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First marking Period (Figurative language (Simile ("Dad snorts like a…
First marking Period
Figurative language
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Metaphor
"Our clan, the Plain Janes, has splintered and the pieces are being absorbed by the rival factions" Pg(4)
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Hyperbole
"This eight foot senior in front of me somehow gets three cheese burger, french fries, and two ho-hos without saying a word" Pg(8)
Characters
Rachel
She was Melinda's friend. She doesn't shave her armpits. she got mad because Melinda called the cops in a party.
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Quotes
Quotes
Quote #1
"It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All the crap you hear on tv about communication and expressing is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say." Pg(9) This quote means that you should better not say anything and maybe it should be better to stay quiet. Quote #2
"I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring at her, trying to make her look at me. That happens in movies- people can feel it when other people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Either Ivy has a great force field, or my lases vision isn't very strong. She won't look back at me. I wish I could sit with her. She knows art."Pg(10) This quote means that she wants to talk to Ivy but maybe Ivy is trying to ignore her since they are no more friends. She starts to relate to how the movies the characters feel when people are staring at them. Quote #3
"I made it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown. Heather from Ohio sits with me at lunch and calls to talk about the English homework. She can talk for hours. All I have to do is prop the phone against my ear and "uhhuh" occasionally while I surf the cable. Rachel and every other person I've known for nine years continue to ignore me. I'm getting bumped a lo in the halls. A few times my books were accidentally ripped from my arms and pitched to the floor. I try not to dwell on it. It has to go away eventually." Pg(14) This quote means that she found a friend that she can ask her help and talk about homework. She has to deal with other people who continue to ignore her.Quote #4
"As we ride home on Heather’s bus, she tries to bully me into joining a club. She has a Plan. She wants us to join five clubs, one for every day of the week. The tricky part is choosing the clubs that have the Right People. Latin Club is out of the question, as is Bowling. Heather actually likes bowling—it was a big thing in her old school—but she has seen our bowling lanes and she could tell that no Right Person would set foot in there." Pg(22) This quote means that heather wants Melinda to join clubs. But Melinda doesn't want to join because the right thing is to see if the people are nice in the club.
Conflicts
" I try to paint them so they are nearly dead, but not totally. Mr. Freeman doesn’t say a word to me about them. He just raises his eyebrows. One picture is so dark you can barely
see the tree at all.Pg(30) This quote means that she may be drawing that tree and is representing her feelings.