https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek Ellen Foster-Padlet en-us 2017-05-26 13:46:16 UTC 2026-03-10 22:32:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/173989078 2017-05-26 13:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/173989078 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174013143  a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more 
emphatic or vivid.

An ox is a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull.

"He better watch out for me is what i said. I am strong as a ox." (page #47)
strong as an ox because an ox is used to carry heavy stuff and Ellen was carrying a lot on her shoulders herself and she was not to mess with just like an ox.

]]> 2017-05-26 16:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174013143 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174017855 the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
-"I used to be but i am not now is what i told him....oh but i do remember when i was scared."]]> 2017-05-26 16:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174017855 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174018633 Definition: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. " Everything was so wrong like somebody had knocked something loose and my family was shaking itself to death". pg.2]]> 2017-05-26 16:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174018633 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174019269 The setting is a storm approaching a house because Ellen's life get flipped upside down down soon as her mom comes home]]> 2017-05-26 16:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174019269 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174019598 Basically a plan that keeps popping up mentally 
"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure it out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy."  The motif is death Pg:1]]> 2017-05-26 16:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174019598 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174020156 specific word or  phrases one uses
 " Her furniture was chiseled out of wood and the chairs had curvy figures on them not just brown or worn out "
 
"you think that sun won't fry brain"

"I would keep her tied up in this particular plan" ]]> 2017-05-26 16:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174020156 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174027401 a sudden and disturbing realistic memory of an event from the past.

"I used to play in the fields with Starletta and watch her mama and daddy chop but I never figured it would be me one day." (65). Ellen flashes back to when she used to watch Starletta and Starletta family work in the field ]]> 2017-05-26 17:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174027401 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174027959 2017-05-26 17:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174027959 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174028265 2017-05-26 17:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174028265 1067964 https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174028671 2017-05-26 17:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1067964/x08ywnznvjek/wish/174028671