Pig the pug is a very selfish and quite rude little pug, and Aaron Blabey has written a book which is very well written describing a particular time this grumpy canine threw a tantrum and himself out the window! • the right words: This book features easy to read writing, with a few advanced words for emerging readers to be able to stretch their comprehension. It rhymes, has humour, has a fantastic pace to the story and allows a great scope to personalize the story with vocal changes and intonation when reading it aloud. • precise vocabulary: The words and sentences are very tight and help the flow and tempo of the book. This is a rhyming story, and Blabley does well to use the rhyme build the tension and depth to the book. Using words …show more content…
such as “greedy” and “selfish” are great descriptors. It leaves no doubt as to the character of Pig. “huff and puff” is a wonderful phrase to make the reader feel almost breathless as Pig builds his pile of toys up. It also gives a feeling of exasperation as the little pug gets frustrated with Trevor’s desire to share and play together. • figurative language: There is one very specific piece of figurative language in the book, where it states “Well, Pig flipped his wig” Pig does not wear a wig, so how could he flip it?
This is a figurative statement saying he became very upset and threw a tantrum. There is also a reference to another figurative common figure of speech “pigs might fly”. When pig falls out the window the single line “Well, pigs cannot fly” also notes the change in tone of the …show more content…
book. • dialogue: There is quite a bit of dialogue in this story. It clearly defines the characters and sets the tone for the book. Trevor is depicted as a dog who would love to play, share toys and the good guy of the story. Pig, however, is quite the opposite. He is greedy, selfish and rude. His dialogue is often bolded, short and punctuated with exclamation marks. He hasn’t many positive words at all to say. “I WON’T and I SWEAR!”, “MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!” and “No, they are mine! Are you Deaf? Only Mine!” are examples of his language. He is not only rude towards Trevor, but also insulting in questioning if he is deaf and also referring him as a “sausage-shaped swine” Trevor is quite the opposite, asking to play with Pig and trying to warn him about falling out the window.
“You’ve got some great toys there” and “But it might be more fun… if we both played together” • music in language: This is a lovely rhyming book with lovely rhythm in it’s words. The first part of the book starts off quite fast paced with short words and sentences. When Pig loses his temper the words are capitalized, bolded and marked with exclamation points to bring emphasis to their shortness. The pivotal point in the story where Pig falls out the window marks a change in the tempo of the book. It slows and almost feels calm and quite pleasant. A real contrast to the first part of the story, it still has rhyme and rhythm, however the sentences lengthen out with softer language being used. • understatement : The majority of this book is rather overstatement than under. Usually this is from Pig whilst he is proving his character matches his name. The line “yes, Pig shares his toys now,” is the only understatement clearly identifiable. Pig doesn’t have much say about sharing his toys as he is too broken and bandaged up to stop Trevor from
playing. • unexpected insights: An unexpected insight in this story is not necessarily the words that are written. The illustration on the last page is in complete contrast to the words in the last two lines. “and they both play together…” “…while Pig’s on the mend” where as the illustration shows a pig who is not looking very happy with Trevor playing with him. • weak writing in your text: Although this book definitely has a moral, it is not without storyline, therefore does not contain didactics’. It also has language that is age appropriate, and at times can stretch the comprehension of young children. For example words such as scoot and howled are not commonly used words in modern language. As such, weak writing does not appear to be a fault in this picture book.
Teitz explains that the living spaces for the pigs are so small that they will trample each other to death, and piglets are unintentionally smashed by their mothers. Teitz asserts that, not only are the living spaces small, but they...
There is a lot of symbolism in the Pigman writing by Paul Zindel. The three monks symbolism means Lorraine, John, and Mr. Pignati friendship. One example of the friendship of Lorraine, John and Mr.pignati is when he has a heart attack Lorraine and John skips school to go see him. The three monkeys symbolism you can find it in the Pigman. My conclusion is that the three monkey symbolism is in the Pigman.
With the use of metaphors and adjectives, “dry, cracked dirt, the blue sky, puffy white clouds to describe a state of something. Readers will come across part of speech, such as action words, “mumbled, funneled, glanced, gripped, and snapped.” The vocabulary level is between easy to moderate and the words are suitable to build on readers’ vocabulary. By reading Baseball Saved Us children can familiarize themselves with baseball terms, for example, “I played second base because my team said that was the easiest. The writing sequence and/ or pattern flows, where he uses the words: shaking, staring and yelling in one setting.
Ever since we’ve had the ability to learn, we have been taught to be kind and considerate, to always smile and live in hope of tomorrow. Fairytales and storybooks have happy endings, where the ones who live humbly always win at the end. But is that the truth? Through The Pigman, Paul Zindel is able to show us the reality of life and how necessities like love are nothing more than a mere lie.
Piggy is lower class. Later on in the book it shows that Piggy is
"Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour." (Golding 68)
The first verbal exchange of this novel only requires 17 words of Cole. The first twelve words tell us a great deal considering the limited number of words used:
His name is John Conlan. John is a guy that is always causing conflicts. In fact, I think he is that way because he doesn’t get along with his father. For example, the contributors for BookRags explains ¨ Both John and Lorraine have poor relationships with their parents, who regard them as disturbing burdens…” (http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-pigman/themes.html#gsc.tab=0 ) Further, after John’s long day with his dad, he decides to go buy some alcohol and hang out with his friends.
in this book. The pigs are the most intelligent animals in the farm and take a
...eady it was impossible to say which was which.? This quote is taken from the end of the book. It describes how the pigs had turned into men. All of the material things such as alcohol, gambling, and money had corrupted the pigs. They once had a dream to be unlike the humans, but they couldn?t? resist the temptations of such hazardous things.
throughout the novel allows the audience to gain a better understanding and personal compassion for both the character and the author. 	The novel is written in a short, choppy sentence structure using simple word choice, or diction, in a stream of consciousness to enable the reader to perceive the novel in the rationale of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another, relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. Gibbons allows this stream of thoughts to again emphasize the childish perception of life’s greatest tragedies. For example, Gibbons uses the simple diction and stream of consciousness as Ellen searches herself for the true person she is.
In Golding’s book, Lord of the Flies, Piggy learns to stand up for himself and have more self-confidence which is a positive change. Piggy is shy and weary of his actions in the beginning but as the story progresses the troubles and responsibilities of being stranded on the island causes his self-confidence and self-esteem to grow.
In the stage being the first stanza of the poem Child and Insect the reader meets a little boy who is excited and euphoric because he has managed to catch a grasshopper. The rhythm of the poem is very fast and lively. An evidence for that is the onomatopoeia “clockwork fizz” which describes the insect’s movements as sudden and quick, comparing its legs to the hands of a clock too. It also illustrates its desperate attempts to escape the small palm of the boy described by the opening line of the first stanza “He cannot hold his hand huge enough.” Furthermore, not only the grasshopper’s movements are swift but the boy’s motions as well, shown by the run on line “He races back, how quick he is, look”. This line further emphasizes the rhythm of the poem and the energetic mood it creates. The run on line could also be interpreted as a representation of the child’s speech which is cut and uneven because of his cheerfulness and need for a breath. Moreover, the word choices of the author particularly words such as “snatched”, “quick”, “look”, “sudden” help to reinf...
...People respond to the three pigs because either they have been in the pigs’ position, or they are ready to learn from the pigs’ experience. Everyone faces his own personal “wolf” that bares its teeth and threatens to blow away his foundation, but “The Three Little Pigs” offers hard work and determination as a solution to any problem that seems insurmountable. Proper preparation prevents poor performance regardless of the situation, and the three pigs show that sometimes, a poor performance might be the last one.
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