OK, so you should have already read the preface and first two pieces in What the Dog Saw. I know it can be a little hard to follow, but keep trying. This is your task for this week (and be sure not to repeat answers from another classmate's post):
1. What are two words (and their brief definitions) from this reading that you were unsure of or did not know before (refer to the vocab journal you should be keeping)? (BTW, I already found about a dozen words in those 50 pages that I thought you may not know...some of them are SAT/ACT words).
2. Name at least one example from your readings that coincides with one your terms from the "Words to Know for AP Language" packet. Be sure to include the term, the definition, the example from the book, the page number, and why you think the author used it. Here is an example: Alliteration, the repetition an initial consonant sound, can be found on page 45 of WTDS when Gladwell states, "ketchup consumption." He uses alliteration here likely because the technique makes bland phrases seems catchy, much like the craze of ketchup...especially when he was referring to the EZ Squirt bottle and how it caught on in households.
3. What is a life lesson you've learned from the reading? (I know this seems like a stretch, but what can you learn from the preface, "The Pitchman" or "The Ketchup Conundrum"? Explain and use specific details from the reading.
Though I am going out of town this week, I will be posting some questions from Lincoln on Leadership and checking in (and commenting on) your posts. Have fun! And, remember, if you don't see a classmate as a follower, recruit them (it's EC). In addition, if you know of someone that is registered for AP Lang that has not begun to read and do the work, put a fire under their butts!
You have until 6/28 to answer this question :o)
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Hello Mrs. Rodriguez,
I was wondering when exactly this assignment was due because I actually haven't had the chance to purchase the books yet, but my parents have agreed to go buy them this weekend. Thank you :)
- Ealeen Bido
1. Two words that I didn't know:
a. ubiquitous: being everywhere
b. paradoxical: contradictory
2. A Simile[A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as."] is used on page 11 where the author says "He held it in the air as if he were holding up a Tiffany vase". The author uses this phrase in order to convey how much he centered his pitch on the product and not himself. Throughout the story he emphasizes to "make the product the star". By comparing the Showtime to a Tiffany vase he is putting a greater significance on the product.
3. A life lesson that can be learned from "The Ketchup Conundrum" is that people are unpredictable. In the instance of ketchup and mustard, mustard sales soared when the variety changed from a single type to many. Ketchup on the other hand is Ketchup, no exceptions and no changes as is evident by the many trials in the past. As Gladwell said "Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference. But that makes it easy to forget that sometimes happiness can be found in having what we've always had." In summary, you just need to take a risk and try it because you never know how the human population will react. So when you're unsure if someone else will like a new flavor of chocolate you should remember this story and put your idea out there.
1.Two new vocabulary words:
-Leonine: Of or resembling a lion or lions.
-Precursor: A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind.
2. Understatement - A figure of speech in which a writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
Found on page number 50 of WTDS, in the piece The Ketchup Conundrum. To end the piece, Gladwell quotes Moskowitz “I guess ketchup is ketchup.” He quotes Moskowitz understatement to show how Moskowitz gave up on a goal he had because of several road blocks, but we know by reading “The Ketchup Conundrum” that ketchup to Moskowitz isn’t “just ketchup”, it was something that he put lots of effort and passion into.
3. Once I finished reading the preface for WTDS I thought “This sounds interesting, I might just enjoy this.” I quickly began to read The Pitchman, but my mind began to wonder sooner than I thought. Why was I reading about kitchen appliances, I have no interest in them, or the man that sells them, nevertheless here I was, trying to stay awake, and rereading every line at least twice. After many bathroom, and water breaks I reach the part of the book were I win myself a few life lessons. First, I admire my swimming goggles like Ron Poepeil would admire his Dial-O-Matic , but that doesn’t mean it’s true when the items are switched, not everyone (thankfully) has the same thoughts. Second, things might start out a little confusing and slow, but if you push through you might be pleased with the product (hope this is also true for my new AP English class.)
1. Two previously unknown vocabulary words:
- laconic: using few words
- lackadaisical: lethargic
2. One example from the reading that coincides with the terms:
- Repetition: an instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a shortpassage--dwelling on a point.
- The word "platonic" is repeated four times during the first paragraph on page 39.
