Post the title/author/page # of your book.
From the pages/chapters you have read this week, find a metaphor, simile, or personification. Type out the sentence/passage and tell us whether it is a simile, metaphor, or personification. Tell us specifically what it means and how it relates to what's going on in your novel.
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I am reading Matched by Ally Condie and currently 25% done.
A metaphor that is mentioned in my book is: "Welcome, the Officer says in a voice as clipped and sharp as his hair." (25%) When the main character is attending a summer hiking activity this is the officer that awaits her and her friends. This is the first time in years that this activity has been offered to the public, so all of the children are very excited to experience this sport.
I just finished Boot Camp by Todd Strasser.
I simile in my book is "...where Joe is still sprawled like a broken doll." It means that Joe, the "dignity families" father" (the "Dignity Family" is the group Garrett was put in at the Boot Camp and each "family" had a "father" which would be a leader. And Joe, is a very abusive and cruel "father"), was hit on the floor and knocked out by a girl who he was verbally abusing named Megan. Megan tackled him after he was saying horrible things about her actual mother. He was lying on the floor unconscious and looked like a rag doll, meaning that his limbs were at odd angles, like a flimsy doll.
Monica-
I cannot stand that book, it was just so boring! It was too much like Delirium and saying over and over and over what the symbolism was! It was just like Mockingjay in that way too! I had tto stop reading it mid-book.
Paige~
That sounds like a very different kind of book. So far i do not really care for it. Hopefully it will be better.
I am currently reading White Fang by Jack London. I am on page 165 at the moment. On page 14 there is a simile that says, “Bill didn’t speak. Instead, he pointed toward a pair of eyes that gleamed like live coals in darkness.” This relates to this seen in the story because they are sitting around a fire and Bill looked into the woods and saw the eyes. On page 52 there was personification. It said, “As he did so, a draft of air fanned him.” This talks about the large winged body that swept ominously past him. An example of a metaphor from the story is, the wild is, for White Fang as a pup, the “unknown”. This statement means that when White Fang was a pup he knew nothing of the world he lived in.
Mefferen6
It seems that you found good similes, metaphors, and nice personification. Was it hard to find them in your book though?
I am reading Alcatraz versus The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and I am currently on page 117. One simile that I found while reading was "Dust settles on the books like gray rain forest moss, giving the air a certain, unwelcome scent faintly reminiscent of a dragon's lair." Alcatraz, the main character, is sneaking into a library, and they enter one of the storage rooms, where there are rows and piles of old books. The books are so old that dust has settled on them and the dust gives off a scent that resembles forest moss. This scent is apparently similar to the lair of a dragon.
Paige, that simile really helps create a picture in my head. Nice work!
I just finished reading Paper Towns by John Green, and I really loved it!
I found an extended metaphor in the book on page 260. Q, Radar, Ben, and Lacey have all ditched graduation night to go and find Margo in a small town in New York. She is said to be staying until the next day at noon, and the drive from Orlando to the town takes over 21 hours, and they are unsure of her location. So they take a 6 minute stop at a gas station and run out to the car, where they organize everything by category. The author says "The minivan has become a kind of very small house: I am sitting in the passenger seat, which is the den...beneath the passenger seat is the office...The living room is the driver's seat etc. There were many other uses of figurative language, but this one made me really picture the situation.
Paige and Monica- I have heard mixed reviews about Matched. Some say it is really good, but many say Ally Condie took a lot of aspects from The Giver... could you find any similarities?
Monica that was a good one.
Paige I was the one you told not to read Matched because it was soo boaring ;) !
I am reading the book Speak by Laiurie Halse Anderson, I am currently on page 25.
In this book I have found a ton of figurative language but it is very hard to spot because it goes along with the book so well. The one i chose is a simile. I have been dropped like a hot Pop Tart on a cold kitchen floor. This relates very much to this book because thi girl is very shunned after the mysterious event happened at a party. This is to represent how she feels at other kids when they ignore her, or "drop her."
I am reading The Color of Water by James McBride, and I am on page 155. One simile that I found in this book is on page 125, it says, "When they tore down his house, it was like they ripped out half his arteries." What this is describing is how James' stepfather lived in Brooklyn for much of his life in an apartment he had really settled himself into, but was forced to move by the city of New York so a new high rise could be built there.The author is basically saying even though his stepfather was able to move into the house with the rest of his family in Queens, his heart was still in Brooklyn so he was shattered.
