8B: ATDPTI Literary Device Hunt! (Ch. 2-4) by WTMS Padlet https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0 As you read, write down examples of each of the following literary devices and then analyze what you learn from it. Each person in your cohort should have at least 2 posts! The more you include, the better chance your cohort will win the challenge! en-us 2021-12-02 01:58:07 UTC 2025-06-21 15:11:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Your Name Here [Template] kgibsoncooper https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1924139915 " Insert Quote Here" (Add Chapter Name)

This use of repetition helps us see how / shows us that / allows us to better understand how Junior...]]> 2021-12-02 01:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1924139915 Nailah.h https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931538656
"I wish I were magical, but I am really just a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation."(why chicken means so much to me)
This quote is repetition because it keeps on using the word "poor-ass",and repetition is where a word or phrase repeats its self.


]]> 2021-12-06 16:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931538656 Charlie S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931556249 "I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad."]]> 2021-12-06 16:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931556249 James Bissell (Superior) https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931556362 "After Oscar died, I was so depressed that I thought about crawling into a hole and disappearing forever."
This is hyperbole for he isn't actually going to do that and probably doesn't feel like it. He is making a exaggeration. ]]> 2021-12-06 16:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931556362 Charlie S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931559587 "But I can’t blame my parents for our poverty because my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them."]]> 2021-12-06 16:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931559587 Charlie S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931561596 "It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin."]]> 2021-12-06 16:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931561596 dean https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931563148 i couldnt be mad at my parents, i would EXPLODE without them.]]> 2021-12-06 16:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931563148 Charlie S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931564000 "I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound, but nobody, no matter how much pain they’re in, can run that fast."]]> 2021-12-06 16:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931564000 Eden Schnee https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931566734 "And let me tell you, that old, old, old, decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb."

This is a hyperbole because obviously the book isn't physically hitting his heart, but it shows us that he was very upset with the fact that their reservation couldn't afford new books. ]]> 2021-12-06 16:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931566734 Gavin https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931574477 "my hopes and dreams floated up into a mushroom cloud"]]> 2021-12-06 16:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931574477 Ben M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931620421 There is nothing better than a chicken leg when you haven’t eaten for (approximately) eighteen-and-a-half hours. 
There are things better than chicken when you're starving therefore it's a hyperbole

]]> 2021-12-06 16:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1931620421 Luca S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933918337 “Yeah, but you punched the alpha dog in the face,” she said. This is a metaphor because she compares Roger to an alpha dog without using like or as.]]> 2021-12-07 16:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933918337 Ben M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933919014 "His heart is as strong and mean as a snake"
This is a simile because Rowdy's heart is compared to a snake using the word like ]]> 2021-12-07 16:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933919014 Luca S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933923036 "Of course, she was the most beautiful homeless woman who ever lived." This is hyperbole because he exaggerates to show his love for penelope]]> 2021-12-07 16:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933923036 Eden Schnee https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933924168 "And let me tell you, that old, old, old, decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb."

This quote uses the repetition of "old" to describe how old the book really was, and allows us to understand how Junior feels really impacted by the lack of new materials on the reservation. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933924168 Ben M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933924787 he believes in staring so cold at me that I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling.
He doesn't actually turn into an ice cube. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933924787 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933927146 "Book hit my heart"

The book didn't actually hit his heart he is just mad that the book is as old as his parents.]]> 2021-12-07 16:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933927146 Eden Schnee https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933930617 "My mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them." 
This quote is a metaphor because it compares Junior's parents to suns without using like or as. This helps us better understand that Junior knows he can't blame his parents for their poverty because he would "explode" without them. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933930617 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933930735 "the world declared nuclear war on you"

The world can't declare something because that is a human action.]]> 2021-12-07 16:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933930735 Maddie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933933399 "Force of a nuclear bomb"

This greatly exaggerates how upset he was that the books were as old as his parents.]]> 2021-12-07 16:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933933399 Ollie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933934909 "They were playing catch with me"
Revenge is my middle name.

This is an example of sensory details because they wouldn't be able to actually play catch with him but the author writing this helps us understand what was happening in the situation.]]> 2021-12-07 16:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933934909 Finn M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933935285
" Revenge is my middle name" Chapter: 3

This is a hyperbole because his middle name isn't literally Revenge.
]]> 2021-12-07 16:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933935285 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933937157 "My hopes and dreams floated up in mushroom cloud"

He is exaggerating the effect the books had on him. Like his "hopes and dreams" have gone away.]]> 2021-12-07 16:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933937157 Ben M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933938184 “I’m going to kill those b******s,” Rowdy said
He isn't actually going to kill them, he's just exaggerating.]]> 2021-12-07 16:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933938184 https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933938257 “I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound.” Chapter: Why Chickens Means So Much to Me. 
This use of a hyperbole helps use better understand Juniors urge to leave this emotional dilemma where Oscar is suffering and to not have to look back. 
-James Bourguignat]]> 2021-12-07 16:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933938257 LUKE C https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933939897 "If those Andruss brothers punched a hole in the aquarium of my skull, I might have flooded the entire powwow.

