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Find a simile, metaphor, or personification in your novel. Type the sentence and page #. Then explain what the simile/metaphor/personification means. Overall, do you think the book you're reading is descriptive? If so, explain with specific examples. If not, explain with specific examples.
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I am reading Maximum Ride: School's Out- Forever by James Patterson.
"Everyone of them was a ball and chain, holding her down" (Patterson 356). That is a metaphor. In this story, when the real max gets kidnapped, she gets replaced with person who looks just like her so the real max's brothers and sisters don't think she is gone. The fake Max thinks that her new brothers and sisters are useless and that they were holding the other Max down.
Yes this book is very descriptive. Since the characters in this book can fly, James Patterson describes what the joy of flying is and what the scenery below looks like. He also describes the characters and the battle very well. I can vividly see a 'movie' in my head while reading this fantastic book.
Oh sorry i forgot in my last post i didn't have a specific example...
In Maximum Ride, there are wolf-people. They are men who can change into a vicious wolf, they were created to attack the flock (the flying people). James Patterson describes how they change into a wolf. For example, he says that the fingers grow into long claws, and his palms become rough and furry.
I am now reading Tigers Voyage by Colleen Houck.
"He was like a shark, cutting silently, swiftly, and fatally through the water"(Houck 4). This is a simile, because it uses the word like or as. The simile is describing Lokesh, an evil sorcerer who wants to be supreme ruler of the world, but in order to attain that goal he must get all the amulets. Kelsey Hayes is helping two Indian princes, Ren and Kishan, who are 300 years old and are cursed to be tigers for certain lenghts of time. They were cursed by Lokesh, who tried to steal Ren and Kishan's amulets from them, when the power of the amulets and Lokesh's magic backfired. In order to free the princes, kelsey must find Durga, an Indian goddess, four gifts. Ren was captured by Lokesh and Kelsey, Kishan, and Mr. Kadam, rush to save him. They place a fake amulet in Lokesh's place and save Ren. Lokesh flees, thinking he has all the amulets and tries to unite them for supreme power. When he realizes it didn't work, he describes himself as a shark saying he was cunning, quick and clever. He says the princes, Mr. Kadam and Kelsey will never see him coming after them for the amulet, just like noone really knows when a shark will attack.
Yes, overall I think my book is descriptive. Since their is magic, romance, and adventure, Colleen Houck paints scenes in your head that you can actually see happening. A specific example would be since their is magic, for instance the tigers and Kelsey's lightning power, would be really descriptive since she explains how Kelsey feels and how she wields her power. Houck also does a great job at describing battle scenes really well along with the relationships and feelings Kelsey feels for both Ren and Kishan. I can picture the entire book in my mind like it was a slideshow.
KHouse5: I really like your quote! Great details supporting it! Your book seems intersting so maybe I'll check it out from the library.
I’m currently reading The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey. “At midmorning of a broiling summer day the life of Three Counties Hospital ebbed and flowed like tide currents around an offshore island (Pg.1).” This is a simile because it uses the word “like”. The quote means that the hospital that the author is describing is working smoothly and everything is on pace. Currents flow swiftly and they’re always there just like the workers at the hospital. I do think my book is descriptive. For example, “The thought of dishes caused Mrs. Straughan to frown thoughtfully, and she propelled herself into the back section of the kitchen where the two big automatic dishwashers were installed. This was part of her domain less gleaming and modern than the other section, and the chief dietitian reflected, not for the first time, that she would be happy when the equipment here would be modernized, as the rest of the kitchen has been (pg.9).” This is descriptive because it tells you of the characters thoughts and describes how she reacts to them (by propelling her to the machines). It also describes the kitchen more by telling you that most of its modernized however the back isn’t. I can easily picture what’s going on while reading the book!
KHouse5- I heard James Patterson is a great author! Maybe I'll read that book!
The book I am currently reading is Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer. One example of personification in this book would include: "In late spring it briefly produces a golden bloom, but for most of the year the plant huddles unadorned and unnoticed on the parched earth, (Krakauer page 25). This personification suggests that the plant is usually tucked away for must of the year. Overall, I think this book is quite descriptive. The author writes the book as if he is writing about his own experiences, when in fact he is simply writing about what is known about Christopher McCandless. In doing so, the author also uses large amounts of descriptive language. One example of this would be on page 29 where Krakauer writes: "Instead of feeling distraught over this turn of events, moreover, McCandless was exhilarated. He saw the flash flood as an opportunity to shed unnecessary baggage. He concealed the car as best he could beneath a brown tarp, stripped it of its Virginia plates, and hid them. He buried his Winchester deer-hunting rifle and a few other possessions that he might one day want to recover. Then, in a gesture that would have done both Thoreau and Tolstoy proud, he arranged all his paper currency in a pile on the sand-a pathetic little stack of ones and fives and twenties-and put a match to it." I can clearly imagine this passage and think that the description the author puts into it is astonishing since he bases his writing simply on research.
