B Day's Finding Figures of Speech in the novel Speak by Caitlin Barrett https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg Melinda uses figurative language ALL the time! Search through what we have read so far in the First, Second, and Third Marking Periods of the novel and find ONE example of EITHER a simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole understatement, or irony. In your post: type the example in quotes as the title, include the page number. Then explain the author's intended meaning in the body text. Make sure your name is on your post somewhere! No Anonymous. No repeating what someone else has written. Once they post it, it is off the table, so to speak. en-us 2020-09-30 15:14:06 UTC 2020-10-23 01:42:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5ef.png Attributing human characteristics to non-human things cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676262 2020-09-30 15:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676262 An exaggerated statement or claim cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676274 2020-09-30 15:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676274 Compares two unlike objects using the words “like” or “as.” cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676281 2020-09-30 15:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676281 Compares two unlike objects without using the words like or as. cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676294 2020-09-30 15:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/791676294 intentionally making a situation seem less important than it really is cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/796123296 2020-10-01 19:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/796123296 someone says or does something, but means another thing or intends for something else to happen that would be contrary to thought. cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/796123614 In literature, there are three main subtypes of irony. They are verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony.]]> 2020-10-01 19:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/796123614 Name "quote the fig lang from text" (page #) cbarrett19 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798268349 the literal meaning - what is actually being said or implied here]]> 2020-10-02 16:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798268349 Tiffany Zheng "This closet is abandoned it has no purpose, no name. It is the perfect place for me." p26 zhengt2 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798367635 The closet can relate to Melinda because it's been abandoned like Melinda has. They both don't have a identity resulting in no purpose for the both of them making them alone.]]> 2020-10-02 16:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798367635 Zyanya Martinez "My room belongs to an alien. It is a postcard of who i was in fifth grade." (pg. 15) https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798369123 Melinda is saying her room represents a different version of herself from when she was younger.]]> 2020-10-02 16:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798369123 Jaelyn Romanotto "My heart clangs like a fire bell." p71 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798370923 Melinda is remembering her past Christmas' and she gets kinda sad and her anxiety comes in a little bit missing the past.

]]> 2020-10-02 16:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798370923 abby shafer https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798372218 the cafeteria is a giant sound stage where they film daily segments of teenage humiliation rituals (page 104)]]> 2020-10-02 16:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798372218 Titus M "I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way". PG(39) https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798373143 The real meaning to what she said is probably that she just wants to escape from something a pain or something that's in her head that keeps stressing her.]]> 2020-10-02 16:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798373143 Jakisa Waddy ¨The carcasses rot until their skin hangs like ribbons over their bones¨ p.121 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798373441 Melinda is saying that the deer are there for a long time and they are starting to peel. ]]> 2020-10-02 16:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798373441 "I think for sure he's going o explode." p53 tillmanr3 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798376112 he was very angry about his son not getting the job

]]> 2020-10-02 16:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798376112 Ethan Rutter "The wet wool smells like 1st grade" pg 71 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798378008 2020-10-02 16:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798378008 Damian Meyer "IT smiles and winks. Good thing my lips are stitched together or id throw up."(pg.46) https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798389525 Her lips look stitched together because she bites them or is biting them.]]> 2020-10-02 16:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798389525 andersol6 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798390207 she exaggerates her appearance in the mirror.
"She is disgusted by her appearance, and manipulates the mirror so that she looks like 'a Picasso sketch,' her face and body broken into different 'dissecting cubes.'"]]> 2020-10-02 16:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798390207 Pg71 mosleyi1 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798391653 "The wind stirs the branches overhead. My heart clangs like a fire bell." She probably meant that the wind was intense so it hit hard.]]> 2020-10-02 16:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798391653 Josie Ralph https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798421577 "I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded Zebra in a national Geography special." pg 5]]> 2020-10-02 17:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798421577 Josie Ralph https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798440280 "Words climb up my throat." pg.5]]> 2020-10-02 17:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798440280 Josie Ralph https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798563841 When she says "The First ten lies they tell you in high school." pg 5]]> 2020-10-02 17:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798563841 Josie Ralph "The 8 foot senior in front of me some how gets 3 cheeseburgers." pg 8 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798585584 2020-10-02 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798585584 Noah W. "I'm supposed to make a centerpiece out of waxed maple leaves, acorns, ribbon, and a mile of thin wire." Page 44 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798797041 She is exaggerating how much thin wire she actually has.]]> 2020-10-02 18:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798797041 Erik Perez https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798832071 "The air smells like french fries and floor cleaner." (Pg 99)