This is hyperbole because obviously his head is not a aquarium, And it could not have gotten a hole in it, and it would not have flooded the powwow.]]> 2021-12-07 16:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933939897 Finn M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933941984 "I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad." Chapter 2

He is not literally a volcano or a tsunami. This is also sorta personification because Volcanos and Tsunamis can literally get mad, thats an emotion.]]> 2021-12-07 16:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933941984 Isabella F https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933943713 " I was hot mad, volcano mad..."

this is hyperble because this cant really happen its just saying and how his thinking becuase he is so mad its like hes almost trying to compare how mad he is ]]> 2021-12-07 16:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933943713 Nailah.h https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933946157 "(....) I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling."
This is Hyperbole because he won't actually turn into a ice cube. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933946157 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933949214 "We are so disappointed," my mother said. "We are so disappointed in you," my father said.

The author repeated "We are so disappointed" to illustrate how his parents were upset he got suspended.]]> 2021-12-07 16:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933949214 Eden Schnee https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933951036 "I'm going to kill those b*stards"

Rowdy wasn't literally planning on killing the triplets, but he says this to show how upset he was that they beat Junior up. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933951036 James Bourguignat https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933957456 " I was lying on the ground, holding my nuts as tenderly as a squirrel holds his nuts" 
Chapter: Revenge is my middle name
This is a simile as he is comparing two things holding his nuts and how squirrels hold there nuts using as. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933957456 Destiny Adams https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933958306 "He was lying on his bed with red, watery, snotty eyes."

This sensory detail helps us imagine what the author's friend, Oscar looked like when he was sick.]]> 2021-12-07 16:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933958306 Luca S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933959162
And the tribe of cartoonists.


And the tribe of chronic masturbators.


And the tribe of teenage boys.


And the tribe of small-town kids.


And the tribe of Pacific Northwesterners.


And the tribe of tortilla chips-and-salsa lovers.


And the tribe of poverty.


And the tribe of funeral-goers.


And the tribe of beloved sons.


And the tribe of boys who really missed their best friends. 

This use of repetition helps us see how Junior views his identity through what "tribes" he belongs to

]]> 2021-12-07 16:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933959162 Ollie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933959235 "That's about the worst thing you can do to an Indian guy"
Revenge is my middle name

There is much worse things you could do to someone than shave off their hair and eye brows but because of the author saying this we can see that Rowdy doing this is a very harmful punishment.]]> 2021-12-07 16:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933959235 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933959841 [Illustration of Mr.P]

Sherman Alexie drew out a picture of Mr.P to describe how he looks, and all of the weird aspect of him.

]]> 2021-12-07 16:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933959841 nailah.h https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933963202 "(....)I'm afraid of all the Indian's who aren't dancers and singers.Those rhythmless,talentless,tuneless Indians are most likely(.....)"
The author is trying to say that there less at stuff then other people.]]> 2021-12-07 16:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933963202 it seemed like i said i was flying to the moon. -Dean https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933963875 2021-12-07 16:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933963875 Thomas https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933964065 "Rowdy is the toughest kid on the rez. He is long and lean and strong like a snake."
this is a simile because he is compering Rowdy to a snake ]]> 2021-12-07 16:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933964065 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933964861 [Illustration of Mr.P]

Sherman Alexie includes many sarcastic comments in the drawing. Like "TRIED TO START A RESERVATION SHAKESPEARE THEATER COMPANY (failed miserably).

]]> 2021-12-07 16:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933964861 James Bissell (Superior) https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933965328 "Honestly, Oscar was a better person then any human I had ever know."
This is a hyperbole for he isn't actually better than all the humans he had ever meet. He said Rowdy was.]]> 2021-12-07 16:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933965328 Ben OS https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933990982 "it was like some kind of prison-work farm for our liberal, white, vegetarian, do-gooders and conservative, white missionary saviors
This is a simile as it uses "like or as" to communicate and to help the audience/reader understand how the teacher's home is like a prison to them]]> 2021-12-07 16:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933990982 Gavin https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933991678 "my hopes and dreams floated into a mushroom cloud."  chapter This use of a hyperbole helps us see how jr felt about his hopes and dreams. This helps us understand him better because it shows how the author uses hyperboyles.]]> 2021-12-07 16:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933991678 Finn M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933992818 "He is long and lean and strong like a snake." (Chapter 3) 

He is using like comparing him to a snake. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933992818 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933992867 "Hydromatic."
"Hydrocradon"
"Hydrocrack."
"Hydrodymatic"
ect

This quote is an example of repatition because, they brothers are using the same first part of the word over an over. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933992867 Thomas https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933994399 "they dance like chickens."

this is a simile because he is saying that the people are dancing like chickens ]]> 2021-12-07 16:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933994399 Finn M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933996388 "I am a zero on the rez." (Chapter 3)

Zeros are numbers, he's not a number.]]> 2021-12-07 16:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933996388 Isabella f , eden, ollie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933997627 " yep i have to admit that isosceles triangles make me feel hormonal"
this is hypeole because it probably isnt true ]]> 2021-12-07 16:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933997627 Eden S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933998705 "That's about the worst thing you can do to an Indian Guy"

This is a hyperbole because there is many worse things that could be done, but it illustrates the extremity of Rowdy's revenge]]> 2021-12-07 16:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933998705 Ollie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933999176 A good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of god.
Why chicken means so much to me.

