A thoughtful respone to these pages by kara marell. First and foremost id have to say that the book is improving a little but a little is better than none. In this section they make ice cream! YUM! I love how the book gives all these pointless details nad long wordy methaphors to bedazzle our minds away. Secondly more and more am i finding myself annoyed to death of the mother. she is so naggy and all she does is boss her poor poor daughter around. Not only is she asking of chores from a small child but she also ask them of an elderly man. Hmm i smell a lawsuit. They also continue to search for the fictional days bottom. I wonder if day is a person. are they searching for his bottom? Im pretty sure we could find that easily. Sorry dont mind my mouth..i joke. I still love grandpa. He reminds me of that creepy old uncle who drinks one too many at the family functions and then mouths off and hits on the wait staff. oh to be old. Well thats all for this week tootaloo.
-kara
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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Vocab-
yar·row /ˈyæroʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yar-oh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.
Dasher-a kind of plunger with paddles at one end, for stirring and mixing liquids or semisolids in a churn, ice-cream freezer, or the like.
"These little seeds have a secret."(p.57) This is a good example of personinifacation. Seeds cannnot have secrets but this female is implyign thAt there is something that lies within-life.
"The wind filled them like sails on a ship." This is a great example of what we call a metaphor. Its comparing how the seeds fly and catch the wind with how the sails on a boat catch the wind and make them move.
"Sadness and worry clung to her like a wet rag." This is another example of a metaphor. Shes comparing the sagginess of sadness to the sag of a nice sloppy wet rag.
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"Instead of wondering where it might be he should have looked for it more."
yar·row /ˈyæroʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yar-oh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.
Dasher-a kind of plunger with paddles at one end, for stirring and mixing liquids or semisolids in a churn, ice-cream freezer, or the like.
"These little seeds have a secret."(p.57) This is a good example of personinifacation. Seeds cannnot have secrets but this female is implyign thAt there is something that lies within-life.
"The wind filled them like sails on a ship." This is a great example of what we call a metaphor. Its comparing how the seeds fly and catch the wind with how the sails on a boat catch the wind and make them move.
"Sadness and worry clung to her like a wet rag." This is another example of a metaphor. Shes comparing the sagginess of sadness to the sag of a nice sloppy wet rag.
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"Instead of wondering where it might be he should have looked for it more."
Monday, November 19, 2007
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Dear Candice Ransom-
First of all Ms. Ransom i would like to comend you on your great cover model. You couldntve chosen a more attractive, intelegent, spirited and witty female. Secondly i am enjoying your book? the story line is decent. I could however live without the constant molasses metaphors every two seconds. Thanks dear. I dont like how the chracaters speak, Yeah, i understand there in the south, but that doesnt mean broken english all the time. I cant even understand half the words they are speaking. I like the grandpa he is a sassy little devil. The mom annoys me. Shes too naggy and i wanna smack her across the face. well thats about it i need to fill space so i really like juicy purfume it smells delightful. i ate a piece of cake tonight that was bigger than my head. GOOD GOD!
First of all Ms. Ransom i would like to comend you on your great cover model. You couldntve chosen a more attractive, intelegent, spirited and witty female. Secondly i am enjoying your book? the story line is decent. I could however live without the constant molasses metaphors every two seconds. Thanks dear. I dont like how the chracaters speak, Yeah, i understand there in the south, but that doesnt mean broken english all the time. I cant even understand half the words they are speaking. I like the grandpa he is a sassy little devil. The mom annoys me. Shes too naggy and i wanna smack her across the face. well thats about it i need to fill space so i really like juicy purfume it smells delightful. i ate a piece of cake tonight that was bigger than my head. GOOD GOD!
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Traipse(p.37)–verb (used without object)
1. to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
Tamped(p.40)-tr.v. tamped, tamp·ing, tamps
1. To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps.
"people swamrmed up the hill like ants in a puddle of molasses."This is an exacmple of a metaphor. What the author is doing is comparing the rush of people to the fair to the ants who stuck in the tasty moslasses treat.
"Her voice was sticky as warm molasses." This is an example of a Similie. The author is showing that the women had a deep rich sultury maybe even a seductive voice.
"His tomatoe plants stood up taller when he walked by." This is an example of personification. Plants cant grown taller when there farmer walks by. Thats just foolish thinking.
A theme that is emerging is cope.
1. to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
Tamped(p.40)-tr.v. tamped, tamp·ing, tamps
1. To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps.
"people swamrmed up the hill like ants in a puddle of molasses."This is an exacmple of a metaphor. What the author is doing is comparing the rush of people to the fair to the ants who stuck in the tasty moslasses treat.
"Her voice was sticky as warm molasses." This is an example of a Similie. The author is showing that the women had a deep rich sultury maybe even a seductive voice.
"His tomatoe plants stood up taller when he walked by." This is an example of personification. Plants cant grown taller when there farmer walks by. Thats just foolish thinking.
A theme that is emerging is cope.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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This is my response to the first thirty pages of this lovely book. Now i will begin to tell you in great detail and in exactly two hundered and fifty words what the beggining of this book is about. The book is set in the south, my guess is texas. It's a rural town and its probably the late 1800s into the early 1900s. The story opens with a young girl and her family. They are dealing with the sudden loss of her father. The young girls grandfather steps up and moves into the home to become a father like figure to the children and to help the struggling mother out.BUt theres a conflict!!! the mother and the grandfather tend to get into fights and argue all the time about seemingly stupid things! This causes tension to flare. So far this book is really fun full of all sorts of twists and turns. [NOT] So far they've made grits and bacon and described it in too much detail and now are sulking and discussing some herbage. sounds like a great time.
kara out.
kara out.
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parched-(p.11) v. 2.
3. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
Poplar-(p.25) n.any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
"My legs felt like poplar branches." This is an example of a metaphor because she is comparing her legs to tree branches. This means she mustve been feeling weighted down and just all over heavy.
"But sunshine and shadow played tag."This is an example of persoification. Obviously neither sunshine nor shadows can play tag. I think it means that both run from eachother. Its personification because its giving a human characteristic to a non living idea.
"Winter with its greys and browns,hung on like an old hurt." This is an example of a metaphor because it is comparing winter hanging on too long like pain of a loss. It may also be trying to show how the family deals with loss of the father.
"He taught me to pay attention before dark green laurel, honeysuckle, and wisteria chased the gold away." (p.21) I like this quote because it shows how the speaker feels about her father. Now that he is gone she enjoys remeniscing on the things he taught her and what they did together.
An emerging theme that i see i grief.
3. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
Poplar-(p.25) n.any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
"My legs felt like poplar branches." This is an example of a metaphor because she is comparing her legs to tree branches. This means she mustve been feeling weighted down and just all over heavy.
"But sunshine and shadow played tag."This is an example of persoification. Obviously neither sunshine nor shadows can play tag. I think it means that both run from eachother. Its personification because its giving a human characteristic to a non living idea.
"Winter with its greys and browns,hung on like an old hurt." This is an example of a metaphor because it is comparing winter hanging on too long like pain of a loss. It may also be trying to show how the family deals with loss of the father.
"He taught me to pay attention before dark green laurel, honeysuckle, and wisteria chased the gold away." (p.21) I like this quote because it shows how the speaker feels about her father. Now that he is gone she enjoys remeniscing on the things he taught her and what they did together.
An emerging theme that i see i grief.
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