https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt Choose one example of descriptive language from your independent reading books. Place your example in the appropriate column. Include the book title and author, direct quote and how the example of descriptive language affects the novel as a whole. en-us 2019-11-18 18:14:58 UTC 2019-11-21 14:59:23 UTC hello@padlet.com knorthrup1 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/412912170 "The school was still no more than a whisper in the air when she saw her friends late that afternoon, a mere ripple of unease as she settled into bed that night with her husband. But it was already a presence among them. A lurking virus, its symptoms yet to show" (Holsinger 9).

This passage is from one of the very first chapters of The Gifted School, a novel about an elite public school that allows admission to only students deemed as "gifted." Holsinger compares the school to a "whisper in the air," a "ripple of unease," and a "lurking virus," which contributes to the foreboding nature of the school and its mystique amongst a wealthy community. His use of metaphor foreshadows how the school will tear apart families and friends who have been overcome by the "bumper sticker mentality."]]> 2019-11-18 18:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/412912170 20iwhitmore_16 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413510227 "It was like the cockroach working up a plan to defeat the shoe on its way down to crush it" (Yancey 1). 

In the 5th Wave, the Earth is driven through five waves meant to kill off the human race by an alien race who wants the planet for their own. This shows how the main character, Cassie, feels about The Other trying to extort the human race from Earth. She views the remains of the human race as cockroaches that are trying to be exterminated by the Others. ]]> 2019-11-19 17:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413510227 20jlorenzen07 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413528979 "He could feel the fine, loose sand under his bare feet, warm but not hot; he could hear the grinding, rock-throated roar of the incoming waves as they lost their balance and sprawled their way up the lower beach, where the sand glistened like wet tanned skin; could smell salt and drying seaweed, a strong and tearful smell that reminded him of summer vacations spent at Old Orchard Beach when he was a child." (King 238). 

This is a passage from my favorite chapter of Insomnia, a mysterious story of an old man who loses sleep and experiences strange encounters. King grabs the readers attention in this passage and throughout the rest of the book with his use of imagery, which allows room for suspicion and detail needed for his story. ]]> 2019-11-19 17:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413528979 20mmintz_20 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413566810 "They travelled on without speech, saving their breath for the work of their bodies.  On every side was the silence, pressing upon them with a tangible presence.  It affected their minds as the many atmospheres of deep water affect the body of the diver.  It crushed them with the weight of unending vastness and unalterable decree.  It crushed them into the remotest recesses of their own minds, pressing out of them, like juices from the grape, all the false ardours and exaltations and undue self-values of the human soul, until they perceived themselves finite and small, specks and motes, moving with weak cunning and little wisdom amidst the play and inter-play of the great blind elements and forces" (London 3).

From the first chapter of White Fang, this passage describes the  silence of the northern wilderness the reader finds the two protagonists in. By giving the lack of noise qualities of crushing and pressuring the two men, London sets up the eerie feeling that the setting of this wild forest gives off. It establishes the mood of the next few chapters and embellishes the character of the forest the protagonists are travelling through. It also somewhat foreshadows later events in the book, by giving an importance to silence and the usage of noises (lack of or abundance of) to establish danger and safety. (Ex: the silence to the forest sometimes means danger and the loud sounds of other riders in the forest means safety.)]]> 2019-11-19 18:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413566810 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413618153 2019-11-19 19:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413618153 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413639810 Good Omens Pratchett and Gaiman

Sister Mary Loquacious has been a devout Satanist since birth. She went to Sabbat School as a child
and won black stars for handwriting and liver. When she was told to join the Chattering Order she went
obediently, having a natural talent in that direction and, in any case, knowing that she would be among
friends. She would be quite bright, if she was ever put in a position to find out, but long ago found that
being a scatterbrain, as she'd put it, gave you an easier journey through life. Currently she is being
handed a golden-haired male baby we will call the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the
Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan,
and Lord of Darkness." (Pratchett & Neil 27).

