Read "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx (M/T handout). After reading the passage, explain how the author's use of figurative language creates a clear picture of Quoyle. Explain how figurative language (simile or metaphor) contribute to and supports your clear picture.
1. Include author and title
2. Answer the question
3. Provide text evidence
4. Provide commentary
5. Use proper English mechanics
6. Elimanate pronouns
Monday, October 26, 2009
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X.Smith
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx , the author uses "no neck, reddish hair, bunched as kissed fingertips, eyes color of plastic , monstrous chin, and a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face." The author uses the metaphors and similes to show the appearance of Quoyle by saying he is fat and tall , slopy , and he's an embarassment. My comment is that his brother would pick on him for being himself.
r.guerra 2nd period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx ,"The monstous chin, a freakish shelf juttingfrom the lower face."(paragraph6). This is a metaphore used by the author to show us (the reader) that he is fat and has no chin. I personaly think that his chin might look like a frog's when it croaks!
o.jaramillo 7th period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,"At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh."(paragraph 6).This metaphore being used to describe how big(fat) he was when he was 16 years old. The way i feel is like they described to be some sort of monster, that was so overweight.
J.Torres period 3
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx. His brother says that he is "FAT, NO NECK and REDDISH HAIR, PIG LOOKING". This is a SIMILE because it says he LOOKS LIKE A PIG it is saying that it is just a thought of him or a opinion. My commentary is that even though his brother was telling him negative stuff, but Quoyle was acting like himself and it worked.
A. Slaughter per.4... In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx the narrators use of figurative language makes a clear picture of Quoyle bacause she uses similes and metaphors that describe him like direct characterization. Like when the narrators says "A great damp loaf of bread" thats used to show that Quoyle's body is shaped llike a loaf of damp bread. Or when he says "head shaped like a crenshaw no neck" which is used to say that Quoyle's head is shaped like a melon and he has no neck. I think that the narrator uses the figurative language to descibe Quoyle in a way that isn't harsh and mean.
ReplyDeleteL. Hemphill 6th pd
ReplyDeleteIn this passage,"The Shipping News" by Annie Poulx.When the author uses the phase "a great damp loaf of a body" it expresses how he feel about the character Quoyle(paragragh 6).Which is that his body is all saggy and flabby with excess skin.I feel that so man people get judged by their appearance and it makes them feel bad about themselves.So they start believing what they other person have to say and start to do less than what they are capable of.
H.Williams
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In the story,"The Shipping News" by Annie Poulx, the narrator uses direct characterization, indirect characterization, and similes to give a vivid and clear interpretation of Quoyle. The narrator describes Quole through these statements,"......,he camouflaged torment with smiles and silence." and,"He ate prodigiously,liked a ham knuckle, buttered spuds." The narrator uses these statements to describe Quoyle as a person who is talked about and mistreated, but endures all of the ridicule by smiling and ignoring people. The narrator also describes Quoyle as a fat, greedy pig because he eats way more than he should. I believe that Quoyle doesn't care about what other people have to say,if it isn't nice, and the narrator obviously doesn't have anything better to do besides talk about Quoyle.
4th period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, The author uses the figurative language, simile by using like comparing how big his head to a big fruit. “Head shaped like a Crenshaw" pg.9.I really don’t believe that his head is that big .But the simile gives you a picture of what his head look like to picture the shape and the size.
C. Davenport 6th period
ReplyDeleteIn the "Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author uses figurative language to create a clear image of Quoyle by saying "buried in a casement of flesh", "features as bunched as kissed fingertips", "eyes the color of plastic", "monstrous chin", and "a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face." The metaphors and similes like, "head shaped like a crenshaw" and "features as bunched as kissed fingertips", contribute and support my clear image because they make me imagine a not really handsome, dumpy, sloppy, teenage boy with little bunched together features. The narrator puts figurative language to good use in this story.
