https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46 Ellen Foster final project by Pardip Khanal en-us 2017-04-10 15:33:59 UTC 2025-11-23 12:24:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 2043352 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/165705472 a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process. This symbol signifies the metaphor that she used to describe her parent death. "And i will lay here with my mama until i see her chest rise up and sink down regular. Deep and regular and far away from the man in the truck."(pg 7)]]> 2017-04-10 15:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/165705472 2043352 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166099491 Is a comparison of two dissimilar things using same form of the verb. "Everything was so wrong like somebody had knocked something loose and my family was shaking itself to death". (pg.2)]]> 2017-04-12 15:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166099491 2043352 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166103561 Placing two things beside each other for comparison or contrast. "Mamma puts the food out on the table and he wants to know what am i staring at." (pg.5)]]> 2017-04-12 15:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166103561 2043352 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166105262 is a recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme while a theme is a central idea or message. (Food) " I feel good at my table with biscuits." (pg.14)]]> 2017-04-12 15:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166105262 2043352 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166269340 Storm will always end, be courageous.]]> 2017-04-13 15:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/166269340 1229827 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/169417676 Independent, command, strong . the reason why i say Ellen Foster is Independent because she never really had anyone other than her mother take care of her then when her mom got sick she had to take care of her self making her independent. i also say she is command because she never really listens to her father, she didn't listen to her mom when her mom asked her to not worry about her. And the last thing i said she is strong because she never really took anyone's crap from people especially when it came to her mom. ]]> 2017-05-02 13:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/169417676 1184619 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170170185 Ellen's house was the dark place she lived in. Where everything seemed like a storm. "" I thought to lock him out. A storm is coming up. And i will lay here with my mama until i see her chest rise up and sink down regular." (page #7) 

]]> 2017-05-05 13:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170170185 1184619 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170170268 Ellen's second home was her art teacher's house . " She lived in a blue house with plants in the windows and hanging all in the kitchen. " (page #46)]]> 2017-05-05 13:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170170268 1065377 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170204002 simile-a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

Ox-n ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals easier to control. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.

"He better watch out for me is what else .I said. I am strong as a ox."(pg.47)

Ellen says that she is strong like an ox because of all the responsibility that she carries around and she dose not  crack  under pressure.]]> 2017-05-05 15:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170204002 1184619 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170204668 Diction is the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

example #1: "That got my goat because i had forgot and could have turned eleven without my knowledge." (page #50)

example #2: "Now you get you a home. When i gets to the end of mines I'll catch up to the rest of us." (page #63)

example #3: " And you is not wearing a hat on your head. What you think that sun won't fry your brain? Lord chile." (page #64)]]> 2017-05-05 15:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/170204668 1065377 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/173377249 Flash back-a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past, typically as the result of psychological trauma or taking LSD.

 "I never knowed anybody sweet like your mama Smart as a whip  too!"(pg.65) 
 Mavis had a flash back to when she was raising Ellen's mother.  
"I used to play in the fields with Starletta and watch her mama and daddy chop but I never figured it would be me one day." Ellen flashes back to when she wasn't   familiar with working nor with colored folk.]]> 2017-05-23 13:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/173377249 2043352 https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/173850126 2017-05-25 15:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2043352/4ru955i0aw46/wish/173850126