Cameron: That simile is very interesting and keeps you thinking! I wonder what happened at the party or if she really deserves to be treated like that.
I am reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and I am on page 84. In the book it mentions, “It felt like being an insect trapped under a bowl filled with steaming air.” This is a simile and relates to my book because Katniss feels awkward everywhere she goes and now that a character from the past has reemerged, she would rather be anywhere else.
Sam- Isn't that book a classic? I have been meaning to read it, I hope you like it.
i am currently reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. i am on page 259
on page 259 "the booby-trapped street, empty and inviting."
this is significant because the rebels are raiding the capitol and the streets are filled with traps that they have to get across to seize the city. and this is a personification because a street can not invite somebody.
Paige ~ what is that book about in the first place and why is Joe called the "dignity family" father?"
I am reading Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, and i am on page 20.
"The book came flapping like a wounded duck and fell at Jeffrey's feet."pg 13 its a simile and it relates to the story because Jeffery is a run away and he sees a girl with a suit case and hes stops to talk to her because he assumes shes a run away too, but it turns out its a suit case full of books and Jeffery begs her to let him borrow one of the books, and this is how there friendship started
Dylan- that seems like a very interesting book! I might have to read it next!
Paige- goodness that sounds like a very violent book! Why did you decide to read it, was it because of the cover or did you just happen to start reading it?
My book is Guitar Boy by M.J. Auch and I am on page 211.
The figurative language I have found was in the beginning of chapter 19, where it says: "In the next week, the days blurred by like the cars in a fast-moving freight train." This sentance represents a simile because of its comparison between two things and its use of like or as. It is comparing the days of a week to the speed of a quick-moving train. It is saying that the days of the week was seemingly going by very fast, due to the fact that the main character, Travis, was working hard for a guitar picking festival and the fact that his mother is finally improving from her past brain damage. All of the work and thoughts just made the days go by fast for Travis.
Paige:
Todd Stasser is by far one of my favorite authors. I love how he takes such a serious issue that is very touchy or talked about much in society and puts the issue into the prospective of the people it directly affects. At the same time, he is able to create such an extrodinary plot with it. Probably my favorite books from him was When I Grow Up or Give a Boy a Gun.
I am reading Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Ed Gorman I am on page 171.
“Even though he was well into his forties he always looked like a kid all dressed up for his first Communion.” This simile is describing a man who owns a local store right outside of the crime scene where Richard Connors, a suspected communist was shot. The author is describing this mans appearance so that the reader can interpret his personality before the main character questions him.
Dylan R. why does the main character have to sneek into the library?
I am currently re-reading Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, and am on page 447. J.K. Rowling doesn't use much figurative language in her writing, probably because a lot of the things she write about are very fictional and finds it easier to make a clear descriptive writing instead. The simile I found was, "'And don't tell anyone what you're doing. Just stick to Malfoy like a couple of wart plasters.'" This is what Harry is telling Kreacher to do, he wants Kreacher to follow Draco Malfoy around and to tell Harry what he's up to. This turns out to be very useful and gives Harry an advantage of knowing what Malfoy is planning.
I am reading Alcatraz versus the Shattered Lens by Brandon Sanderson and I am on page 137. My Personification is "Using the Bestower's lenses had taken a lot out of me-my stomach hurt from being punched so often, and the Lenses had sapped away a lot of my strength." The story revolves around this mystery of the Silimatic technology and special Lenses only Oculators can use. This shows what kind of effect lenses has on Oculators.
Book: The Luxe
Page: 24
Author: Anna Godbersen
A simile on page 15 of my book is "...They look as though they were dressed by the circus." The main character in my book is attending a ball with her younger sister and her mother. Her mom has been pressuring her to start looking for a husband and so she finds her daughter's old friend Percival and insists that she dance with him. She thinks he won't remember her, and her mother replies saying the other girls look like the circus dressed them. This is important because the time period and setting are Manhattan, 1899 and all the rich people are at a big party. So for these girls to look like circus clowns is a serious faux pas on their behalf.
Mefferen6- I think Rachel did that book for a book project last year. It look really interesting and I've been meaning to check it out.
Pbasting6- Maybe I won 't look into reading this book...
Sarah~
I love how it explains the whole car. It sounds like an interesting book, and now that I think about it, my minivan is exactly like that.