Kaslanidi5- That book sounds really interesting. Is it a dystopian book?
I am reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke.
“She licked it up like a hungry little cat” (Funke 472). This is a simile. In this book the main character Meggie can read characters out of books. At one point she reads Tinker Bell out of Peter Pan only to have the tiny fairy taken away. But later on after being starved and alone she is rescued Dustfinger who gives her some milk which is where this simile takes place.
Yes this book is very descriptive. Funke is able to describe the scenes so that you always have a picture in her head. For example when she is describing how Tinker Bell looks you can see the little fairy with her pale skin and butterfly wings hovering around. With her use of words you can see the images clearly in your mind.
ABerryman5: Your quote is actually quite descriptive. I can see someone moving like that in my head. Also your book sounds really interesting. I think I’ll look at it sometime.
I am reading Counterfeit Son by Elaine Alphin.
"Those stupid riddles..."(Alphin 48) That is an example of personification because you are talking to the riddles like they are a person. Personification means to give unanniment objects human qualities. This book is sort f descriptive but not very descriptive. some examples are: "And he had the same hazel eyes."(Alphin 22); "The woman had long golden hair swept back neatly into a knot at the nape of her neck."(Alphin 22)
KHouse5: Those wolf-people sound really cool. Your book sounds very descriptive. Its cool that they can fly.
I am currently reading Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye. One example of figurative language used in this book is on page 17 where it says, "So the lot remained unoccupied, watched over by the lone tree, which grew quite well despite the seemingly poor earth in which it was planted." This is an example of personification because a tree does not have eyes so it can't watch over a piece of land or anything. Overall the book I'm reading is very descriptive. It always paints a picture in my head every time I read it and the way he describes the characters is one of the things he does really well. I can imagine all if the characters even without a picture.
KHouse5: I really want to start reading that series. James Patterson is a really good author.
I am reading The Monroe Doctrine (Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America) by Jay Sexton.
Sentences, which included figurative languages were, "American buildings melted away in front the British fire." This is a personification.(Figurative language using human characteristics)
"American armies are cheese" This sentence is a metaphor.(Figurative language that use two unlike things are compared,and does not use the words like or as)
"America civilization was in danger like the fire with the wind." This sentence includes simile.(Figurative language that compare two words using "like" or "as")
In my opinion, this book is not descriptive because this book is a non-fiction,which includes facts. For example, this book mostly have stories of wars, governments, and troubles in nations.
REmmons6- I heard that book and that book sounds interesting. I want to read it after I finish with my book.
I am currently reading Fire by James Patterson.
“We seem to have lost the club-wielding pigs behind the crowd for a few precious seconds, so I whirl around to find another alleyway… and nearly run right smack into my own face.” (Patterson 7) This is a quote directly from page seven in my book and is a metaphor. In the first part of this metaphor is the author comparing the guards chasing the main characters to be pigs who are holding clubs. The second part of this metaphor is the author comparing a Wanted poster with the main characters faces on it. Overall James Patterson is very descriptive in his writing. Throughout this book he is giving us many sensory details. From the smell of a garbage can to the sight of an accused witch burning on a stake, to even the taste of a chocolate that makes you lose control of your sense. From his descriptions I can see and smell the sights the main characters are seeing. It is kind of like a 4-D movie.
KHouse5:
I love James Patterson books! He is such a great author and is definetly descritive. I haven't read the Maximum Ride series yet, but I plan to in the near future.
I am reading the Tigers Curse by Colleen Houk.
"The poor reliable car was thrust out the door like an old house cat while the brand new kitten got a soft pillow on the bed." (Houk 54). This sentence is a simile, of course, because it uses the words like or as. Durring this time of the book, Kelsey Hayes had borrowed a car from Mr. Kadam, a man who wanted to buy the tiger from the circus that Kelsey had worked at for the past week. Mr. Kadam's car was a Bentley GTC Convertible. When Kelsey drove the car back to her house to pack, he foster dad, Mike immediately moved his old sedan out of the garage, and parked it near the trash cans. What the simile is saying is that Mike had thrown his car out of the garage, like some people would throw an old cat out of the house, leaving the new cat (the convertible) in a soft pillow on the bed (the garage).
