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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.


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.

From The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The author used a periodic sentence to describe where Hassan and his father lived.

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.


From Indian Captive by Lois Lenski. The author uses the repetition of prepositions and an asyndeton to describe how the morning sun falls upon the furniture within the house.

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.

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.

From Indian Captive by Lois Lenski.

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.

Sentence a day

Her Sentence

Corn! Corn and work.


From Indian Captive by Lois Lenski.


The author uses a rhetorical fragment to emphasize how important the corn is.

My Sentence

Love! Love and Hate.