Thursday, October 23, 2008

Active Reading #4

5 Comments
1.Father seem not to care that the protagonist got lost trying to go home.
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4 Questions
1. Why didn't anyone pick the Protagonist up from school?
2. What would happen if the Chinese girls refuse to marry older men?

3 Vocab
1. Shinxline- no definition
2. Irrevocably not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
3. Stoically impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.

2 Literary Terms
1. "A faint cool breeze was blowing in from the river sweeping away the mist"- Personification
2. "Magnolia blossoms were in full bloom, dotting the tree like a giant white ribbon with bows."-simile

1 Overview Sentence
In this section of the book the Protagonist started her first day of school and no one came to pick her up.

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