes closer and closer to the vampire. I choose this passage, because I loved the way she put it together so vividly. What is happening in the passage is that Bella is stuck in the forest with an evil vampire who is thirsty, and ready to kill. Suddenly, the wolves began to show up out of a habit of being ‘The Protectors’. Overall, I think Stpehenie Meyer does an excellent job at writing passages you can visualize so clearly.
"Jacob Have I Loved" By: Katherine Paterson pg 11 "When she was soft, there would be a proper crab wedding, of course, with the groom staying around to watch out for his bride until her shell was hard once more, and she could protect herself and her load of eggs on her own."(p.11)
Literary Luminary: hyperbole
In this passage it says that when crabs mate they have a wedding and the groom protects her while she lays eggs. the passage is a hyperbole because as far as we know crabs dont actually have weddings. I thought it was really cool how the author could think of that small passage and make it something unique and unreal. In a way it made me use my imagination of what animals really do.
PASSAGE: “They were sitting at their kitchen in their large and crumbling tenth-floor, four-bedroom West End Avenue apartment. It was a beautiful old place with twelve-foot ceilings, lots of sunny windows, big walk-in closets, and huge bathtubs with feet, but it hadn’t been renovated since the 1940s. The walls were waterstained and cracked, and the wood floors were scratched and dull. Ancient, mammoth dust bunnies had gathered in the corners and along the baseboards like moss. Once in a while Jenny and Dan’s father, Rufus Humphrey, hired a cleaning service to scrub the place down, and their enormous cat, Marx, kept the cockroaches in order, but most of the time their home felt like a cozy, neglected attic. It was the kind of place where you’d expect to find lost treasures like ancient photographs, vintage shoes, or a bone from last year’s Christmas dinner.”
RESPONSE: As I was reading this book, this passage really jumped out at me as imagery details. When you read it, it definitely describes what the apartment is like. The passage painted a picture in my mind of the inside of this home. I pictured it with nice architecture design and nice and bright like my house, but it is very dirty and messy. There might be mold in the shower or something like that. I think that this technique makes the writing better because it adds detail to the story so you don’t get bored with the book. Imagery detail makes the book more interesting.
"So little time" By: mary kate olsen and ashely olsen pg 2
passage: "Riley was siting in the living room wuth their mother, macy. The two of them were hunched over a magazine. "What`s up?" Chloe asked, joining them. "Mom`s going nuts about some movie star," Riley answered." Are you sure he`s famous, mom? i`ve never heard of him." Response: this passage is using a clear alitteration because it is using the "sss" sound in "mom`s going nuts about some movie star" which kinds of tongue twist the reader in knowning about the movie star that riley`s mom is going nuts over.
Title: “Begging For Change” Author:Sharon G Flake, Pg 149
Passage: “Our yard looks like one of those department store windows. Momma’s got red Christmas lights strung along the inside of the wooden fence: circling our tree and twisted around some of the branches. Long thin poles with cups of fire hanging from ‘em are stuck in the ground. Red, white, and blue Christmas bulbs are stuck in clear plastic bowls on three tables she borrowed from Miz Evelyn. And all the people who come in get a red, white, or blue shooting star drawn on their cheeks in glitter paint by Ja’nae.
Response: This is an example of Sensory details/Imagery. I chose this passage because it “paints” a vivid picture in your head when you read it. The first line is a simile comparing their yard to a department store’s window. Then, the author continues this thought by explaining how her yard resembles a department stores window. I like the fact that when I read this passage I could almost feel the heat of the flame coming from the cups of fire. I could also see in my mind the lights hanging across the yard and I imagine this group of people with red, white, and blue stars across their faces just laughing and having a good time. This Literary technique helps me read because I feel like I am there and that I am apart of the story.
"After Summer" By: Hailey Abbott "Ella." Jeremy said at last. "I don't really want to go see a movie tonight." Ella could feel her blood boiling under her skin. "What would you rather do Jeremy?" She asked tensely. "Oh I don't know." He answered. "Maybe play some video games."