Overall, I would say that this book is very descriptive because I would have no trouble, what so ever in the book to have an image in my head of what was going on in the book. For example, when the book explained Kelsey's reaction to seing the tiger, (Dhiren) for the first time, the book says that a soft breeze wrapped around her, completely overwhelming the aroma of buttered popcorn and cotton candy, instead of saying something like, the tiger amazed me. While reading this book, I can easily picture every single scene in my mind as if I was actually seeing it on a screen myself.
The book I am reading is Island Girls by Rachel Hawthorne. “The dolphins in the bay leaped about like a rubber ball on a hard linoleum floor. (Hawthorne 58)” is an example of a simile. The author is comparing the dolphins to a rubber ball. A simile is when an object is compared to another object using the words like or as. Overall, I find my book to be very descriptive because the author gives lots of sensory details. She very well shows what the characters are seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. throughout the book.
HFern6: That looks like a good book, and good metaphor too!
I am reading The Sorceress by Michael Scott. This is the third book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel series. I haven't found any personification, similes, or metaphors in my novel because I just started it yesterday and am only on page twelve or so. The book, however, is about the main characters (Nicholas, his wife Perenelle, and twins Sophie and Josh) traveling to London in order to find an immortal human, Gilgamesh, in order for Sophie and Josh to learn water magic. However, Gilgamesh is insane.
K House5:
I have read all of the Maximum Ride books except the new one. Is School's Out the first book? And the part of the book your at is REALLY good.
H Fern6:
There are a few Patterson books I have read, including the Maximum Ride series. I agree that Patterson is a great author, and you should read the Maximum Ride series. And Fire sounds pretty cool.
In my book, Through my Eyes, by Tim Tebow I found this example of a personification, “The fire hadn’t yet reached the woods, but we all noticed that it had jumped into our neighbor’s pasture” (Tebow 22). Tim’s dad had lit a controlled fire, however the ground was not wet enough and the fire spread and quickly got out of control. This is personification because the fire is a non-alive object and the author says that it jumped to the neighbor’s yard. Instead of saying that the fire had spread, Tebow used jumped which is giving the fire human like qualities. My book is an autobiography filled with Tim Tebow’s life stories, so he is able to go into lots of details during this book. An example of this would be that he described how dirty and gross him and his brothers would get when they played mud football, "For example, everytime it would rain, we'd head out to play football in the yard. There was something fun about football and mud" (Tebow 19). Not only did he give an easy explanation of how they played this game, he threw in some injuries they received during the game. I think it is easier for me to understand books like these because you know what the author is describing actually happened.
@RyanS5-
I have read that book before I thought it was a very exciting and an interesting book. Last year in Mrs.Cheshire's I did a book talk on it. Great quote it is very important to the book.
Book: Into No Mans Land
Author: Ellen Emerson White
My book doesn't have allot those three but other stuff like omomnapeia.
"I also had some canned white bread, which taste like glue, even if you heat it up."Page 41.(Had to do some digging). i think that he is comparing his food to glue, he usually says that his food taste good. he does say that allot through out the book.
The author does describe allot about the people, the places, the stories, and the plants through out the book.
HLee6: I like those quote a whole lot. They sound super awesome and i would like to read that book. My favorite quote is,"American armies are cheese" I really like cheese.
I am currently reading Dreamland by Sarah Dessen.
"But instead my dreams were as dull as my everyday life, consisting mostly of me walking around the mall or school, looking for some undetermined thing that I could never find, while faces blurred in front of me"(Dessen 25). This is a simile. In the book, the main character Caitlen isn't really known as a popular girl like her sister. So this sentence is saying that Caitlen sees her dreams as being tedious and dull just like her daily life. She used to have interesting and mysterious dreams, but ever since her sister ran away everything changed.
Yes, overall I think this book has been pretty descriptive. Since this book is about teenagers the author describes what the parties were like; saying that the house was covered in flashing lights and plastic cups. Also, she describes how Caitlen fell off the top of the pyramid at cheerleading practice. She describes what the scenery looks like everywhere and she uses good details as well.
