Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sentence a Day
His Sentence
There is very little shelter here, almost no food, no clothes, no clean water.
From The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used and asydeton and an anaphora to describe the rundown orphanage in Afghanistan.
My Sentence
There is very little people here, almost no kids, no adults, no elderly people.
There is very little shelter here, almost no food, no clothes, no clean water.
From The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used and asydeton and an anaphora to describe the rundown orphanage in Afghanistan.
My Sentence
There is very little people here, almost no kids, no adults, no elderly people.
Sentence a Day
His Sentence
Such grace, such dignity, such a tragedy.
From The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used an anaphora to describe the town.
My Sentence
Such love, such devotion, such a disappointment.
Such grace, such dignity, such a tragedy.
From The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used an anaphora to describe the town.
My Sentence
Such love, such devotion, such a disappointment.
Sentence a Day
Her Sentence
All the great themes of literature and of life are the fabric of this extraordinary novel: love, honor, guilt, fear, redemption.
By Isabel Allende. Her review of The Kite Runner. The author used and asyndeton to describe what the book contains.
My Sentence
All the terrible emotions of life and of heart are the basis of his distasteful attitude: hatred, anger, racism, dishonesty, spite.
All the great themes of literature and of life are the fabric of this extraordinary novel: love, honor, guilt, fear, redemption.
By Isabel Allende. Her review of The Kite Runner. The author used and asyndeton to describe what the book contains.
My Sentence
All the terrible emotions of life and of heart are the basis of his distasteful attitude: hatred, anger, racism, dishonesty, spite.
Sentence a Day
His Sentence
The sun hadn't quite set when we drove into Jalalabad, capital of the state of Nangarhar, a city once renowned for its fruit and warm climate.
FromThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used an appositive to describe which city in Jalalabad he was talking about, and to describe the city.
My Sentence
The rain wasn't completely done when we walked into Wal-Mart, store of the town of Batesville, a town know known for its comfort and dry climate.
The sun hadn't quite set when we drove into Jalalabad, capital of the state of Nangarhar, a city once renowned for its fruit and warm climate.
FromThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used an appositive to describe which city in Jalalabad he was talking about, and to describe the city.
My Sentence
The rain wasn't completely done when we walked into Wal-Mart, store of the town of Batesville, a town know known for its comfort and dry climate.
Sentence a Day
Their sentence
In the diagrams in this modified table, electrons are shown as blue dots and electron shells (representing energy levels) as concentric rings.
From the AP Edition Biology book: Seventh Edition by Campbell Reece. The author uses an interruption in the form of parenthesis to show what the electron shells are representing.
My Sentence
In the book in this tiny room, people are shown as big bargainers and savers (describing economic downfall) of excessive money.
In the diagrams in this modified table, electrons are shown as blue dots and electron shells (representing energy levels) as concentric rings.
From the AP Edition Biology book: Seventh Edition by Campbell Reece. The author uses an interruption in the form of parenthesis to show what the electron shells are representing.
My Sentence
In the book in this tiny room, people are shown as big bargainers and savers (describing economic downfall) of excessive money.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sentence a Day
Their Sentence
"I spend as much time with my kids as i can," says Chris (in New Youk City with son Mario).
From People Magazine. The other uses an interruption in the form of parenthesis to provide the information about where Chris is at and who he is with.
My Sentence
"Jake spent as much money of his mom's as he could," said Nick (in Wal-Mart with brother Sam).
"I spend as much time with my kids as i can," says Chris (in New Youk City with son Mario).
From People Magazine. The other uses an interruption in the form of parenthesis to provide the information about where Chris is at and who he is with.
My Sentence
"Jake spent as much money of his mom's as he could," said Nick (in Wal-Mart with brother Sam).
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sentence a Day
His Sentence
A powerfull book...no frills, no nonsense, just hard, spare prose...an intimate account of family and friendship, betrayal and salvation that requires no atlas or translation to engage and enlighten us.
A powerfull book...no frills, no nonsense, just hard, spare prose...an intimate account of family and friendship, betrayal and salvation that requires no atlas or translation to engage and enlighten us.
From The Washington Post Book World's description of The Kite Runner. The author uses ellipsis to help explain about the novel by leaving out things that may not be so important, and to elaborate on the rest of his explanation.
My Sentence
A strong arm...no hurt, no weakness, just strong, heafty muscle...an intimidating amount of muscle and strength, weakness and power that frightens no child or adult to run or scream his name.
Sentence a Day
His Sentence
On the south end of the garden, in the shadows of a loquat tree, was the servants' home, a modest little mud hut where Hassan lived with his father.
On the south end of the garden, in the shadows of a loquat tree, was the servants' home, a modest little mud hut where Hassan lived with his father.
My Sentence
On the east end of the town, in the darkness of rundown building, was the monsters' hideout, a frightening big concrete building where Jack-o-Lantern lived with his family.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sentence a Day
Her Sentence
It rested on the tousled quilts on two large beds at the end of the room, on the great spinning wheel and the small on the home-made loom in the corner.
It rested on the tousled quilts on two large beds at the end of the room, on the great spinning wheel and the small on the home-made loom in the corner.
My Sentence
Kate sat on the wrinkled rags on three small rocks at the edge of the sidewalk, on the amazing traveled road and the highway on the man-made interstate in the town.
Sentence a Day
Her Sentence
They're a headen down Conewago Creek toward Sarp's Run, a-killin', a-butcherin' and a-plunderin' as they come.
From Indian Captive by Lois Lenski. The author uses parallelism to describe what the indians do as they raid the Englishmens homes and towns.
My Sentence
We're a goin up White River toward Batesville, a-paddlin', a-swimmin' and a-talkin' as we go.
They're a headen down Conewago Creek toward Sarp's Run, a-killin', a-butcherin' and a-plunderin' as they come.
From Indian Captive by Lois Lenski. The author uses parallelism to describe what the indians do as they raid the Englishmens homes and towns.
My Sentence
We're a goin up White River toward Batesville, a-paddlin', a-swimmin' and a-talkin' as we go.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sentence a day
Her Sentence
She saw her long, thin arms waving to keep the blackbirds off--the fight had begun.
She saw her long, thin arms waving to keep the blackbirds off--the fight had begun.
The author uses dashes to show what is happening with the girl as she is waving the blackbirds away.
My Sentence
Jess saw his tiny, young sister gasping to keep the air in--the attack had begun.
My Sentence
Jess saw his tiny, young sister gasping to keep the air in--the attack had begun.
Sentence a day
Her Sentence
Corn! Corn and work.
Corn! Corn and work.
The author uses a rhetorical fragment to emphasize how important the corn is.
My Sentence
Love! Love and Hate.
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