H.EDD PERIOD 1,In the story 'SHIPPING NEWS' by Anne Proulx, The author uses a clear image to describe Quoyle by saying'buried in a casement of flesh','features as bunched as kissed finger tips',eyes the color of plastic','monstrous chin', and,' a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face'.The metephors described in this story are clear images or concrete images, because once you read it you can have a for sure clear image that they are trying to say that quoyle is an obiest person.It seems to me like the author is a great user of figurative language.
ReplyDeleteLaquitha Neal 4th period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,The author uses the figurative language,
by describing and creating a clear image of Quoyle using direct charaterizaton, she clearly states "A great damp loaf of a body. At six he weighed eighty pounds. At sixteen he was buried under a casement of fleash. Head shape like a crenshaw no neck , reddish hair ruhed back. Features as bunched as kissed fingertips.Eyes the color of plastic. The monstrous chin, a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face."(pg 6)This tell me that he is very large and he is ashamed of the way he looks, he eat to hide's his emotins.
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In the story "Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author uses figurative language (similes, metaphor's) to create a clear image of Quoyle by saying "features as bunched as kissed fingertips, eyes the color of plastic, monstrous chin, and a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face". This gives me a clear image, because they are being very detailed.He is overwieght, ugly, lazy, and has a huge face.
Shae Barrett 7th Period;
ReplyDeleteIn the story "Shipping News" by anne Proulx. The author uses a clear image to describe Quoyle by describing the characters feautures,Monoustrous chin,and a freakish shelf jutting from the lowerface.In this passage Simile is used by comparing hid head to a piece of fruit.In my opinion this story was based on Quoyle life and his self confidence/low self-esteem.
J.Holt 6th pd
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" By Annie Proulx the author paints a clear picture of Quoyle when she says "Head shaped like a crenshaw no neck, reddish hair ruched back.pg.9 the author's use of figurative language helps me to create my picture when she uses the quote above. I see Quoyle looking like a short and fat kid.When Annie Proulx describes Quoyle the author is in a way describing me because I'm fat have bunched together features I get teased by different people and sometimes the same people everyday.
Marco Villafranco
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In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx , the author uses "no neck, reddish hair, bunched as kissed fingertips, eyes color of plastic , monstrous chin, and a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face."(P.6) The author uses the figurative language of simile and the narrator compares Quoyle as "kissed fingertips, eyes color of plastic". I think that his brother is mean because he picks on Quoyle and not other people.
J.Carruthers said...
ReplyDeleteJ.Carrruthers 1st period
In the "Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author uses figurative language to create a clear image of Quoyle by saying "Buried in a casement of flesh", "Features as bunched as fingertips", "Eyes the color of plastic ", "Monstrous chin", and "A freakish self jutting from the lower face.The metaphors and similes like, "Head shaped like a crenshaw" and "features as bunched fingretips ", contribute and support my clear image. The narrator makes me imagine a heavy set man with wild red hair ruched back who is to ashmed of himself because of the way he looks the features are very lightened in my imagination.I like the story beacause the narrator use of figurative lanugage which is such good use for this story.
J.horton 2nd period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,the author uses figurative language to create a clear picture of Quoyle by using statements like " A great damp loaf of a body"(p9)
to show that Quoyle looks fat and nasty like a wet piece of bread.Annie uses metaphors and similes like "Head shaped like a crenshaw no neck, reddish hair back."(p9). This contributes and supports my clear picture of Quoyle as a red headed fat kid with no neck by adding extra detail rather than using plan boring words. I think Quoyle was just misunderstood and needs so freinds to uplift him.
In the "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the narrator uses figurative language, such as similes and metaphors,to discribe the character Quoyle, very clearly. A simile that the narrator uses "Features as bunched as kissed fingertips" (p.6), gives a thought that Quoyle is fat, so alot of the features on his body are smushed and bunched together. A metaphor that the narrator uses is, "He was buried under a casement of flesh" (p.6), which also tells that Quoyle's body was big, this compensates to the huge amount of flesh.