KHouse5: That sounds like an interesting book! It would be amazing if we could all fly. :)
Book: Eclipse
Author: Stephanie Meyer
"It worked--your cooking skills have me soft as a marshmallow." (Meyer 9)
This simile means that Bella is more open to talking to his dad about a certain topic.
"Charlie was putty in her capable hands."
This metaphor explains that Charlie likes Alice, and would do anything for her.
"It was wearing a roll of stamps."(Meyer 19)
This personification is giving an object human qualities when it describes it like wearing the roll of stamps.
"My eyes traced over his pale white features: the hard square of his jaw, the softer curve of his full lips--twisted up into a smile now, the straight line of his nose, the sharp angle of his cheekbones, the smooth marble span of his forehead--partially obscured by a tangle of rain-darkened bronze hair..." (Meyer 17) Stephanie Meyer is very descriptive in this book. She paints a picture in the readers' mind for everything. When you are reading everything is clear and she show and doesn't tell. Like in the sentence above instead of saying "He was beautiful." She showed what he looked like and how he could be that good looking.
HFern6: I've read the other two books in the series, I will have to read this one next. It seems really good!
Book: Beautiful Creatures
Author: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
“Old paper, which my mom used to say, was like the smell of time itself.” (Stohl 224) This is a metaphor because it compares something by using the words like, or as. Ethan Wate's mother had died in a car accident, and when Ethan walked into his mother's library, he remembere dwhat his mom used to say about old paper, and time. This book, is very descriptive, like in this example,"She was wearing a purple T-shirt, with a skinny black dress over it that made you remember how much of a girl she was, and trashed black boots that made you forget." The authors use description to make the book interesting, without being too descriptive at the same time.
KPhillips: I LOVE the books Cornelia Funke writes! I really like that particular book too!
Book: Penny From Heaven
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
"Her hair is long, past her shoulders, and curled like a movie star's". This is a simile, and in this sentence, it's basically explaining what Penny's mothers' hair used to look like. Overall, my book is REALLY descriptive. It describes everything from how people look, to how they dress, and what things look like around her house. For example, when Penny talks about her grandmother,(specifically her cooking) she says what she looks like, what she likes wearing, and just how AWFUL her cooking is.
KNotestein5: You HAVE to let me read that book!! I want to read it SO bad!
I am currently reading Pretty Little Liars Secrets by Sara Shepard. "With her face burning, Hannah fled upstarirs and slammed her bedroom door" (Shepard 31). This is a metaphor that I found earlier in the book. In the story, hannah gets mad because she noticed she had eaten too many cookies and that people were making fun of her.
Overall, I think that the book is very descriptive but only with people's appearences. When the author describes them, you can picture the image in your head perfectly. In the book it says that Kate (her rude stepsister) was a tall blonde, tan with caramel colored highlights in her hair, and blue eyes.
KPrindle: That book seems really cool! I love the title!
I am currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. On simile I noticed was, “It sounded like an instrument.”(Zusak 135) Leisel the main character is comparing the sound of her running her fingers across the spines’ of the book. The book is very descriptive, sometimes I think a little too much description. For example, “There was a constant rise and fall of her stomach, and the futile hopes that they’d lose their way, or change their minds.” (Zusak 25) Another example is, “Almost cute, if it weren’t for her face, which was creased-up cardboard and annoyed, as if she was merely tolerating all of it.” These are only two of the many description packed sentences there are.
VGomez6: I really look forward to reading that series, I have heard a lot of great things. Also I like the metaphore it is very descriptive.
The book I am reading is the Uglies by Scott Westerfield. I found a personification on page 2. On that page it states: “Laughter and music skipped across the water like rock thrown with just the right spin, their edges just as sharp against Tally’s nerves.” A personification makes something that isn’t alive have the characteristics of a person. I think my boo is really descriptive for one instance when Tall describes the sky she describes as cat vomit instead of an ordinary color.
@KHouse5: I heard that book is very interesting.
@Lscammacca6:That’s a great example of personification.
My book is Beyonders; Seeds of Rebellion, by Brandon Mull. “The snow hit Jason like a freight train.” This personification means that the snow hit Jason so hard, that it felt like a train hit him. The book I am reading is descriptive; it just doesn’t use simile/metaphor/personification, what it does is explain the surroundings well. When the snow hits Jason, he is talking with someone, but he can hear the snow coming at him, and the book tells how far the snow is.
KHouse, good quote, and the book that you were reading sounds pretty good, too.
