Padlet of 10 significant words from "The Gift" by Peter Dickinsion by Nick Burrell https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift Create a padlet with 10 significant words from your book and why you think the author used it. Include title and author of book. en-us 2015-05-18 23:55:56 UTC 2026-01-19 16:34:09 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net/150518/b7a595291c10fcb46d0b4f399a319548.jpg Quarrel           45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61184760 I think that the author used this word because he 

wanted to show that the family still loves each other

even thought they are fighting. He used it to show 

that he was apart of the fighting.

]]> 2015-05-20 21:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61184760 Mockery 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185072 I thing he used this word to show that she was being tested on her feelings how her behavior. They wanted to see for hundreds of years that," the mockery was a way of closing the lid on her feelings." To see how far she would go.

]]> 2015-05-20 21:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185072 Inconvenience 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185323 I think they used this word because it say's more

than just the word difficult or not good enough.

Inconvenience means trouble or difficulty caused to

one's personal requirements or comfort.

]]> 2015-05-20 21:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185323 Shrieked 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185585 I think he used this word because it tells us a 

deeper meaning of the word yelled or screamed. 

She shrieked for help and wanted people to come 

to here immediately.

]]> 2015-05-20 21:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185585 Hideous 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185976 The author used this word because he wanted to show how disgusting she was. Not just gross or smells bad but she was just hideous. H wanted everybody to know that she looked like garbage and then some.

]]> 2015-05-20 21:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61185976 Bewildered 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186189 I think the author used this word because he 

wanted everybody to know that the charcter was 

very confused with what was going on and did not 

know what to do.

]]> 2015-05-20 22:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186189 Napolenic 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186275 The author her was refering to the child as 

Napoleon Bonaparte and how he thinks he is

super smart but the kid is really just using his 

gift.

]]> 2015-05-20 22:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186275 Clobbered 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186435 I think that the author used this word because he

wanted to tell us that the person in the book was

being hit very hardly and was treaded with badly

because he didn't hold up his end of the deal.

]]> 2015-05-20 22:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186435 Metallic 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186845 He used metallic because he wanted to show that

it is a certain type of metal he is using or medals. He

also said metallic because he wanted us to know that it 

could be like paint to or some type of metal melted 

down and put into something else.

]]> 2015-05-20 22:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61186845 Possessed 45nickb https://padlet.com/45nickb/The_Gift/wish/61187014 I think that the author used this word because he did not just want us to think that he was going crazy or something took him. He used it as an expression and wanted to make sure we knew that he was not being possessed by something else but that it felt like it wasn't him acting normally.


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