This passage from Good Omens does an amazing job of bringing Mary Loquacious to life in a vibrant and funny way. The entire book as a very rambling type of humor where one sentence has enough content to be read over twice and still not uncovering everything being communicated. ]]> 2019-11-19 20:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413639810 20spugsley_66 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413704535 "My heart gave a little dance at the sight of my aunt's tall, skinny figure, her fashionably baggy lined overalls, the familiar mop of long tawny curls, the rings on her fingers. Right down to her chunky sandals and crimson toenails, she looked like what she was-an artist" (Hahn 7).
The aunt, Dulcie, is more friendly looking and more put together unlike her sister, the main character's mom, who is "fragile".]]> 2019-11-19 22:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413704535 20awatson_70 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413741838 "I moved back into the shadows by my window as the engine started up and the van bumped down the driveway, brake lights flashing as it turned out onto the street" (Dessen 39).
This passage is from the beginning of the novel, which tells the story of a girl who, after her dad passes away, has to navigate through family, boys, and jobs in order to realize how the unexpected can become what means the most. The imagery in this paragraph, and the rest of the book, contribute to helping the reader be placed into the character's shoes and better understand what she is going through.]]> 2019-11-20 00:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413741838 20jhertzfeld_12 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413748913 "In the early months, I thought if I only focused more, I could guard against anything. But like walking into a swarm of bees, the more you swat at dangers, the more of them seem to appear" (Albom 36).

This passage is from chapter two of Finding Chika, a true story about a Haitian girl, Chika, who the author, Mitch Albom, adopts after the earthquake of 2010. Chika becomes terminally ill and dies shortly after being adopted. This simile is very fitting to the story being told. Mitch adopts Chika in order to protect her from a life as an impoverished orphan. Although he tried to get rid of all the dangers that threatened her, this was one he could not save her from. ]]> 2019-11-20 00:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413748913 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413770824 Mary E. Pearson
Owynn Githens

"I sat in a chair, staring at the box but not ready to look inside. The whole afternoon I stared, remembering,
   opening instead of closing,
          walking down the dark hallways,
                feelings for walls that disappeared,
                        for ceilings that didn't exist.
    I sat there, losing track of time, just the way I did then. Wandering for hours, centuries--maybe only seconds--there was no way of  knowing. I couldn't even measure time with my breaths. There were none. No tongue. No fingers. No touch. No sound. Nothing.
Only the tick of thoughts.
    Tick
            Tick
                    Tick
The darkness I had wandered in became something else, spreading, reaching, becoming more than I thought darkness could be. It was molten metal filling imagined lungs, ears, crevices, and pores. Darkness everywhere, until it had oozed so deeply it was a part of me and I wondered if there would be room for anything else inside me ever again" (Pearson 9).

This passage and the imagery in it lead the reader into the emptiness that Locke is experiencing as a consciousness in a synthetic body. Locke and his two friend's consciousness were turned into data and stored in blocks for 260 years after they died from car crash injuries. As they seek to reattain their previous selves, or grow to become new individuals, they come to know what nothing really is after recalling the 260 years of dormancy. This passage asserts their struggles that will occur throughout the novel.


]]> 2019-11-20 01:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413770824 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413786007 (Mackenzie Slee) 
“Wonderful trees, laden with leaves, sheltered the ground everywhere we went, and they would harbor raindrops and release them later when tossed by breezes” (Cameron 80). 
As a Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron is a book that completely focuses on the feelings and experiences of a dog, the book as a whole shows the personification of an animal. Added details like this one not only add description that allow the reader to visualize the story better, but also follow the book’s trend of personifying animals and objects just as much as the actual humans in it. It adds a special charm that sets the story apart from others. 

