Lucy+Wen+Literacy+Circles

=Holes by Louis Sachar=

__Task: Literacy Analyst__

 * //Quote// || //Type of feature// || //Definition// ||
 * This helped, but digging was harder because the cap would slip and slide. || **Alliteration** || The repetition on initial consonants. ||
 * Myra’s head is as empty as a flowerpot. || **Simile** || Comparison between 2 different things connected by “like” or “as”. ||
 * His hole was about three feet deep, but only in the center. || **Assonance** || The use of the same vowel sound with different consonants. ||
 * Stanley was relieved to be left alone, but he was so thirsty he felt as if he would die if he didn’t get something to drink soon. || **Hyperbole** || Deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect. ||
 * Stanley looked out the dirty window. He couldn’t see a lake. And hardly anything was green. || **Allusion** || A reference that is made indirectly, subtly, or implied. ||
 * Elya wasn’t sure what he’d do if he ever found Madame Zeroni’s son anyway. Carry him up a mountain and sing the pig lullaby to him? || **Rhetorical Question** || A question that is asked for effect. A reply is not expected. ||
 * //If only, if only…// || **The use of repetition for effect** || Repeating the same words, phrase or sentences for effect. ||

__Task: Creative Connector__

 * Page || Reading || Connections - people, places, events, author ||
 * 43 || A sign on the door said WRECK ROOM. Nearly everything in the room was broken; the TV, the pinball machine, the furniture. || In our house in China, we had a storeroom at the bottom of the building. (everybody in the building have one). It has a sign with our apartment number on it on the door. Nearly everything in the room was broken. (because we put all our old/broken things in there) ||