I am reading Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. And example of a simile in this book would be: "A pack of dogs was prowling at te doors, senior guys were....." That is the simile out of the sentence. Yes my book is descripive, it always explains the setting extremely well.
Book: No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (it’s a translated version)
Author: William Shakespeare
You shine above me, like a winged messenger from heaven who makes mortal men fall on their backs to look up at the sky, (pg 81). This is a simile in which Romeo is comparing Juliet to an angel in which many mortal men have fallen for. In other words he is telling her she is very beautiful. I do believe the play is descriptive even though the story is expressed in only dialogue. The characters' dialogue is full of figurative language in which we wouldn't use or see/read these days in books but would have been common in Shakespeare's age. The dialogue is so descriptive I sometimes get lost on what’s happening in the story.
ABerryman5: That looks like a good book.
HFern6- I've read that book it's really good! except i thought i was easy to predict some things that were going to happen.
In Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson the quote on page 59, “But to capture the heart of my sister, twerp jockess that she was, he was willing to do something athletic,” is a metaphor. The boy nicknamed Yoda wasn’t actually trying to capture the main character’s, Tyler, sister’s heart. He just wanted to make her fall in love with him. Overall the book paints a picture with descriptive words to describe how someone walks or what they are wearing but the author doesn’t use a lot of figurative language. She mostly uses hyperboles. She says a lot of things like, “It was killing him,” which is obviously a hyperbole because not being able to fall in love with Hannah wasn’t literally killing him. The author’s use of descriptive words can be displayed in the sentence, “The third Tuesday in September was hot and nasty.” This uses proper nouns and adjectives painting a picture with descriptive words rather than figurative language. That is how it is throughout most of the book.
I am currently reading The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. One simile in the book would be "His voice sharp and cold as ice shards." Pg. 130. Clary, Simon, and Jace have been searching through Luke's apartment and suddenly Luke comes home with two warlocks. Jace, Clary, and Simon quickly hid behind a screen, trying to not get discovered. As they were hiding Clary heard about how Valentine had her mom in his custody because she supposedly had the Mortal Cup. After the three gentlemen left again, the three of them got out and Simon asked Clary if she was okay and Jace answered, with his voice as cold and sharp as an ice shard, that of course Clary is not okay. I would also think that this is a very descriptive book. I think that is so because instead of just saying hand, the author said long-fingered hand, and also instead of saying hair, she said close-cropped reddish hair.
SThomas6: I agree! Great Blog! :)
The book I am reading is The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
"The flowers glowed red and golden: snap-dragons and sunflowers, and and nasturians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows." Page 25. This is an example of personification because it is giving a human characteristic to flowers. This sentence shows that Bilbo's beautiful garden could be seen from inside his house. My book is sort of descriptive. However, it was originally published in 1954, so the language is a little different from most books written today and it's not as descriptive as most other books I have read. An example of decscription is "A special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road,and white steps and a large white gate were built there."
BNguyen5: I've read that book! It's really good and the story line is always unpredictable.
I read a book called Cinder by Marissa Meyer. My example is of a metaphor. " This was not her dress. She was fake in it, an imposter. Oddly, the fact that it was wrinkled as an old man's face made her feel better." (Meyer 324)
The dress she has to wear to the 126 Annual rebuilding ball at the New Bejing Palace is not her's. It was her step sisters that died from the blue plague. She says that she feels fake in it. And that the fact it was wrinkeld made her feel so much better.
KHouse5:Sounds really good
Currently, I am still reading Daniel X: Alien Hunter by: James Patterson. A metaphor in my book is, "I am a firefly, the last light in this dark place" (Patterson 112). I think this means that Daniel X is implying that he is the final hope for humanity and says it by saying he is a firefly in this dark place (The last light/hope to save the world). A simile in this book was, "You men are women are his puppet, why do you people not try to stop him" (Patterson 92)? In this part, Daniel is trying to describe how the people act like the alien's puppets and do everything he says, which is why they are compared to as puppets. And right now, I am on page 187 and have not found any forms of personification. The closest thing I found to it was it says, "It is as if the walls were whispering to me, but it is not possible" (Patterson 106). This is just implying that Daniel X has been in a cell for 2 months and has begun to hear things from isolation from people. So far, I would say that my book is descriptive. For example, in one part it explains how Daniel witnesses a man get shot with an alien rifle as the man begins to throw up blood and it says daniel thought he even saw the mans organs begin to spill. That is nasty but descriptive. So far my book continues to be very good.