- A section of the writing in which repetition is used is: "At Ragu and Prego, they had been striving for the platonic spaghetti sauce, and the platonic spaghetti sauce was thin and blended the way they thought it was done in Italy".
- It is my personal belief that repetition is so apparent in the novel because that simply is how the author writes. He could tell it to you once, but that wouldn't stick to you nearly as well and that's not at all what he wants.
3. A life lesson I gained from the reading:
- While reading the pages assigned, I could not help but have cliches constantly insert themselves into my mind during just about every section. During "The Ketchup Conundrum" it was most apparent when Mozkowitz begins talking about his segments, people and how they enjoyed different things, and the special recipes for each type of person. My conclusion was simple: you can't make everyone happy all of the time and if you were to try to do as such, everyone, rather than all being happy at once, just become the same level of unhappy.
1. Two words I was previously unsure of:
∙Hitherto: Until this time.
∙Epigram: a concise, clever, and usually memorable statement.
2. An example that coincides with one of the terms:
∙Anaphora: The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. An example can be found on page 27, when Gladwell mentions “Here is a man who constructed his life in the image of his father – who went into the same business, who applied the same relentless attention to the workings of the kitchen, who got his start by selling his father’s own products – and where was his father?” The author most likely used this rhetorical device to emphasize the fact that Ron clearly found in his father’s example, a tradition of irresistible value. Therefore he took it upon himself to be as such a good man as his father had been. An untrained speaker might think it’s simply repetitive, it is meant to be repetitive, repetitiveness is what makes it effective and memorable for the reader.
3. An acquired life lesson from the reading:
∙As soon as I laid eyes on that precise sentence, it immediately stuck out to me and caught my attention. I knew then that that specific point had been or was by far the most important life lesson I had learned from the reading. It’s as follows: “Howard Moskowitz tried to explain his idea of the “Plural nature of perfection,” but no one understood.” I personally think that the phrase is absolutely correct. Many people believe that it’s possible for one single perfect thing to be able to please everyone, but that’s nearly impossible. Perfection in a sense may exist- but the catch is that it’s different for all people. For instance in the case where Moskowitz charted the results of the food tasters; he saw that everyone had a slightly different definition of what a perfect spaghetti sauce tasted like. And that most people’s preferences fell into one of three broad groups, instead of just the same one. Once again reinforcing the life lesson I acquired from this reading: that different things matter to different people, and not always can everyone be satisfied by the same thing.
Two words I learned:
Preface xxi
Word: buoyant- maintaining a satisfactorily high, and cheerful level.
Word:leonine- of or resembling a lion.
Summer words to know:
Allusion- (pages xvi & xx) to famous geniuses such as Einstein, Nelson Mandela, and Winston Churchill. Gladwell Explaining how he is only interested in minor geniuses, whom are those who really do the work, without having a self conscious aura to what they do ; unlike those who have a reputation to maintain. Middle people are those who give their full determination, no matter what.
Life lesson learned:
As mentioned in page 9 of "the pitchman" "he dreamed up something new in his kitchen and went out and pitched it himself".
This quote inspired me, to understand; in order to make something and make it leave a mark and resound; you must go out there and make it yourself. Create and picture your goal, then do everything in your power to make it succeed, in other words 'pitch' your own goals, and they will be achieved. Just as Ron Popeil never ceases to pitch his creations.
1.
Prowess - Extraordinary ability
Parlance - Extreme level of something.
2.Flashback - A shift in a narrative to an earlier event that interrupts the normalchronological development of a story. This is used in the preface on the first page. I believe he started the book with a flashback because it got us thinking, and guessing and wondering about the world around us. When he was a toddler he would be amazed with his fathers work, and wouldn't understand the truth behind the writing on the lines. He used this flashback to represent a section in his book that's about not fully understanding a subject until you have experienced it. Also, this flashback can tie into how when we are little, if we view the world one way we expect everyone to view it this way. Which he explains later on.
3."It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head- even if in the end you conclude that someone else's head is not a place you'd really like to be" page xxi.
This quote in particular spoke out to me because it made me realize that only once you have given something or someone a chance, then you can base opinions upon them. Not until so can you go around assuming. This in everyday use is important because we exile things by looks, or ideas put in our head and we may not be able to experience the thrill it may bring to us. This is a good quote to base your life on.