I think the passage "Ella could feel the blood boil under her skin" Is a metaphor. Because the author was trying to say that Ella was so mad that she was getting hot. Ella’s blood wasn’t really boiling, but instead of saying "Ella was very mad", the author relayed this information to me by giving me a mental image. This is more interesting for the reader as well.
Passage: “ I could say it was intending to blow up the prime minister, a fat toad who deserved it. I simply never considered the other people who might get in the way. Frankly, I was such a self-important… I didn’t care. I got most of these scars from that explosion, and Daft Donald had his throat cut. That’s why he cant talk.”
Response: This passage clearly shows personification because a prime minister is clearly NOT a fat toad. So therefore Tam Lin (the one talking) is describing the prime minister as a fat toad I guess because all he does is sit on his butt and make things I guess a little unjust.
Passage: "The air was cool and moist and smelled like fresh-fallen rain. Though it was morning,gray twilight enveloped the flat disk of land that surrounded Tronjheim, land upon which no grass grew, only moss and lichen and the occasional pugnent toadstools."
Response: I chose this passage because I thought it was very well writte, and I had to think carefully to understand its construction. Since I know that the earth around Tronjheim is not literally a flat disk suspended in air, I can conclude that Christopher used this description to help the reader understand and comprehend the vast size of Tronjheim. In fact, the whole Inheritance Cycle has taken note to make several references to how big this place really is, often times refering to the peaks of the Beor Mountains surrounding Farthen Dur to be invisible beyond the misty fog, continuing miles into the sky. It's amazing how one little passage can say so much. I immediately got the mental picture of the slightly gray landscape covered with fog and the plethura of land that surrounded Tronjheim just from reading this guy's work in a few sentences. This passsage really helps me understand the environment in the paticular scene. (It was kind of hard to find literary techniques in this part of the book because they get into dwarvish politics alot, since they are electing a new king.)
•Title: Holes •Author: Louis Sacher •Literary Luminary:Tone Tone Ms. Jackson Pg. #: 83
Passage: “Zero stared at him with penetrating eyes. “What?” said Stanley. He was hot, tired, and sore. “I want to learn how to read.”
Response: I picked this passage because I could tell by Zero’s tone he really wanted to learn how to read. By Zero’s desperate tone, I kind of felt like learning to read was like all he had since he already didn’t have a lot of friends and he also doesn’t have any letters to read from anyone or write any letters to anyone.
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“The Veldt” By: Ray Bradbury pg 14
“The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky. The shadow flickered on George Hadley’s upturned, sweating face” (p.14).
This passage effectively uses sensory language to help the reader smell, hear, see, and feel the hot, African veldt land. Bradbury describes the smell of the grass, the water hole, the animals, and the dust. Then, he describes the sounds of antelopes and vultures. He combines this with what Mr. Hadley sees and feels while standing in the hot sun. Without using sensory language, the reader couldn’t know how realistic the virtual world was that the nursery could create. Mr. Hadley is even sweating which demonstrates the heat in the nursery. The vultures that create the shadows over his face hint that he may be the prey of the lions on his final visit to the nursery. (He’ll be sweating then as well.)
The A-List By: Zoey Dean
She felt ridiculous as she pulled back on the vinyl pants, silk chemise, and Ben’s tuxedo jacket.
Literary luminary: Imagery pg# 159
This is imagery because there is a vivid image of her getting dressed by putting on her vinyl pants, silk chemise, and Ben’s tuxedo jacket. This makes the writing better because you can see a picture “movie” of what is going on in the book, instead of reading and not really knowing what has happen. This will Literary Luminary type (imagery) will catch your eye because they are normal very descriptive and detailed and its almost like watching a movie in your head while reading.