Chicken can't actually make someone believe in god for sure. The Author wrote this to exaggerate and show how good the chicken tastes.]]> 2021-12-07 16:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933999176 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933999716 "it was a crazy-hot July day (102 degrees with 90 percent humitity)"

This is describing the weather to make you feel the hot day.


]]> 2021-12-07 16:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1933999716 James Bourguignat https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934000968 James Bourguignat "One million miles north of Important and two billions miles west of happy". 
Chapter: Because Geometry Is not a Country Somewhere Near France
This is a hyperbole because he is not really two billions miles west of happy nor one million miles north of important.]]> 2021-12-07 16:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934000968 Finn M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934001864 "I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling."

He doesn't really turn into a ice cube. He just says he does.]]> 2021-12-07 16:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934001864 Charlie S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934002193 2021-12-07 16:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934002193 Ben M https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934002541 "
“Then I’ll pick your nose, too,” Rowdy said.


“You’re my hero,” I said."
This is humor because Junior is joking that Rowdy is being a hero by offering to pick his nose.

]]> 2021-12-07 16:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934002541 Maddie J https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934003598 "Nothing
Nothing
Nothing"

This is repeating Nothing to explain how much Sherman wanted to help oscar.

]]> 2021-12-07 16:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934003598 Eden S https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934006755 "But it's sort of this avalanche of ha-ha and ho-ho and hee-hee" 

His laugh isn't literally an avalanche, but it determines how Junior enjoys when Rowdy laughs because it's so unusual ]]> 2021-12-07 16:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934006755 Ollie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934006836 It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin.
why chicken is so important to me.

This is A simile because it says "like" and it is good that the author wrote this because we can understand the fear and how much pain the poor dog was in.]]> 2021-12-07 16:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934006836 jasper/nina https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934006965 "I HATED THAT SIGH! I WANTED TO PUNCH THAT SIGH IN THE FACE!"

signs dont have faces so you cant punch a sign in the face]]> 2021-12-07 16:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934006965 Maddie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934007016 "I wanted to punch my dad in the face. I wanted to punch my dad in the nuse and make him bleed. I wanted to punch him in the eye and make him blind"

This is repeating what Sherman wanted to do , and how angry he was at his dad.]]> 2021-12-07 16:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934007016 Adrian G https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934007583 "my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb. My hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud."
this helps us see that he's hurt about what happened  ]]> 2021-12-07 16:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934007583 James Bourguignat https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934009569 "After high school my sister just froze" 
Chapter: Because Geometry is not a Country Somewhere near France.
This is a hyperbole as she didn't actually freeze.]]> 2021-12-07 16:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934009569 James Bissell https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934010504 "on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation."
This is personification for he is calling the reservation "poor-ass" as you would a real living person.]]> 2021-12-07 16:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934010504 Maddie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934011003 "I wanted to hate him for his weakness. I wanted to hate Dad and Mom for our pverty. I wanted to blame them for my sick dog"

This is repeating how much he hated his parents, by repeating what he blamed his parents for.]]> 2021-12-07 16:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934011003 Eden https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934011684 In the image of Mr. P, is nose is comically large to determine the strangeness of his looks and how Junior views him. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934011684 Charlie S cscotting1 https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934013051 "I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad." this quote is showing how when his dog "Oscar" was about to die while being sick and suffering, Shermans father told him to bring the dog outside so he could end his pain and shoot and kill Oscar. when sherman is saying that quote he is saying that not meant to be taken seriously but using as a way to express how mad he was that his dog was going to get shot and killed.]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934013051 Maddie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934013703 "I swear he understood me."

Dogs cant't understand english.]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934013703 Adam https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014125 "I think that chicken dancers are cool,because,well they dance like chickens. 


This is a simile because he uses human chicken dancers as an example with the word Like. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014125 Eden https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014195 "It was like some kind of prison-work farm"

This is a simile because it uses like and compares the teachers living situations to a prison work farm. ]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014195 Ollie https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014673 Honestly, Oscar was a better person than any human I had ever known.
WHy chicken means so much to me.

Oscar is a dog not a person and the author is saying that Oscar is great dog and is showing how much Oscar meant to junior.]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014673 Destiny Adams https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014778 "It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin."

This hyperbole helps us think about how much pain the authors friend, Oscar is in.]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934014778 jasper/nina https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934015039 If things didn’t get better soon, I was going to turn into one giant walking talking zit.


he wont actually be a zit its over exaggerated ]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934015039 Ben OS https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934164372 "But I can’t blame my parents for our poverty because my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them."
this hyperbole shows how much Junior's family means to him and how he views the world through the lens of his family and socio-economic position]]> 2021-12-07 17:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgibsoncooper/lz0bvw8b72k5dln0/wish/1934164372