https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar Post examples of descriptive language from the short story "Eleven". en-us 2020-09-27 16:16:45 UTC 2025-11-14 21:59:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784778591 I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells
like cottage cheese, and then the other arm through the other
and stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts
me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren’t even
mine.
she is showing how the sweater feels by saying it hurts her because it is itchy. and she is saying it smells like cottage cheese]]> 2020-09-28 15:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784778591 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784779166 I can’t stop the little animal noises from coming (I can edit)]]> 2020-09-28 15:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784779166 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784779904 You feel like you’re still ten. And you are—underneath the year that makes you eleven.


And you don’t feel smart eleven,
not until you’re almost twelve. 

in both of these she is feeling.]]> 2020-09-28 15:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784779904 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784781529 2020-09-28 15:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784781529 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784781991 I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells
like cottage cheese, and then the other arm through the other
and stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts
me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren’t even
mine.]]> 2020-09-28 15:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784781991 shaneguillette https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784783256 I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells
like cottage cheese, and then the other arm through the other
and stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts
me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren’t even
mine.

It's describing the sweatshirt that isn't theirs. It's descriptive language because it is describing how it feels and what it smells like.]]> 2020-09-28 15:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784783256 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784783871 "An ugly sweater like that all raggedy and old"]]> 2020-09-28 15:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784783871 jilliandimo https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784785029 far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky]]> 2020-09-28 15:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784785029 danielleolson https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784785803 2020-09-28 15:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784785803 josephbaldwin1 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784786116 I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells
like cottage cheese, and then the other arm through the other
and stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts
me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren’t even
mine. (Its saying how it feel to out on the sweater, and what the sweater fells and smells like)]]> 2020-09-28 15:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784786116 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784786693 Not mine, not mine, not mine, but Mrs. Price is already
turning to page thirty
-two, and math problem number four. I
don’t know why but all of a sudden I’m feeling sick inside, like
the part of me that’s three wants to come out of my eyes, only I
squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard]]> 2020-09-28 15:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784786693 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784787106 Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion
or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden
dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next
one. That’s how being eleven years old is. ]]> 2020-09-28 15:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784787106 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784789639 Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion
or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden
dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next
one. That’s how being eleven years old is. This  descriptive language because its describing being eleven. ]]> 2020-09-28 15:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784789639 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784789757 Here is an example of descriptive language  Like some days you might say something stupid, and that’s the part of you that’s still ten. This is descriptive language because it shows the reader an example of how the years are still with you and that you'll always be that age.]]> 2020-09-28 15:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784789757 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784791594 all itchy and full of germs that aren’t even mine.]]> 2020-09-28 15:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784791594 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784794192 2020-09-28 15:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784794192 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784798665 An ugly sweater like that all raggedy and old]]> 2020-09-28 15:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784798665 hunterlevesque https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784802910 Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years
rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box]]> 2020-09-28 15:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784802910 shaneguillette https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784808862 Shane Guillette
It’s an ugly sweater with
red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out
like you could use it for a jump rope. It’s maybe a thousand
years old and even if it belonged to me I wouldn’t say so. 

It's describing the sweatshirt that isn't theirs. It's descriptive language because it is saying what the sweatshirt looks like.]]> 2020-09-28 15:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784808862 josephbaldwin1 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784809440 2020-09-28 15:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784809440 hunterlevesque https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784809584 one sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese]]> 2020-09-28 15:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784809584 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784812049 sleeves all stretched out
like you could use it for a jump rope]]> 2020-09-28 15:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784812049 danielleolson https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784812252 Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion
or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden
dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next
one. That’s how being eleven years old is. ]]> 2020-09-28 15:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784812252 benjamincasucci https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784813476 Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion
or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden
dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next
one. That’s how being eleven years old is. ]]> 2020-09-28 15:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784813476 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784816197 I put my head down on the desk and bury my face in my stupid clown-sweater arms. ]]> 2020-09-28 15:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784816197 avachartier https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784818117 2020-09-28 15:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784818117 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784818338 It’s an ugly sweater with red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope.]]> 2020-09-28 15:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784818338 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784818582 Another example of descriptive language is You don’t feel eleven. Not right away. It takes a few days, weeks even, sometimes even months before you say Eleven when they ask you. This shows descriptive language because it tells how you don't remember to say eleven because you don't feel eleven you don't think it.]]> 2020-09-28 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784818582 jilliandimo https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784820891 I wish I didn’t have only eleven years
rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box.]]> 2020-09-28 15:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784820891 benjamincasucci https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784821068 Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years
rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box.]]> 2020-09-28 15:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784821068 hunterfontaine https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784821825 Not mine, not mine, not mine, but Mrs. Price is already
turning to page thirty
-two, and math problem number four. I
don’t know why but all of a sudden I’m feeling sick inside, like
the part of me that’s three wants to come out of my eyes, only I
squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard]]> 2020-09-28 15:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784821825 danielleolson https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784825450 It’s an ugly sweater with
red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out
like you could use it for a jump rope. It’s maybe a thousand
years old and even if it belonged to me I wouldn’t say so.]]> 2020-09-28 15:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784825450 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784826752 It’s an ugly sweater with red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope.]]> 2020-09-28 15:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784826752 hunterfontaine https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784826970 hat’s when everything I’ve been holding in since this
morning, since when Mrs. Price put the sweater on my desk,
finally lets go, and all of a sudden I’m crying in front of
everybody. I wish I was invisible but I’m not.]]> 2020-09-28 15:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784826970 https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784829004 Maybe because I’m skinny, maybe because she doesn’t
like me, that stupid Sylvia Saldivar says, “I think it belongs to
Rachel.” An ugly sweater like that all raggedy and old, but
Mrs. Price believes her.]]> 2020-09-28 15:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784829004 briannapare https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784971585 I’m feeling sick inside, like
the part of me that’s three wants to come out of my eyes,]]> 2020-09-28 16:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tgalicia3/o857q9d6ybmhp7ar/wish/784971585