simile - A simile is a comparison between two different things, designed to create an unusual, interesting, emotional or other effect often using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
Metaphor - A metaphor is a word or phrase that describes one thing being used to describe another
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary
Similies in the book -
1.it smells like the sweaty tongue of a hockey skate. page 14
2.Where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road page 22
3. When you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail. page 22
4.Anger glows around this kid like electricity. page 21
5. 4. When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Metaphors in the book -
1. The room is a sea of dirty clothes and magazines and leftover Chinese take-out cartons. page 14
2. I imagine a great battle going on inside her. page 64
3. Her voice is a feather, a thread page 70
4. When she is tied to the bed, I am her eyes and ears. page 58
5. Shame is five-fingered. page 64
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
keeper
I think that I am my grandmothers keeper. my dad is never home because of his job. for most of the year his is somewhere else in the country working for mitsubishi. when he is not home, my grandmother doesnt have anyone to help her around. A little over a year ago she fell and broke her wrist and a couple of ribs. she is in avendell now and i help her around.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Jodi Picoult
The book "my sisters keeper" was written by Jodi Picoult. She was born on May 19, 1966 in long island new york. she moved to New Hampshire when she was 13. She went to princeton University for colloge. after college she moved back to new hampshire, married, and had three kids. the book "my sisters keeper is about a teenage girl (Anna) who has cancer and had it basicly her whole life. no one in her family had the same blood type or anything as her, so they could not donate to help her. her parents geneticly made another child that could donate everything they need to http://bestsellers.about.com/od/authorprofilesaz/p/jodi_picoult.htm
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