]]> 2019-11-20 02:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413786007 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413801647 "I clean up the kitchen and get the dogs’ leashes. We walk together through the neighborhood. Actually, it’s more like the dogs are pulling me the whole way. The eucalyptus trees are enshrouded in fog and I pull my coat tight around me. There are little purple stocks, like maybe lavender or something in the yard of the house on the corner. I feel exhausted, like I just fought a goddamn war or something. I let the dogs drag me" (Sheff 296). At this point in the novel, Sheff is on the journey of becoming clean. The world for him is a little brighter, everything is a bit more life-like, while he's also incredibly exhausted.]]> 2019-11-20 03:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413801647 20egauthier_23 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413935775 "People watch helplessly as the fires greedily eat up property in neighborhoods deemed too dangerous for the fire department to enter" (Hofmann 5). 
When fires take over the neighborhoods of Detroit, the fire rapidy continued to spread to the point of firemen not being able to enter to take control of them. The national guard ended up having to go in to control them.]]> 2019-11-20 12:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413935775 20apaule_83 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413969439 "The next guy was little and nervous as a dragonfly. He wore big round glasses and buzzed on about on about drugs in a whiny insect voice. First he'd smoked marijuana, then he took pills, then he started 'mainlining heroin--China white--Iranian tar--Mexican brown'" (Gantos 29).
During this time in the story, it is almost like a scene from beyond scared straight. A criminal who has been put in jail for life has come to talk at the school. The simile of him being compared to a dragonfly gives a great image of how this man looks with his large specs and his constant twitching. He is a drug addict and dragonfly is something you would not expect to be compare too, but it gives a perfect picture.


]]> 2019-11-20 13:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413969439 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413999309 "He was not very attractive to look upon, very short and from an early age bald..." (Golding 8).

This passage is letting the reader see the narrators father in a different way. The father is the reason why the narrators passion for literature started.
~Alicia Rodriguez]]> 2019-11-20 14:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/413999309 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414028615 "Something snapped inside me. I straightened up, the shivering dying immediately, and shoved him in the chest with both hands, giving it everything I had. He stumbled backward, his back popping the side mirror of my car out of place. It landed back in place with a thwump"(Brown 337).

In this chapter of Bitter End the main character, Alex, is finally standing up to her abusive boyfriend after she talks to her boss about it, who is like her mom since her real mom died when she was eight. Brown uses the word "thwump" to describe the sound of her car's side mirror landing back in place after she shoves her boyfriend into it. Brown uses this word to make the reader feel like they are actually there in the parking lot with them and like they can almost here the sound of the mirror popping back in place. This is the big turning point in the novel because throughout the entire novel up until now, Alex has been making up excuses for Cole and has been in denial about the reality that he is an abuser. This is the first time she fights back in the entire novel.]]> 2019-11-20 14:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414028615 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414030595 Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

"I can't get the image of my dad out of my head. So sad and alone, in bed but the lines of his face still deep and filled with exhaustion. And I can't even go check on him" (Lippincott 43). 

This passage is showing the reader the struggle that a person with CF has to go through with family and all the illnesses, but also the family goes through being sad knowing how tough the disease is. ]]> 2019-11-20 14:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414030595 20nsteyer_32 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414048159 "Would you care to elaborate, Ms...?"
"April," the girl said "April Park." 
My heart drops about fourty-seven feet and bounces up into my chest. I'm not sure I believe in God, but moments like this get you thinking you know? (Zadoff 30).
Earlier in the book, Andrew (the main character) talks about how he met his crush April at a wedding. During the first day of school, there was an argument going on in his history class, but Andrew didn't know who was talking. When he found out it was April, he was in extreme shock. This section does a good job at showing Andrew's affections toward April by exaggerating the movement of Andrew's heart as crazy and frantic which shows how much Andrew likes April.]]> 2019-11-20 15:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414048159 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414082241 "hear the mountain leaves rustle above me, feel the fabric of the veil that Brain David Mitchell stretched across my face... the tent, the washbasin, the oppressive dugout full of spiders and mice. I can feel the cut of the steel cable wrapped so tightly around my ankle" (Smart 1). 