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ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,the narrator uses figurative language to describe Quoyle in detail. An example of figurative language is when the narrator stated " Head shaped like a crenshaw (p.6),"which shows that Quoyles head is long and fat like a crenshaw. That statement tells me the shape of the head and the object that Qouyles head is being compared to. That contributes and support the picture I as well as other may see of Quoyle. The narrator puts figurative language in the story in such a way that I can say is astutely and well thought out.
B.Romero 3rd period, in the story "The Shipping News" by Anne Proulx the aurthor ueses figurative language of Quoyle by describing how he is so fat that he has no neck.An example of how it is being used in the story is when the aurhor describes him in this way "head shaped like a crenshaw no neck, reddish hair rushed back." The simile in this quate is when he compares his head to a crenshaw. I think that the aurthor used some great examples of figurative language in this story.
ReplyDeleteIn "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author's use of figurative language (simile&&metaphor) helped the reader understand better Quoyle's physical apperance."Head shaped like a crenshaw no neck,reddish hair ruched back. Features as bunched as kissed fingertips.Eye the color of plastic.The monstrous chin, a freakish shelf juttin from the lower face." Let"s the reader know that Quoyle is over weight,has a big head a melon size. It also lets you have a better understanding of how Quoyle's face and features can make him feel the way he does, and the way he feels about him self, his low self esteam.Quoyle shouldn't care how he looks as long as he knows that he had as good heart.Some people have beautiful physical features but terrible communication skills with people.
ReplyDeleteK.Pryor 1st period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx. The author uses " bunched as kissed fingertips, monsotrous chin, reddish hair, no neck, and great damp loaf of a body to describe Quoyle.(Pg6)The figurative language (simile and metaphor) create a clear picture to me by comparing things. Which similes implie comparisons and metaphors involve direct comparison between to unlike things. Both using like or as to show you which unlike things are being compared. I believe Quoyle was just depressed because the way he was treated. You are suppose to treat others like the way you want to be treated so I guess Quoyle family wanted no respect since they didnt give him any.
J.Smith 1st period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "Shipping News" by Anne Proulx, The author use "At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh." The quote was meaning that Quoyle was very fat and he had so much fat that it looked like he had a casment of flesh. I think that the reason Qouyle was so fat was because, he was so depressed and had very low self-esteem, Quoyle was in so much depression and he had so much low self-esteem that he decided to just eat and eat and maybe he'll get over it, in the process of Quoyle eating all the food that he ate he got really huge and fat by the age of 16. Quoyle had low self-esteem beacuse he was talked about so much because of his looks and his family didn't like him and they thought he was useless.
7th per.
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In the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,the author use of figurative lanuage created a clear picture of Quoyle by using indirect characterization and imagery.This shows on page 2 of the book on the computer when this is said,"The monsterous chin,a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face."In figurative language it contribute to and supported the clear picture given by saying things like,"Features as bunched as kissed fingertips." In this story Quoyle was harrowed on alot but Quoyle was always very benevolently.
In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the narrarator uses alot of figurative language.Another type of figurative laguge is that the narrarator used simile throughout the story by comparing Quoyle's head to crenshaw.This is also describing Quoyles phsical appearance.I also think that his farther was hyperbole toward him every day. The farther was always telling Quoyle that he is nothing.If it was me I would have just got out of his house.
ReplyDeleteZ.Thompson 6th period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,the author uses figurative language
,to describe the protagonist like when he said "Head shaped like a crenshaw no neck."The Antagonist uses this to show or tell how some of the physical features of Quoyle.I feel that Quoyle has low self-esteem and shows no way of getting some either cause the narrator never tells of him like when his talks about him or when puts dout in his heart that he will never be nothing.