Dylan
How are you enjoying that book?
I recommend the other Alcatraz books as well.
My book that I am reading is called The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I am on page 66, but the quote am using is on page 37.
The quote is, "The passionate noise of agreement from the assembly hit him like a wave and he lost his thread. He thought again." This is a simile and it is comparing a noise to a wave; powerful and unexpected, and losing a grasp on thread, or the situation. In the novel at page 37, the main character, Ralph is trying to settle a disagreement among the assembly. The audience realizes Ralph has resolved it: there is no wild beast living in the forest of the island they are deserted on. The group of boys recognizes Ralph's hard work with an unexpected applause. It hit him with surprise, like a wave, and then "he lost thread" meaning he lost control of the audience and their reactions.
Sungmin ~ That was a really good quote you got exemplifying a simile. It was obviously a bold simile though you interpreted it very nicely. Good job.
I am reading Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli and I am on page 62.
A simile used in my book is, "I felt as if I was looking down over the roof edge of a skyscraper."
The main character, Will, is standing on top of a hill. Everyone calls this hill "Dead Man's Hill" because nobody has ever been able to successfully skateboard down it, except for one of Will's best friends, BT. BT says he rode down it, so Will goes to see for himself what the view is from the top of the hill. He compares it to being on top of a skyscraper, meaning it is very tall and insanely intimidating.
LPaxton- The simile you used is very graphic, but it definitely shows what the main character is feeling. I can tell that when they tore down his house, it was very hard for the character to bear.
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I accidentally used the wrong type of "bare" on my comment before!
I am reading Vampire Plagues, London 1850 by Sebastian Rook. I am on page 98. "The man's face was white as a sheet and his dead eyes stared up at the sky." This is both a simile and personification. He is comparing a man's face to a sheet, and saying eyes can be dead. It means the man was so surprised and couldn't believe what he saw. It relates to the book because Jack had been following the man and watching him, and the man turned around to be in shock after seeing he was being watched doing bad things.
Sam- That book sounds like a vampire book, because of the title. I am currently reading a book with vampires, and yours sounds interesting. How is it so far?
My book is Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott. I am on page 100.
My book as a whole is a personification. The book is about a world that is 2-dimensional and the characters or "people" are shapes. The shapes are talking and moving about and interacting with the world just like we do. Thus, the personification is giving shapes on a 2-dimensional plane life like actions. Even social classes are formed. Squares, triangles, pentagons, etc. all represent different types of people.
Monica- I think I might have saw that book at the book fair, I saw a couple people talking about it. It sounds pretty interesting from what I heard. That and it sounds like another teen drama type book. But hey, I could be wrong.
Paige- That book sounds pretty brutal, what kind of boot camp is it?
I am finished reading "Places I Never Meant to Be" by Judy Blume, and other censored writers.
A metaphor in my book is when Sarabeth, the main character, and her mom were having their usual conversation an the mom says, "Life is a river, sweetie pie." It means that life is sometimes crazy, but sometimes it is calm and relaxed. This relates to one of the stories in my book, "Meeting the Mugger" by Norma Fox Mazer, because Sarabeth's mom is always giving her advice that she has heard since she was born, and does not want to talk about anything else. This is the reason that Sarabeth ran away, which is what the story is kind of about.
I am reading The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan and I am on page 61.
I found a simile and my book and the character thinks : 'Wings sprouted from their backs- small bat wings, which glimmered like brass.'(pg. 17) This simile is describing the way the gorgons appear. This is important to me anyway because I try to imagine what's going on in the book.
Sam What is White Frank about?
The Prince of Fenway Park/Julianna aggott/ page #125
"The Pooka didn't smell of fear or anger. *He smelled of loss and sadness* that glowed up from his stomach through the holes of his vacant eyes on either side of his horse head." -page 123 (By the way, his horse head is not a metaphor. He literally has a horse head.) The part in "**" is a metaphor. It says he smells of sadness, but you can't smell like an emotion. This metaphor means that even though the Pooka looked intimidating, you could tell that he was really just sad, and that his general aura was depressed. This relates to my book because the Pooka doesn't want the curse to be broken, and I think it might be because of his sadness and loss he doesn't think people deserve to have the curse lifted.
pbasting6- that book sounds awesome! Megan seems like a good security guard. What did Joe do to deserve that?