KHouse5, I love james Patterson. I have only read the first Maximum Ride, and when I planned on reading the second, I heard about the Daniel X series and I liked it a lot. You should read it sometime. It is great if you like Sci-Fy and adventure books. I do plan on reading the second Maximum Ride Book this year though. Good author choice
AMeling5: I heard those books were really good!
I am reading the Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck. On page 140, "The torch cast a flickering light on the walls, creating scary shadows that danced in sinister circles." Kelsey and her friend Ren, who is under a curse, cursing him to be a tiger and only be able to transform into a human for short periods, are going into a cave, searching for a way to break Ren's unique curse. This book is very descriptive, but there is not a lot of figurative language, but lots of sensory details. For example, on page 110 "I recognized plumeria flowers, bird-of-paridise, ornamental bamboo, tall royal palms, thick ferns,and leafy banana trees but there were many others as well." There are many passages where it is very desciptive.
ABerryman5: I am reading that series too! Its sooo good!
I am now reading Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder.An example of a simile is when on page 48 it says "LIKE a rat, my only hope of excape was to find a hole to hide in." Because the author used like, it is a simile, becasue similies compare two things usin like or as. This book is discriptive because she is a food tester, and must test the Commander's food (he is the leader of Ixia), so the author must be discribtive to discribe the different poisions. On page 68, there is a sentence that says "The next cup of mint tea hid a sour taste, the third had a bitter flavor, and the fourth was salty.
MLangston5- your book sound in some ways like mine!
mlangston5: That sounds like a good book! :)
I am currently reading the novel, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. One example of personification in this book is when it says: "I twist the top of my orange soda. It hisses and I take a sip." You can find this qoute on page 55. This is a great example of personification because it explains that the can of soda hisses like a snake or person when he opens it. My book is very descriptive because it explains everything that is going on and doesn't get confusing throughout the process; Like when he opens the box, it shows all of his emotions/reactions. I really enjoy this book and recommend it just about anybody; boy and girl!
ENunn: Great blog, and that sounds like an amazing book! Everyone always talks about how good it is. I hope to read it soon:)
“Tongues began to wag in Hobbiton…about the coming event at Bag End.” This would be a Personification and it’s on page 22 of my book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolken. This basically means that people were really excited to attend this rich hobbit’s luxurious party. The author is giving the animal/human characteristic of wagging to the tongue. From where I am in my book, I would say that it is very descriptive. For example, a line that might say ‘The man likes to have fun when he gets married’ says in this book ‘Master Gorbadoc went boating on the Brandywine River with his new wife, a tradition he carried out after each of his marriages.’ The book gives details in every possible way, from the places to the exact actions.
@JDeVoe6: That book series looks really good. Would you reccomed it? I've heard nothing but good things about it.
The book i am currently reading is The Ear, Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer. "We were treated like slaves not humans" (Farmer 5). The quote is saying that her parents and guardians were very mean. "We were dogs running away from our owner, not knowing the consequences" (Farmer 40). The book i am reading is very descriptive and always paints a descriptive picture in my head with figurative language, sensory details, and more.
Dphan6, sounds like a very good book, might read it sometime.
The book I am reading is Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. "A few blank windows stared down on them in silence from the husks of the giant buildings."(Westerfeld 61. This is personification. This personification is describing how they walked through the alley ways and the shadows of the windows casted a glaze almost as if they were staring down and watching you. Yes this book is extremely descriptive. Since the characters in this book go through a transformation from "uglies" to "pretties" Scott Westerfeld describes each part in full detail and I can actually paint a picture in my mind that could easyily be used to make a movie! It's a fantastic book!
I am reading the book, Catching Fire, by Suzzan Collins. An example of personification is, "Outside the windows, a car comes to life, soft and quiet like the purr of a cat, then fades away into the distance. It slips off as it arrived, unnoticed." (Collins 30). This means that the car is silent when it arrives and no one notices it when it comes and when it leaves. I think Catching Fire is a very descriptive book, because it uses the five senses. As I read the book it plays as a movie inside my head. It also uses a ton of figurstive language, and describes things to the very last detail. Catching Fire is an amazing descriptive book.
KOwens6- I LOVE the book Catching Fire! Its amazing! I hope you are enjoying it! Nice blog:)
CNorton5- Nice blog!:) I am looking forward to reading this book! It sounds good!
TCummings6: That is an amazing quote for personification! I want to read that book now. :)
CNorton5: That seems like an amzing bbok! I want to read 13 Reasons Why! :)
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