1. Two previously unknown vocabulary words:
Leonine: referring to a lion or lions.
Parlance: extreme level of something.
2. Example of Summer Terms to Know:
Metaphor, comparing Heinz ketchup to monopoly because it dominated and is the only type of ketchup while there are dozens of different types of Mustards.
3. A life lesson I have learned so far from this book is that many people are unpredictable. You can never know when the person is going to do something, or change something up. You should expect the unexpected and just to live with whatever makes us happy. Like for example, with the ketchup there was only one type of ketchup and the mustard well there were a million different types from every shape and size. You need to be daring and be a risk taker because you never know if you like it and what you have until you try it.
1)
Annex- to attach
Lackadaisical- without interest or determination
2)
Allusion- a brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or even- real of fictional. This can be found on page 5 of Gladwell’s WTDS when he says “He was the family’s Joseph, exiled to the wilderness by his father only to come back and make more money than the rest of the family combined”. Gladwell probably used this to state how Ron Popeil rose like Joseph did when he was sold to slavery by his brothers. He, Gladwell, tells how even after he was ‘left to the wilderness by his father’ rose and became successful just as Joseph had done becoming a powerful man close to the Pharaoh.
3)
When reading Gladwell’s WTDS, I had no idea what to find, but when I reread it, the lines that got my attention full on where those from number 2. When Gladwell says he rose as if he was the family’s Joseph. Thinking about it, it gave me an idea, that even though people might have adversity in their lives, they could still prosper being stubborn and having the will to commit on doing their goals. Gladwell himself said that Ron didn’t have a good childhood, and described what he had been through. Ron had gone throughout life with hardship but even with them he managed to rise and become successful as the line of Joseph said. He become one of the best pitchmen that had been seen and rose, as the last section of “The Pitchman” says to getting a million dollars in the first hour of selling. Once a person puts all their adversities and starts to challenge themselves they could make something of themselves and have the will to do it.
1. Two words I didn't know
Inexorably: Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
Aficionados:an ardent supporter or devotee
2.Example of Summer terms to know
Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; anextravagant statement. Pg. 399-400 "Pit bulls were not bred to fight humans. On the contrary: a dog that went after spectators, or its handlers, or the trainer, or any of the other people involved in making a dogfighting dog a good dogfighter was usually put down. (The rule in the pit bull world was "Man-eaters die.")". He uses this to exaggerate the fact that pit bulls have a high tolerance for pain and they try to inflict the maximum amount of damage on an opponent. They don't hesitate they just attack.
3. A life lesson I have learned reading this book was that you can achieve anything you put your heart to. In "The Pitchman" Ron Popeil was nervous that he wasn't going to meet the QVC's target but he went out there and gave it his all. " It was Ron poeil, who invented a better rotisserie in his kitchen and went out and pitched him himself. There was a hush, and then the whole room stood up and cheered". He had made his goal. If you are hard working and have determination in what you believe in you can achieve anything in this world. I learned that I have to go out there and fight for what I believe in and in the end it will all pay off. If you have goals in life, go make them happen.
1)Two words I did not know:
-hitherto: up to this time
-modus operandi: a method of procedure
2)Personification: a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities. On page 32, the author uses personification by stating that mustard dominated the supermarket shelved. He used personification to show the wide and popular usage of mustard.
3)A life lesson that can be learned is that who you are in the world of business truly makes a difference if you have the ability to persuade others. On page 15, it showed that although Ron Poipeil wasn't the Michael Jordan when pitching his chop-o-matic, if he made it interesting, it would become a star regardless of who he was.
1. Words I didn't know
Vaudeille- A stage play on a trivial theme with interspersed songs.
Pantheon- All the gods of a people or religion collectively.
2. Imagery- Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses. I page 90 part 6: They are an example of a strange moment in American social history when hair dye showhow got tangled up in hte politics of assimilation...
3. "The Pitchman" I learned that when you start with an idea, you should follow it until the end with great determaination. Ron Popeil didn't have much money but he invented the Chop O Matic and others and tried to make a name for himself by having air time, influencing people that his product this something they should pay.
1. Two words I didn't know:
a. ubiquitous:existing or being everywhere.
b. lackadaisical:without interest, vigor, or determination.
