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3/9/18
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Simile
“I have to spin them around and around in my head as if I am doing a mental merengue.”
It shows that her Moms/Mami’s words are confusing.

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Connor Anderson
3-9-18
#1
Onomatopoeia
"Whack!”
It draws the reader in

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Mariana Garcia
3/9/18
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Words that rhyme
We carry the baskets high on our hips We juggle the soap, the scrub board, and clips.
It tells you the actions of what there doing.

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The water rushed around mami’s brown knees through her blisters leaving wet kisses on her skin

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3/13/18
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Personification
“The empty pages filled with wind and blew up one after other, showing me all the lovely blank spaces waiting for words.”

It means that she couldn’t stop writing because there were somany pages that did not have words on it, so she kept going.

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Connor Anderson
3-9-18
#10
Rhythm
“May I have some paper, please please may I have some paper.
It shows rhyme

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3/13/18
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Pg#: 10 "May I have some paper, Please please may I have some paper.”

The author did this because it needed to be more rhythmic

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3/14/18
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Metaphor
"On top of the gri gri tree
I’m a strong, dark queen
Sitting on a throne
Of towering green.”
The quote means that she is sitting on her gri gri tree and feels powerful.

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Connor Anderson
3/14/18
Imagery
#28
"There I was looking at the sea when suddenly out of it rose a giant monster, tall and black and covering the sun with its shadow.

To show a image in the readers head.

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Mariana Garcia
Pg 25
Simile
Roberto would climb up with me sometimes but he got bored quickly and swung down yelling like a monkey
There comparing him yelling like a monkey

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3/20/18
Metaphor
#50
“He was everything that was mystery and magic.”
That he was dancing good.

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3/20/18
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Hyperbole
"At night the merengue is loud enough to shake the stars right out of the sky.”
This hyperbole means that almost everyone in her neighborhood loves to dance and their radios are on so you can hear it.

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Alex Demas
3/20/18
repetition
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Pg: 44“ I spin to the East I spin to the West I dance across the night in my merengue dream.”
This quote repeats “I spin to the”.

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Mariana Garcia
Pg 48
Simile
"In my dreams I could dance like a fairy.”
There comparing Ana Rosa dancing in her dreams and in real life.

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Hi Group! Please make sure to use quotation marks and punctuation in your posts!

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Mariana- love the quote! Try to explain a little more clearly what the simile means; what does it add to the story?
Alex- was there a more significant repetition in the poem?
Connor- Great quote! Make sure your explanation is a complete sentence.
Kaley- wonderful quote and the explanation does a good job of connecting everything together!

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3/22/18
Simile
#67
“I twirled around, it flowed out like ripples in a river pool.”
The author means that her dress had many ripples.

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Alex Demas
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Metaphor
3/22/18
Pg: 68
"All you need is a black mask and I can call you Zorro.”
This quote shows a metaphor because it’s referring Gario to Zorro

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Simile
3/22/18
Pg 63
"Angel and guario were best friends but they were opposite stars in a galaxy”
There comparing angel and guario with stars in a galaxy.

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3/22/18
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Simile
"Guario looked as if he would break a few hearts tonight.”
This quote showed that Ana Rosa meant he looked handsome and people would want to dance with him.

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4/4/18
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Simile
"There was no quiet-it was as if a thousand windows were open and you could hear the voices of all your neighbors.”
This quote means that it was so loud on the beach she couldn’t find any quiet on the beach.

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Mariana Garcia
4/3/2018
Pg 81
Simile
Sunday was the definitely the best day but on some sundays on too many of them papi gets drunken and they go to the beach.
There comparing Sunday’s when are happy and some when papi gets drunken and they all met at the beach.

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4/3/18
Personification
#78
One Sunday a storm blew in with green-gold waves touching the sky
The author’s purpose is that it was a windy storm.

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4/3/18
Personification
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Alex Demas
Hybole
4/3/18
Page: 92 “ I could make words in to anything I wanted
This quote shows hybole because she couldn’t possibly turn word to anything she wants

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Alex- good quote, explanation needs more detail.
Connor- quotation marks? Great quote.
Mariana- quotation marks?
Kaley- great quote. Be sure to explain the quote & what it means to the story.