D.Cruces 7th period
ReplyDeleteIn the story" Shipping News" by Annie Proulx the narrator uses figurative language and says "His earliest sense of self was as a distant figure"located in (p8.)To show that the narrator is using simile and to show that he is indirect characterization because he is saying that he can't realy remember much an is a blury image. My comment is that I never felt what Quoyle felt I never had someone say something about me to my face.
c.ponciano
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" By Annie Proulx, The author uses figuritive language to describe and compare how Quyle looks,acts and feels.When the narrator says "head shaped like a crenshaw,"the narrator is using figuritive language or simile to help the reader understand how huge and round Quyle's head looks,and also is comparnig is head to a crenshaw(fruit).The narrator is specifically trying to describe Quyle by using simile or metaphor.I personally think that when you use figurative languge in your writting,just like the narrator in the "The Shipping News" you give the reader more interpretation for what the narrator is trying to say, and also the most important part of figuritive language is that the narrator is giving some kind of imagination to the reader while reading the story.
t.tenison 7 th period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The shipping news" the use of figurative language helps me understand some of quoyle's behavior and physical features. For an example the author says " at sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh" or when the author states "head shaped like a crenshaw no neck." i feel that the author uses figurative language great because if she didn't use figuritive language then i wouldn't understand quoyle.
G. Taylor 1st. Period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage," The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author uses figurative languages(simile or metaphor) to describe Quoyle's feeling, image, and personality.One way the author decribes Quoyle is by saying," His thoughts churned like the amorphous thing that ancient sailors,..., called the Sea Lung...", which says to me that Quoyle is corrupted by his awful childhood and obtains a very low self-esteem.
C.Williams 1st
ReplyDeleteIn the story "From The Shipping News" by Annie Prolux in (pg6) she quotes "Head shaped like a crenshaw no neck, reddish hair ruched back." This quote tells that his head is shaped like a lot of melons put together, all his fat covers his neck, he has red hair, and his back is hunched like Frankenstien, that is my facial discription of Quoyle
D.Hamilton 7th period
ReplyDeleteIn the story, "From The Shpping News" by Annie Proulx. The narrator uses, "a head taller tahn any child around him", the narrator uses figurative language to help the reader understand that Quolye, has a bigger head than any child around him. I can relate to this figurative language because, sometimes I look in the mirror and think that i have a big head. In this story, it deciphers that Quolye not only has no neck but, he has a huge head.
A.Glenn 1st period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "From The Shipping News" the author uses "Head shaped like a crenshaw no neck, reddish hair ruched back." This says that Quoyle basically had a big head and he was ugly and fat. It also says that his head is shaped like melon and he is hump backed he has red hair and his neck is not really known to be there because his fat covers it.
(David Miller 3 period) In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx's shows the propper usage of figuretive language. The way the author used it was a comparison, that determines a description of a charater. An example would be (found in paragraph 6 line 2) "Head shapped like a crenshaw no neck, reddish hair ruced back." The reader can conclude that this charater is in a vortex. By using figuretive language the author was able to ingeniously describe the charater in a idirect perspective. The subject is, the author was able to use a indirect simile and, still be able to give a mental picture. The thoughts of the reader would be "how is this possible." If the reader can look at the figuretive language that the author uses, the reader will have a better comprehension of figuretive language.
ReplyDeleteA. Malone In the story ''The Shipping News'' the author uses figurative language. The way the author used it was to show Quoyles physical features like how he has plastic eyes , a huge freaksih chin, and a large body. His father feels that he is failure and he brother is no help either. Me personally I would be on the point of breaking down.
ReplyDelete(4th period) In the story "The Shipping News" the author uses complex figurative lauguage to descibe his apperance. An example would be ( found in paragraph 6 line 2) "At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh." The author tells that Quolye is very fat. The narrator is also saying that he is so fat that he is buried under his own fat. The autrhor used good figuretive lauguage to describe him.
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In the story "From The Shipping News" the author uses figurative language like how he said "A great damp loaf of a body"[paragraph6] to show that he was soft but fat or obese.I think that he may look like a big but soft like a pillow.
D patel 3rd period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,the author use of figurtive languge shows how quolye acts or how he looks by comparing it to something with the same characteristic. Like when he said "he ate prodigiously,liked a ham knuckle,buttered spuds." The author uses a simile to show that quolye is really fat or obese. I think its sad that quolye is not prodigy and believe that the author is just being rude.