2. Onomatopoeia, the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to, can be found on page 48 of WTDS when Gladwell quotes, "Usually, when you take a store cola it's - and here she made a series of pik!pik!pik! sounds - all the notes are of spiky, and usually the citrus is the first thing to spike out." He uses onomatopoeia to illustrate the sound that was used to describe the note of flavors at the very top of the store cola.
3. In the "Preface" I stumbled upon a quote that instantly gave me an impact on the way I would usuallt think, "But what if we look at the problem through someone else's eyes, from inside someone else's head?" Right away, I thought "perspective." Everyone's judgement usually comes from their own encounters and prior knowledge. What if we had the chance to see it ourselves from someone else's perspective rather than our own. People would change the way they usually think and try to embrace someone else's ideas or thoughts. They wouldn't take other people for granted.
1. Two new words I learned:
-throes: effects of an upheaval or struggle
-viscous: thick and sticky
2. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
Gladwell uses metaphors frequently in his writing; a notable example exists on page xvi of the preface in which he calls Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Nelson Mandela the “towering architects of the world”. He uses this metaphor in order to demonstrate the impact these great figures have had on our world, to emphasize that they have been able to mold it and build on it spiritually and intellectually, just as architects create and build on the world in the physical sense.
3. The life lesson I’ve learned in the first 50 pages of What the Dog Saw is best summarized in the Yiddish aphorism “to a worm in a horseradish, the world is a horseradish.” It was brilliant of Gladwell to begin Part 1 of his adventures with this quote, as I found it to tie in quite well with both “The Pitchman” and “The Ketchup Conundrum”. In “The Pitchman” the whole world of the Morris-Popeil empire revolved around kitchen inventions. Gadgets and blueprints and steaming ideas tailgated each other in these families. All they saw were opportunities for innovation, and creative ways to pitch them. These pitchmen are worms in horseradishes themselves.
In “The Ketchup Conundrum”, Howard Moskowitz had so much trouble pitching his idea of “multiple perfections” because people were so used to one favorite. All they saw was one perfection, because that was the world of food at the time.
People that are so engulfed their own world have trouble seeing past it. In life, there are always “worms in horseradishes” and it can be difficult to open their eyes. But, it was shown to be done in “The Ketchup Conundrum” and, with some understanding, perhaps these worms can be shown apples and peaches as well.
1.
- horseradish: a cultiated plant
- tinkering: a person skilled in various minor kinds of work
2. Symbol- A person, place, action, or thing that (by association, resemblance, or convention) represents something other than itself. Found at the end of second three of the preface. "He picked up a package of barbecue spices and used it as a prop. He held it in the air as if he were holding up a Tiffany vase." The Tiffany vase and the barbecue spices have a resblance in value. Depending on how you look at things is how they will be viwed to you. Gladwell uses the value of a Tiffy vase to symbloize that the barbecue spices can be viwed with the same eye.
3. So far from this reading my view about asking question as changed. I used to believe that there were such things as stupid questions, but thanks to Gladwell I can to notice that there is not such thing as a stupid question. Asking questions is not stupid or dumb, its what your mind thinks about. Everyone is different and is curious about different things. People ask questions to clean their doubts and concerns, just because ones question is weird to you doesn't mean it is supid or dumb.
1. Two words I didn’t know before:
- Suffuse: to over spread with or as with a liquid color
- Tantalizing: having or exhibiting something that provides or arouses expectation, interest, or desire.
2. A narrative is a rhetorical strategy that recounts a sequence of events, usually in chronological order.
Starting on page 25 continuing to page 28 (all of section 7) Gladwell tells us about Ron Popeil's past. I think he did this to give us more insight on who the character was and he told us about his struggles as a child and to filled the gap between his childhood and how he got to where he was in his career.
3. A life lesson that I have learned from the preface of this book was that as Gladwell said: "Everything has a story to tell" He goes on to explain how our instinct as humans is to think that most things are not interesting and it is true because I would have never have found ketchup interesting, and the idea that could write an entire chapter of a book on it made me believe that ketchup, just like every other random thing out there has a story.