This was in the second paragraph of my book called My story. This is showing us the readers about Elizabeth Smarts terrible experience being kidnapped and rapped at the age of 14.It gives you a lot of details that you could not even imagine. ]]> 2019-11-20 15:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414082241 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414095817 "He turned back again and yes, her face had gone black, a dusky rotten-plum black from which her bleeding eyes bulged wildly. Her pulsing throat had swelled up like an inner-tube, and her mouth was writhing. She was, he realized, trying to grin" (King 320).
This shows how mysterious and terrifying Annie is throughout the novel. The visual imagery used helps show how she appears to Paul, the man she holds captive. Although this shows her at her worst, it truly shows how she was throughout the whole novel.
Kearstyn Zuccarell]]> 2019-11-20 16:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414095817 20adelao_23 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414108142 2019-11-20 16:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414108142 20amontross_79 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414125507 "Flat faced, rectangular, and brooding, the B-24 had looks only a myopic mother could love. Crewmen gave it a host of nicknames, among them "the Flying Brick," "the Flying Boxcar," and "the Constipated Lumberer," a play on Consolidated Liberator. The cockpit was oppressively cramped, forcing pilot and copilot to live cheek by jowl for missions as long as sixteen hours. Craning over the mountainous control panel, the pilot had a panoramic view of his plane's snout and not much else. Navigating the nine-inch-wide bomb bay catwalk could be difficult, especially in turbulence; one slip and you'd tumble into the bay, which was fitted with fragile aluminum doors that would tear away with the weight of a falling man" (Hillenbrand 59).

In this passage, Imagery is used to describe the B-24 airplane used in World War II. The plane is described basically as a piece of junk. throughout other parts of the novel Hillenbrand uses Imagery to put you in places with the character. In this quote, your are looking at the B-24 with the main character.]]> 2019-11-20 16:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414125507 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414126020 "You? You're a monster." Harrison scowled and touched the skin around his eye through his face mask. "This will heal." "No, I didn't mean a monster because of your eye." Justin laughed in a friendly way. "I meant you're huge, a monster"
This affects the novel because Harrison comes to this new school, and he is nothing like the others. His appearance, personality, or just about anything. The boys on the football team notice this. He is bigger stronger and faster than anyone else. He sticks out like a sore thumb and he knows it. In reality he really would just like to fit in.]]> 2019-11-20 16:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414126020 20jgomez_33 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414675332 "You okay, Starr-" Pow! One. Khalil's body jerks. Blood splatters from his back. He holds onto the door to keep himself upright. Pow! Two. Khalil gasps. Pow! Three. Khalil looks at me, stunned. He falls to the ground"(Thomas 23).
Starr is the main character in this book and so is Khalil in a way. In this part Starr and Khalil left a party and he's driving her home. A cop pulls them over and Khalil gives the cop attitude which irritates the cop. So the cop makes him get out and wait with his hands behind his back and walks back to his car. Khalil moves and asked Starr if she's okay but before he can answer the cop shoots him. The author uses "Pow" for the gunshot and by using this it makes it way more dramatic because this scene is the most important scene in the book. It puts so much description into it so it feels like the reader is there and knows what Starr is hearing.]]> 2019-11-21 14:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414675332 20jgomez_33 https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414682829 "I squeeze through the sweaty bodies and follow Kenya, her curls bouncing past her shoulders. A haze lingers over the room, smelling like weed, and music rattle the floor. Some rapper calls out for everybody to Nae-Nae, followed by a bunch of “Heys” as people launch into their own versions. Kenya holds up her cup and dances her way through the crowd. Between the headache from the loud-ass music and the nausea from the weed odor, I'll be amazed if I cross the room without spilling my drink"(Thomas 1).
Thomas uses strong imagery in this part of the book by saying how it smells, and how it feels and what it sounds like there. The author does this because Starr lives in the ghetto but goes to a preppy school for "white kids". Thomas wanted to show how different the two places Starr goes. Parties in the ghetto are much different than the parties that are thrown by the kids at her school. Much more people go and that's why its so crowded, sweaty and smells bad. ]]> 2019-11-21 14:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/knorthrup1/6gszwzfk5dpt/wish/414682829