Vocabulary:
Lascivious: (v.)
1. If you describe someone as lascivious, you disprove of them because they show a very strong interest in sexual activity.
Supine: (adj.)
1. If you are supine, you are lying flat on your back. (FORMAL)
Figurative Language:
1. “After the air kissing…”: Personification, since the air can’t kiss.
2. “The trees were reaching toward the gray sky…”: Personification, since the tree can’t reach.
3. “The wind gently wiped away her tears…”: Personification, since the tree can’t really ‘wipe’ away people’s tears…
Quote:
"Aislinn felt tears in her eyes. The arm around her was bruisingly tight. The hand over her mouth squeezed again, and she could taste fresh blood in her mouth. She tried to think, remember what she knew about self-defense.”
This quote indicated the current situation; Aislinn was stalked by a group of teenagers in the town. And then the Dead Girl showed up, and the action of protecting Aislinn was very significant since it shows how much Dead Girl’s boss—the Summer King—cares about Aislinn.
Theme:
The theme would be: one can be obsessed with one thing, trying to get it or achieve it, and subconsciously ignore the dangers and risks one might face.
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About Me
- Gloria F.
- My personality varies from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute, second to second, instant to instant even. Have fun coping with me...
Quotes
"Dream like you will live forever, live like you will die today."
"Stupidity killed the cat. Curiousity was framed."
"Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense."
"The early bird may get the worms, but second mouse gets the cheese."
"From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd,
Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd,
And be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Nor all, that glisters, gold."
"'I see,' said the blind man to his deaf dog."
"To the world you mey be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
"When life gives you lemon, make grape juice, then sit back and let the world wonder how you did it."
"Yet here we are
Then and now.
Always questioning,
Always wanting,
What's never there."
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."
"Stupidity killed the cat. Curiousity was framed."
"Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense."
"The early bird may get the worms, but second mouse gets the cheese."
"From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd,
Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd,
And be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Nor all, that glisters, gold."
"'I see,' said the blind man to his deaf dog."
"To the world you mey be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
"When life gives you lemon, make grape juice, then sit back and let the world wonder how you did it."
"Yet here we are
Then and now.
Always questioning,
Always wanting,
What's never there."
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."
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