Gabrielle Rosado
"On the morning of the ceremony, my father wore his other uniform-- a dark jacket with a leather belt, brass buttons and gold epaulets at the shoulders." page 32
epaulets- an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
This passage shows how her dad changed and transformed into a different uniform. Almost into the man he used to be before they had to abruptly leave their home. Toswiah and her sister had never seen him dress this way, and to them he looked like the tallest, proudest, most beautiful man that ever lived. They felt he had a new persona to him, as if someone that would protect them from anything in the world. The description and the words the author used of his uniform, really stood out to show the different characterization of him.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Word Wizard- Post #2
Gabrielle Rosado
"And later, Cameron with her braces on, sneaking looks in the mirror when she thinks no one is watching--at eleven, twelve, and then thirteen, and the braces pliered off, her teeth, cleaned, her lips spreading across her face to grin every time she could think to." pg 18
pliered- to peel off or plied off.
This word wasn't in the dictionary, but I used context clues to assume what it meant. This passage is talking about how her sister, real name Cameron, was before they had to move. Throughout the book there are little excerpts that flash black to way her life used to be, before coming Evie. Her sister growing up always had braces and she would always look at them in the mirror. Once she got them off, she would then whisper to herself every night " I am beautiful".
"And later, Cameron with her braces on, sneaking looks in the mirror when she thinks no one is watching--at eleven, twelve, and then thirteen, and the braces pliered off, her teeth, cleaned, her lips spreading across her face to grin every time she could think to." pg 18
pliered- to peel off or plied off.
This word wasn't in the dictionary, but I used context clues to assume what it meant. This passage is talking about how her sister, real name Cameron, was before they had to move. Throughout the book there are little excerpts that flash black to way her life used to be, before coming Evie. Her sister growing up always had braces and she would always look at them in the mirror. Once she got them off, she would then whisper to herself every night " I am beautiful".
Word Wizard- Post #1
Gabrielle Rosado
"We left Denver in the midddle of the night, with some clothes, and some famil pictures, toothbrushes and combs, all in plastic bags since out suitcases were monogrammed."
monogrammed pg 20- a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
This word, stood out because one I didn't know the definition and two, it should their lifestyle before Toswiah and her family had to go into witness protection. They had suitcases and towles, with their intials and names etched into them. This was the way of claiming their belongs. Now that they had to leaver Denver to a new town, they had to leave all this stuff behind. They couldn't bring anything with them that represented their old life.
"We left Denver in the midddle of the night, with some clothes, and some famil pictures, toothbrushes and combs, all in plastic bags since out suitcases were monogrammed."
monogrammed pg 20- a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
This word, stood out because one I didn't know the definition and two, it should their lifestyle before Toswiah and her family had to go into witness protection. They had suitcases and towles, with their intials and names etched into them. This was the way of claiming their belongs. Now that they had to leaver Denver to a new town, they had to leave all this stuff behind. They couldn't bring anything with them that represented their old life.
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