1. The two words that I did not know were:
- Consecrate: hold in high religious regard
-Impale: is to stab
2. An allusion [ is a figure of speech that is usually used to indicate reference to a person, place or event—real or fictional. This literary device is found on page 43 of what the dog saw. It is a quote that Gladwell states that he loves that is by Elizabeth Rozin, “Rozin is the food theorist who wrote the essay “ ketchup and the collective unconscious.” He used this quote to maybe show why he felt the way he did about the whole reading in this chapter meaning the whole story which is that there is only one ketchup that could ever be invented but there are tons of different mustards.
3. The life lesson that I feel I have learned is as stated above the fact that Gladwell basically is trying to state to you that there is only one type of ketchup ever invented, but many different mustards. For example, in the book what the dog saw on page 31 he actually speaks about Dijon mustard and the mustard seeds so there he is giving you a few examples of the many mustards. I related the message of this chapter to myself and the fact that to me there is only one pineapple but there are various types of tomatoes. For instance there are cherry tomatoes, green tomatoes, grape, plum and so on. This is my take on this particular chapter. I love you Ms. Rodriguez and I hope all is well and I can’t wait to see you! Hope your have fun on your vacations and say hello to the rest of the family.
I. Words I did not know
Leonine: Of or resembling a lion or lions
Hitherto: Until this time.
II. A life lesson learned
On page 9 of "the pitchman” it said how he dreamed up something new in his kitchen and went out and pitched it himself. This made me look back at who I am and how I am. The fact that in order to make something it must leave a mark that you have to go out and do things for yourself. It taught me that one must do things on their own, place your goals and do everything that you possibly can to complete that goal. Just how Ron Popeil put it in the book “pitch your own goals”
1. Two words i didnt know??
-extolling:to praise lavishly; exalt
-pungent:sharply painful
2. Simile- A (figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitlycompared, usually in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as.")can be found on page 9 of WTDS when Gladwell states,"Nathan Morris,Ron Popeil's great uncle,looked a lot like Cary Grant." He uses a similie here likely because he wants the reader to get a better image of Ron Popeil's great uncle.
3. A life lesson that I have learned from the preface of this book was that the most interesting stories doesn't come from a powerful or famous people but actually from people who are just plain ordinary. People who we encounter everday are the ones that have hidden stories ready to be unfold. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about people that he considers minor geniuses because minor geniuses is where we learn the most valuable lessons.
1. eccentricities: strange views or behaviors
lackadaisical: without enthusiasm or determination
2. Simile: a figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as".
On page xx of the preface he wrote:
He held it in the air as if he were holding up a Tiffany vase.
I think he used it in order to give the reader a clearer understanding of the way that Arnold Morris held up the package of Barbeque spices.
3. a life lesson I learned was that having great success and wealth doesn't mean you should spend carelessly. I learned this from the pitchman on page 5, where he says that he favors Costco because the chicken is $0.99 a pound, instead of $1.49 like at other supermarkets. Many people without as much money would do the same, except that even though he has the extra money, there's no reason to waste it because you think since your'e rich you don't need to be modest or simple.
1. Two Unknown Words-
a. volatile: liable to sudden, unpredictable, or explosive change
b. ingratiation: to establish oneself in the favor or good graces of others
2. One Example from the Readings
~Imagery
~Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses.
~"Ron Popeil is a handsome man, thick through the chest and shoulders, with a leonine head and striking, oversize features. He is in his midsixties and lives in Beverly Hills, halfway up Coldwater Canyon, in a sprawling bungalow with a stand of avocado trees and a vegetable garden out back."
~Page #5
~I believe that the author used this imagery to capture the reader's attention.
3. One Life Lesson:
The part that first caught my attention in this book and made me want to keep reading was when I read about "the other minds problem". It describes the problem that children have understanding that everybody else is different. This may not seem like such a big deal, but this made me realize that it could be the same problem that other people, older people, have. Some individuals get frustrated when somebody doesn't see a certain thing their way, because they think their way is the only way, the right way. But this just means that the individuals who get frustrated have the same problems as the toddlers mentioned in page xv-xvi of WTDS.
Words
1. Eminent: Very important, famous
2. Parlance: idiom, expression
Example in Book
Allusion: a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly
Example found on pg 5 "He was the family's Joseph, exiled to the wilderness by is father only to come back and make more money than the rest of the family combined.
He uses allusion to give us a better understanding of where Ron Popeil came from and what he was able to accomplish.