“Breaking Dawn” By: Stephanie Meyer p. 532
“The necklace was simple-gold woven into a thick rope of a chain, almost scaled, like a smooth snake that would curl close around the throat.”(p. 532)
This passage uses a clear simile. It does so by comparing (using “like) the thick “rope of a chain” to a smooth scaled snake. To a degree this would also be an example of personification but the passage is using the chain and comparing it to a rope. Meyer uses many similes such as this throughout the book, but this one was in my opinion, her most interesting one. It surprised me that the necklace described in this passage was so simple because as stated previously in the story, it belongs to the Volturi, the very powerful and wealthy clan of head vampires. The Volturi had mostly been described as high-class snobbish vampires, and yet the jewels they have received from many generations ago are plain and ordinary looking. Perhaps the necklace could symbolize something, or the necklace could be foreshadowing an upcoming event involving the necklace. Stephanie Meyer only uses similes in her writing, from what I have seen, in foreshadowing and symbolism.
Sliding into Home by Dori Butler p. 117
“Me playing softball would be like you playing the oboe.”
“Huh?” Brooke blinked.
“Well, the bassoon is a woodwind instrument with a double reed just like an oboe. So if you can play one, you should be able to play the other, right?”
“No,” Brooke said. “They are totally different instruments.”
“Right! And baseball and softball are totally different sports!”
The main character, Joelle Cunningham, has just moved to a small town where the school system has a policy that funding for girls and boys athletics must be the same and comparable sports must be offered for both sexes. If a comparable sport if not offered, a girt is allowed to try-out for and play on a boys sports team. Joelle has grown up only playing baseball and in this town, her only choice is to play softball. The captain of the softball team, who is also in the band, is telling Joelle that baseball and softball are the same game.
The author decides to use a simile to show Brooke that baseball and softball are not alike, in the fact that if she can play one double-reed woodwind instrument that she should be able to play them all. She argues that that is ridiculous and Joelle says that so is saying that baseball and softball are the same game.
"Gossip Girl" by: Cecily Von Ziegesar pg. 136
Passage: "Sunshine streamed through the window, hitting the bag if Chips Ahoy hard enough to melt the chips."
Response: I think that this passage was kind of like imagery/sensory details because I could just see the sunshine coming through a window and hitting a bag of cookies, the sun so bright that it melts them.
Twilight by:Stephanie Meyer Page#: 280
“He laughed quietly, and gently unloosened my strangle-hold on my neck. There was no resisting the iron strength of his hands.”
-This passage is an example of a metaphor because it is talking about how his hands are like iron strength. So they are saying his hands are really strong and tough. If they said his hands were like little clouds then it would say his hands were not saying they were strong it was saying they are week. So this shows a pretty good example of a metaphor.
“Samantha’s Story Collection” by: Susan S Adler, Pg
“ooh, Ida, Samantha squealed. Her breath made an image that looked like clouds in the chilly December air.”
This small sentence represents a simile. When I first read the sentence, I was not sure what it could go by. But then I read through it a few more times and noticed the part that says “an image that looked like clouds” I thought this could be personification but it wasn’t giving her breath in the cold air any human qualities. This sentence stood out to me because it makes me think of being out side with my friends talking, then you see each others breath and it encircles a cloud type of smoke. So I thought it was pretty neat to read this sentence but also be able to imagine it as well.
Literary luminary: Imagery pg# 12
Nightwood By: Patricia Winsor
“She’d been in her room trying on jeans-three new pairs-checking herself out in the mirror. You couldn’t go by sizes. She’d made sure to take all sixes, but you wouldn’t know it-one pair was way too tight, another was baggy. She was lucky to get one decent pair out of the haul.”
This is imagery because there is a dramatic image of her trying on jeans. The author made it descriptive, and very graphic. You can really tell what is going on in the story because the author made it seem like you were watching a movie.
Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff Pg.13
Passage: “Instead, I squeezed my lips in between my teeth so hard they were hidden inside my mouth and shot lightning rays at her out of the corners of my eyes.”
