Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Word Choice - Despereaux

Find a brilliant example of word choice in this week’s text!  Look for examples of the author "showing - not telling" by using sensory details within their writing.
Write the entire sentence and explain why you chose it.  Please include page number.

Example:  

"Bob’s face went ashen. His breathing came in ragged gasps." p.36

5 comments:

  1. "Despereaux marveled his own bravery. He admired his own defiance." p.56 I like the words.

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    2. And then, reader, he fainted.(LOL!!!)

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  2. The marks on the pages, the "squiggles" as Merlot referred to them, arranged themselves into shapes. the shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase : Once upon a time. pg.22 chapter 3. I can relate to Merlot because I reffer things like that to.

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  3. "The mice seemed to be one angry body with hundreds of tails and thousands of whiskers and one huge, hungry mouth opening and closing and opening and closing , saying over and over "To the dungeon, to the dungeon, to the dungeon. " " p.56, chapter 10. I chose this because I can really picture the huge mob of mice, surging at him like a tide.

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