Life lesson
In the Pitchman, Ron Popeil is ignored by his father, S.J. Popeil who is also a Pitchman, yet Ron ends up being a Pitchman and not only that but one of the greatest. This shows you how something can affect you in a good way or bad way depending on how you decide. I believe Ron Popeil is a great example of that.
1.Words I didn’t Know
-Constituent: Serving to compose or make up a thing.
- Lackadaisical: without interest, vigor, or determination
2.
“Nathan Morris, Ron Popeil’s great uncle, looked a lot like Cary Grant.” (Page9, The Pitchman) I believe that the author of WTDS used a simile to really help the reader understand what the character looked like.
3.
Something that impacted me and I found to be a life lesson was that everyone has a different opinion and thought about anything. That is what a toddler finds so fascinating about life in its early ages. I still find that interesting now because no two people are alike and have the same exact likes & dislikes. This was learned from the preface on page XVI.
1. Two words I didn’t know: 1.Tantalizingly- having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire. 2. Lackadaisical- without interest, vigor, or determination.
2. Example from the reading- Anaphora- the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. “It really looks like hair, but it’s not hair. It’s quite a product. It’s incredible.” on page 17. He used it to show that its extraordinary and the best thing that has ever happened and that know one will know its not hair since it looks like it.
3. Life Lesson in The Preface was You must experience something for yourself in order to actually know how it is and what it fells like. This relates to a lot of things now a days people don’t go out and do things they ask people before they do it. You should just stop asking and actually go and do it without knowing anything about it. Just like in the book how Gladwell had a pilot take him up and do the same thing that Kennedy did in his plane crash. He says that it was better experiencing it himself then knowing what Kennedy did.
1. Parlayed: to uses one’s assets to achieved a desired objective
Eminent: high in stations, rank, or repute
2. Comparison: A rhetorical strategy in which a writer examines similarities and/or differences between two people, places, ideas, or objects.
We felt that World’s Best seemed to be more like a sauce. (p.49)
Buchholz most likely compared the World’s best ketchup to a sauce because it went well with some foods, but not on others. Thus, Buchholz is saying that it is different from most ketchups (mainly Heinz) because it does not have that perfect blend of salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami that ketchups must have to go great with anything.
3. I have learned from the chapter Pitchman that communication skills are the key to everything. You may have a great idea, but if you cannot communicate and convince others effectively you will not succeed with you idea. However even if your idea is bad, or you cannot present it at its best, but you have enough communication skills to convince people to believe you and hang on every word you say then you could succeed in selling your idea (best example in p. 13). You must simply understand language and know how to talk to others. As Arnold Morris said,” I know how to ask for the money. And that’s the secret of the whole damn business.” (p. 13)
Sorry I answered so late. I wanted to catch up with my reading before coming back to answer this post.
1.Ubiquitous:existing or being everywhere.
Exuberance: abounding in vitality
2. Simile: comparing using like or as. In page 20 the author compares a food processor as guitar strings to break down the vegetable. “The heart of the gadget was a series of slender, sharp blades strung like guitar strings across two Teflon coated metal rings”. Gladwell is comparing the food processor to a guitar strings because it can cut you very easily or injure you if you’re not careful. In addition a guitar string is very smooth and slender.
3. In the preface I learned that we grow up thinking that if we love something like dancing or riding horses than our parents must have loved it too. Over time we learn that not everything we love our parents doesn’t have the same love we have. It shows me how different we are and no matter anything we have our own opinion and some of us would like to know our opinions. It’s a life lesson to me because no matter how hard we try to fit in we can’t cause each one of us are unique.
Maria Martinez.
1.Two words i didnt know.
Giddy-dizzy.
Exasperated-infuriate
2.Anaphora-the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beggining of successive clauses or verses."It really looks like hair, but its not hair. Its quite a product. Its incredible." This is found on page 17. He used this literary device to show how successful the product is and how amazed he is by the outcome of it.
3.A life lesson that i learned is that curiousity is not a rare thing but something that is of human nature. There are many unanswered questions to discover and the ability to want to uncover these things make us human. If you are curious towards something and you have an idea, you should follow through with it and clear your doubts. You never know how many great things can come from your curiousity. You might even make history!
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