https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23 Write your name (roll) then list at least one phrase or passage that "shows" not "tells" using figurative language. en-us 2021-03-09 16:08:05 UTC 2021-08-04 16:45:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289093945 "As I grew into adolescence and Mama Gila aged, our nightly stories declined and time spent with her became less about storytelling and love, and more about hospital visits
and medical procedures." This shows imagery and dialog.]]> 2021-03-09 18:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289093945 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289094434 "the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children." This section from the passage is a simile. ]]> 2021-03-09 18:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289094434 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289094705 "When Mama Gila passed away I felt an emptiness not only from her
presence, but from our connection from reading." This is an example of hyperbole ]]> 2021-03-09 18:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289094705 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289098759 In the first paragraph the author uses sensory details, she states ¨When mama Gila passed away I felt an emptiness not only from her presence, but from our connection from reading¨]]> 2021-03-09 18:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289098759 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289099079 "I looked around my rural small hometown, Truckee, California, and noticed the many
Mama Gila’s." This is a use of hyperbole and imagery that although not everyone looks like Mama Gila, but that people have characteristics and attitude similar to Mama Gila. ]]> 2021-03-09 18:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289099079 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289103349 "As I grew into adolescence and Mama Gila aged, our nightly stories declined
and time spent with her became less about storytelling and love, and more about hospital visits
and medical procedures." This is a way of her telling the reader what happened between her and her mom without explicitly saying it. It also sets the tone for the rest of the essay.]]> 2021-03-09 18:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289103349 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289105708 "I felt an emptiness not only from her presence, but from our connection from reading." This is a metaphor, she's not actually empty, but that's how she genuinely feels ]]> 2021-03-09 18:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289105708 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289111927 "As a little girl I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children." She is using imagery while describing her looks while listening to her grandma speak.]]> 2021-03-09 18:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289111927 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289113040 Some examples of figurative "show not tell" language is "As a little girl I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children. I drifted
quietly to sleep each night listening while Mama Gila drank her coffee, excitedly waiting for the
story of the night." There was a lot of detailed and descriptive language. ]]> 2021-03-09 18:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289113040 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289113188 The first paragraph shows imagery when the narrator is  listening to here grandma tell a bedtime story. "As a little girl I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children."]]> 2021-03-09 18:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289113188 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289144970 "As I grew into adolescence and Mama Gila aged, our nightly stories declined and time spent with her became less about storytelling and love, and more about hospital visits and medical procedures." This is figurative language because it is very descriptive and doesn't directly explain what is happening. You have tp think a little deeper than just what you read.]]> 2021-03-09 18:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289144970 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289161648 "as I look across at aging
faces smiling into mine" This is imagery. Its showing us what shes seeing instead of saying im sitting with some people ]]> 2021-03-09 18:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289161648 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289166612 "listening wide-eyed to her tales" This Is a mixture between a metaphor and imagery Because you cant listen through your eyes but it is also painting a picture for you.]]> 2021-03-09 18:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289166612 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289166729 I looked around my rural small hometown, Truckee, California, and noticed the many
Mama Gila’s. I realized and acknowledged the divide in interaction between teenagers and senior citizens, and saw the potential of literacy to bridge this gap. This showed imagery when she was describing our small town.]]> 2021-03-09 18:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289166729 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289166767 in the first paragraph she talks about how mama gila grew older and they didn't get to read their stories. "our nightly stories declined and and time with her became less about story telling and love, but more about hospital visits" ]]> 2021-03-09 18:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289166767 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289168350 The author uses many descriptive words like “wide-eyed” to paint a picture in the readers mind or show us her relationship with mama Gila instead of just telling us what their relationship was like and what she meant to her. ]]> 2021-03-09 18:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289168350 https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289177695 "I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children." This shows Imagery by trying to make the reader imagine her story.]]> 2021-03-09 18:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/zfxz97q88o9uda23/wish/1289177695