She compares the smell of the air to the fries.]]> 2020-10-02 18:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798832071 Savannah Murphy https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798875681 "'My brain doesn't think we should spend time hanging around algebra"' 
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it means she doesn't want to do algebra]]> 2020-10-02 19:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798875681 Sofi Young "There is a sprinkling of losers like me scattered among the happy teenagers, prunes in the oatmeal of the school" p 128 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798877486 The school is not literally oatmeal and prunes arent supposed to be in oatmeal so Melinda compares the two as if she is a prune.]]> 2020-10-02 19:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798877486 Jonah Perry " Dad snorts like a bull"pg 36 perryj31 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798878779 Melinda is saying that her dad snorts really loud.]]> 2020-10-02 19:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798878779 Annie Leming https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798879578 "Strong old oak tree with a wide scarred trunk and 1,000s of leaves reaching to the sun." This shows a personification* becuase the leaves are stretched toward the sky like people reach*. ]]> 2020-10-02 19:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798879578 Darion Marchan- "It lightens the polish to a bright vomit green and bleaches the carpet surrounding it." https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798880425 This is Melinda comparing a color to something a vomit which gives people an idea.]]> 2020-10-02 19:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798880425 Marell Thomas "My lips bleeds a little it taste like metal." https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798887243 When she bites her lips and they start to bleed, she says it taste like metal.]]> 2020-10-02 19:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798887243 Savannah Murphy https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798888240 ''You've already let them beat your creativity out of you''
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it means they have no creativity ]]> 2020-10-02 19:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798888240 Tadhg Wilhite "you are on fire, Melinda"(pg. 61) https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798888654 Meliinda is not literally on fire but she is doing a great job and is on a roll.]]> 2020-10-02 19:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798888654 zoey letz " words climb up my throat" https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798897981 words arent actually climbing up her throat she just feels like she needs to say something ]]> 2020-10-02 19:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798897981 Ashlee Pryor "As if two hands of black fingernails are clamped on my windpipe." (pg.28) https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798898230 Melinda was describing how her throat felt after a girl in the bleachers says that her brother was arrested at the party after it is revealed that Melinda was the one who called the cops.]]> 2020-10-02 19:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798898230 Darion Marchan- "It lightens the polish to a bright vomit green and bleaches the carpet around it." PG 35 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798904459 This gives people a clear idea to what the green looks like.]]> 2020-10-02 19:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/798904459 Dad snorts like a bull. https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799028164 Melinda is referring to her dad snoring very loud.- Jace Easley]]> 2020-10-02 20:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799028164 "I stand in the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special" PG. 5 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799295965 Maxwell Larson]]> 2020-10-02 23:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799295965 Beilee Wilham https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799501042 "This has meaning. Pain" pg. 65 
This means that her artwork has meaning and is a representation of her: trapped.]]> 2020-10-03 05:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799501042 Daija Lott https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799503549 ¨ I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria¨ pg 7.  She was comparing all the kids to a stream because a stream just keeps going.]]> 2020-10-03 05:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/799503549 "I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria." page 7 https://padlet.com/cbarrett19/ymmxtbohhgybj8bg/wish/854737265 she joins the group of people walking to the cafeteria. Carter Pickett

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