Response: This is a hyperbole because it’s exaggerating the fact that Hollis is glaring at Ms. Regan. Saying “…and shot lightning rays at her out of the corners of my eyes.” makes the passage less boring, & shows how much Hollis dislikes Ms. Regan. Like, instead of saying “I glared at her”, the author used hyperbole to exaggerate the situation, & make the passage less boring.
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The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Literary luminary/simile pg 1
Passage
“one of those days that when you breathed out your breath kind of hung frozen in the air like a hunk of smoke and you could walk along and look exactly like a train blowing out big, fat, white puffs of smoke”
Response
This is not just a simile because it uses like. This compares how when you breathe you make a trail of air and it is being compared to a train blowing that big amount of smoke. I thought well that’s an interesting way to put it. It’s important to the story because it helps you understand the situation better.
"New Moon" By: Stephenie Meyer pg.242
"Then I saw it; a huge black shape eased out of the trees, quiet as a shadow, and stalked deliberately toward the vampire. It was enormous- as tall as a horse, but thicker, much more muscular. The long muzzle grimaced, revealing a line of dagger-like incisors. A grisly snarl rolled out from between the teeth, rumbling across the clearing like a prolonged crack of thunder. (p.242)
In this passage, as you may see, it uses sensory language to let the readers visualize the scene more indubitably. The author describes the sight of the wolf and how he approaches the vampire. The sound is coming from the angry wolves. Snarling, the wolves comes closer and closer to the vampire. I choose this passage, because I loved the way she put it together so vividly.
What is happening in the passage is that Bella is stuck in the forest with an evil vampire who is thirsty, and ready to kill. Suddenly, the wolves began to show up out of a habit of being ‘The Protectors’. Overall, I think Stpehenie Meyer does an excellent job at writing passages you can visualize so clearly.
"Jacob Have I Loved" By: Katherine Paterson pg 11
"When she was soft, there would be a proper crab wedding, of course, with the groom staying around to watch out for his bride until her shell was hard once more, and she could protect herself and her load of eggs on her own."(p.11)
Literary Luminary: hyperbole
In this passage it says that when crabs mate they have a wedding and the groom protects her while she lays eggs. the passage is a hyperbole because as far as we know crabs dont actually have weddings. I thought it was really cool how the author could think of that small passage and make it something unique and unreal. In a way it made me use my imagination of what animals really do.
Literary Luminary
imagery details
TITLE: Gossip Girl
AUTHOR: Cecily von Ziegesar
PAGE #: 68
PASSAGE: “They were sitting at their kitchen in their large and crumbling tenth-floor, four-bedroom West End Avenue apartment. It was a beautiful old place with twelve-foot ceilings, lots of sunny windows, big walk-in closets, and huge bathtubs with feet, but it hadn’t been renovated since the 1940s. The walls were waterstained and cracked, and the wood floors were scratched and dull. Ancient, mammoth dust bunnies had gathered in the corners and along the baseboards like moss. Once in a while Jenny and Dan’s father, Rufus Humphrey, hired a cleaning service to scrub the place down, and their enormous cat, Marx, kept the cockroaches in order, but most of the time their home felt like a cozy, neglected attic. It was the kind of place where you’d expect to find lost treasures like ancient photographs, vintage shoes, or a bone from last year’s Christmas dinner.”
RESPONSE: As I was reading this book, this passage really jumped out at me as imagery details. When you read it, it definitely describes what the apartment is like. The passage painted a picture in my mind of the inside of this home. I pictured it with nice architecture design and nice and bright like my house, but it is very dirty and messy. There might be mold in the shower or something like that. I think that this technique makes the writing better because it adds detail to the story so you don’t get bored with the book. Imagery detail makes the book more interesting.
"So little time" By: mary kate olsen and ashely olsen pg 2
passage:
"Riley was siting in the living room wuth their mother, macy. The two of them were hunched over a magazine. "What`s up?" Chloe asked, joining them. "Mom`s going nuts about some movie star," Riley answered." Are you sure he`s famous, mom? i`ve never heard of him."
