My Brother's Keeper by Efren Blas https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1 Figurative Language Book Assignment en-us 2017-11-06 18:21:45 UTC 2017-11-10 18:38:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Imagery: “Slowly, very slowly and gently, / he squeezed the trigger. A thunderous crash exploded in his ear, filling / the clearing and echoing through the forest”(37). efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204046653 2017-11-06 18:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204046653 efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204047726 2017-11-06 18:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204047726 hyperbole: "They dug furiously in the matted hay floor"(15). efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204049384 2017-11-06 18:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204049384 Josh (the boy who is using the rifle) is describing the environment and what is going on when he is using a rifle in the forest to hunt. efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204050466 2017-11-06 18:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204050466 efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204053375 2017-11-06 18:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204053375 This showing that Josh and his older brother Jere are digging hay very fast because their "father" is back home and wants them to do their chores. This suggests that josh and jere are trying to make progress so they won't get in trouble. efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204054234 2017-11-06 18:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204054234 Imagery: "The man raised his head and looked at uncle with red rimmed eyes. He thrust his unshaven chin forward, stopping just inches from uncle's face"(7). efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204124408 2017-11-06 20:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204124408 efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204142336 2017-11-06 21:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204142336 The man and josh's uncle are having a heated argument because the uncle wants to have the kids to go live with him in rochester, NY to so they won't deal with a person who drinks a lot and is abusive. efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204142672 2017-11-06 21:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204142672 Simile: "Mattie face fell. What if he won't go? What if he won't fly fly away? Like you, josh said. Like you wouldn't go to Rochester with Aunt Carrie when you had the chance"(24) efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204144174 2017-11-06 22:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204144174 efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204145281 2017-11-06 22:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204145281 In this quote they use the word "like" for their argument because they are talking about something they love having to go away. efrenb20 https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204145508 2017-11-06 22:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/efrenb20/ufb0mhixavm1/wish/204145508