I am currently reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl and am on page 26. A simile mentioned in this book is "She was like a great white soggy over boiled cabbage." What the author is referring to is that Jame's Aunt Sponge was very old and wrinkly. This relates to the events of the book in the beginning because James has to to all of the yard work and house cleaning while his Aunt just sits back and relaxes. Because of all this work though it causes him to meet an old man that hands him a bag full of magical creatures that become human like. They comfort him throughout the book.
Katy, i read that book and absolutely loved it! It is probably one of if not my favorite book of all time. It has so much action and leaves you wanting to read more every time you stop. The ending is the best part.
Karoline, that book sounds very interesting. I myself am a huge redsox fan like Pooka. Does the book have any other major events in it or is that the biggest one? I should read it next.
The book I am reading is Meet the Beatles: The Band that shook Youth, Gender, and the World. I am on page 15. The figurative language that I have noticed so far is tlakking about when The Beatles first arrived in America. It says, "the sound was comparable to a jet engine taking off." This is a simile and it is comparing the sound of the screaming fans to that of a jet taking off. This is also helping them to describe the impact that the Beatles had.
Cameron-
That book looked so good! How do you like it so far?
Joey,
I have read that book and it is very interesting and a fun read, just like the simile you chose. It shows that James doesn't appreciate his aunts at all in a humorous way.
My book is Pendragon: The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale, and I am on page 78. The metaphor is when Bobby is in Lifelight, a “virtual world” where anything can happen, even a great life separate from your real life, and it is during a basketball game when he makes the penalty shot. He notices his parents, his sister Shannon, his girlfriend Courtney, and his best friend Mark were “going nuts.” This is on page 73 and it is a metaphor because it is comparing his family and friends to going nuts.
I am reading Heat by Mike Lupica. I am on page 103.
On page 99 there is a sentence that says "... hoping that nobody on his team could see him acting like a baby." This is an example of a simile. The book is comparing a mature teenager to a baby. This also relates to my book because this character, Michael, is worried that he is not going to be able to play in the baseball games.
Bridget Foster~ Your book seem sweet, but then again, i am probably way off! It still seems good.
Kate H~
I have never heard of the book that you are reading. Do you think that I would enjoy it?
I am reading The Schwa Was Here b Neal Shusterman and I'm on page 33. The simile from my book is, "He's about as creative as a barcode." This plays into the book because the main character, Antsy, needs help with trying to make a dummy break into peices and is making it as creative as he could.
I am currently reading Tom Clacncys splinter cell endgame by David michaels and I'm on page 174.
A simile in my book is "Wow, his speed is as fast as a cheetahs...thats unreal." This means that his movements were faster than the usual or as it states in the text "unreal". Ben is escaping death again from his annonomous bounty hunters. Ben is different from others or as you say outof the ordinary.
Jessica,
I love Neal shusterman his books are always so cool like last years book Unwind.
Connor,
I have heard so much of those books but i havent read any of them yet.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, page 379.
"Shay started to crawl, the board bouncing along behind her like a littlie's balloon." This is a simile describing a hover-board from the future. Littlies are what children are referred to as, and this shows that the board followed the character in a bobbing motion. This related to my novel because it has a lot of future technology that we can compare to what we have today but it is definitely different.
Meffren5-
I would really like to read that book and I feel that it would be very interesting. I like this figurative language because it gives you a visual and audio.
I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling and I’m on page 113.
The simile I found was “And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was a smooth as glass.” The author is describing here what the boat ride across the lake felt like. When she says it was as smooth as glass she means there was no movement in the water and all was calm. This relates to what is going on in my book because Harry has just gotten off the Hogwarts train. It’s his first year so Harry has to take a boat across the lake to get to the castle.
Jessica- I love your simile about the barcode, that's really funny.
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The Magicians Nephew
C.S. Lewis
“…and then been brought up in a beastly Hole like this.” Digory said this metaphor to show that London was a nasty dirty terrible place to live and that it is not what he is used to and he feels trapped. Digory is from the country originally so being brought to London city is very overwhelming to Digory, which makes him feel like he has no where to go and makes him feel he is stuck at the bottom of the hole, trying to get out but he just can not.
Monica ~ i tried reading that book and i disliked it so much! Let me know what you think about it if you finish it. Maybe i will try to read it again. Also, great catch of a metaphor, it really is a sharp one.
Wat page?!!!
It's actually a simile no
t a metaphor because it uses "and".
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