Response: this passage is using a clear alitteration because it is using the "sss" sound in "mom`s going nuts about some movie star" which kinds of tongue twist the reader in knowning about the movie star that riley`s mom is going nuts over.
Title: “Begging For Change” Author:Sharon G Flake, Pg 149
Passage: “Our yard looks like one of those department store windows. Momma’s got red Christmas lights strung along the inside of the wooden fence: circling our tree and twisted around some of the branches. Long thin poles with cups of fire hanging from ‘em are stuck in the ground. Red, white, and blue Christmas bulbs are stuck in clear plastic bowls on three tables she borrowed from Miz Evelyn. And all the people who come in get a red, white, or blue shooting star drawn on their cheeks in glitter paint by Ja’nae.
Response: This is an example of Sensory details/Imagery. I chose this passage because it “paints” a vivid picture in your head when you read it. The first line is a simile comparing their yard to a department store’s window. Then, the author continues this thought by explaining how her yard resembles a department stores window. I like the fact that when I read this passage I could almost feel the heat of the flame coming from the cups of fire. I could also see in my mind the lights hanging across the yard and I imagine this group of people with red, white, and blue stars across their faces just laughing and having a good time. This Literary technique helps me read because I feel like I am there and that I am apart of the story.
"After Summer" By: Hailey Abbott
"Ella." Jeremy said at last. "I don't really want to go see a movie tonight." Ella could feel her blood boiling under her skin. "What would you rather do Jeremy?" She asked tensely. "Oh I don't know." He answered. "Maybe play some video games."
I think the passage "Ella could feel the blood boil under her skin" Is a metaphor. Because the author was trying to say that Ella was so mad that she was getting hot. Ella’s blood wasn’t really boiling, but instead of saying "Ella was very mad", the author relayed this information to me by giving me a mental image. This is more interesting for the reader as well.
Literary Luminary: Personification
Pg. 243
Passage: “ I could say it was intending to blow up the prime minister, a fat toad who deserved it. I simply never considered the other people who might get in the way. Frankly, I was such a self-important… I didn’t care. I got most of these scars from that explosion, and Daft Donald had his throat cut. That’s why he cant talk.”
Response: This passage clearly shows personification because a prime minister is clearly NOT a fat toad. So therefore Tam Lin (the one talking) is describing the prime minister as a fat toad I guess because all he does is sit on his butt and make things I guess a little unjust.
Brisingr
Christopher Paolini
page 547 visionary
Passage: "The air was cool and moist and smelled like fresh-fallen rain. Though it was morning,gray twilight enveloped the flat disk of land that surrounded Tronjheim, land upon which no grass grew, only moss and lichen and the occasional pugnent toadstools."
Response: I chose this passage because I thought it was very well writte, and I had to think carefully to understand its construction. Since I know that the earth around Tronjheim is not literally a flat disk suspended in air, I can conclude that Christopher used this description to help the reader understand and comprehend the vast size of Tronjheim. In fact, the whole Inheritance Cycle has taken note to make several references to how big this place really is, often times refering to the peaks of the Beor Mountains surrounding Farthen Dur to be invisible beyond the misty fog, continuing miles into the sky. It's amazing how one little passage can say so much. I immediately got the mental picture of the slightly gray landscape covered with fog and the plethura of land that surrounded Tronjheim just from reading this guy's work in a few sentences. This passsage really helps me understand the environment in the paticular scene. (It was kind of hard to find literary techniques in this part of the book because they get into dwarvish politics alot, since they are electing a new king.)
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•Title: Holes
•Author: Louis Sacher
•Literary Luminary:Tone Tone Ms. Jackson Pg. #: 83
Passage: “Zero stared at him with penetrating eyes. “What?” said Stanley. He was hot, tired, and sore. “I want to learn how to read.”
Response: I picked this passage because I could tell by Zero’s tone he really wanted to learn how to read. By Zero’s desperate tone, I kind of felt like learning to read was like all he had since he already didn’t have a lot of friends and he also doesn’t have any letters to read from anyone or write any letters to anyone.
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