T.Neal 7th period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shippinng News" by Annie Proulx, "The mounstous chin, a freakish self jutting from the lower face.The author uses this metaphor to show that Ouoyle has a huge chin. I think Quolye is very ugly and has a hard time with it.
E. Alexander 3rd period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Poulx, The author use figurative language to create a clear image of Quoyle by saying ,"monstrous chin",and "freakish shelf juting from the lower face". the similes and metaphors in the story like "features as bunched as kisses fingertips", is express and is supported by my clear image of not really handsome plumpy, sloppy, teenage boy with little bunched together features. The narrator uses figurative language in a sense of great way or use.
V.Autry 7th period
ReplyDeleteI n the story,"The Shipping News" by Annie Poulx, the narrator uses direct characterization, indirect characterization, and similes to give a vivid and clear interpretation of Quoyle. "Head shaped like a creshaw no neck, reddish hair ruched back."(paragraph 6) When the author uses these methaphors it is desrcibing how ugly and elimating Quoyle looks.the author uses figurtaive lanuages for you to get a picture in your head of what is the author is trying to tell you. I feel know one likes Quolye becuase of his apperance he was made different just like most people. Honestly who would like someone that is that funny looking.
D. Fields 7th period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Poulx, the narrator use figurative by saying that Quoyle "His Head was shaped like a Crenshaw."(Par.6)The author use a simile to describe that Quoyle head was shape like a Crenshaw to say that his head was shaped deform and weird looking. I think nobody really like Quoyle and made fun of him because of the way he look because he was to fat, his eyes was the color of plastic, and his head was shaped all weird looking.
(3 Period)In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx's uses a discriptive similes and metaphors in the story. Every time the author uses figuretive language there is a message thats being implied. The message comes with an image as the reader reads the ingenous figuretive sentence. An example would be "At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh." As the reader reads this an image comes to mind. To know what the similies and metaphors mean you just need to determin their relationship, this way the reader will be infalliable to concluding the wroung measae.
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ReplyDeletein the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx" The author use "he had a monstours chin, and a freakish shelf jutttingform the lower face."(par.6). The metaphor used by the author shows that he has a huge ugly chin. I think everybody make fun of him because the way he look and that he is fat, have a huge chin, and weird looking.
M. Bridgewater 2nd period
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author's use of figurative language creates a clear picture of Quoyle by comparing Quoyle, whom I have never seen, to things that I have seen, enabling me to imagine his features. In the story, the author describes Quoyle as "A great damp loaf of body" (pg. 9). I can picture in my mind a great damp loaf of something, such as read, and that helps me to picture Quoyle's body. Figurative language (simile and metaphor) contribute to and support my clear picture by helping me to visualize Quoyle's features in comparison to other things. The author ingeniously and astutely mixed a varity of both similes and metaphors to make sure the reader can "see" what Quoyle looks like. The author describes Quoyle as having a "Head like a crenshaw" (pg. 9). I can picture a melon, therefore I can picture his head. I have written many stories that included figurative language and my readers had no trouble visualizing what I put down on paper.
Jose Valentino. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. The author uses a good figurative language to describe Quoyle. The author uses,"No neck, reddish hair, bunched as kissed fingertips, eyes color of plastic , monstrous chin, and a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face." To describe how ugly he is. So the author was saying he was really fat, had red hair, was so fat that his chin bunched up with other fat.
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ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" by annie proulx the narrator's use of figurative language crates a clear picture of Quoyle by describibg him,how he looks,and how does he act. The use of simile contributes to a clear picture. "head shaped like a crenshaw". I think that his "suppostly brother", describes him how ugly he is and how he doesn't like him.
A. Cade In "The Shipping News" by Aniie Prouxl the author uses figurative language to descibe how the main author looks and how his looks contribute to his mind-set and insecurities. He was teased by his bother. He would call him "Snotface,Ugly pig, Warthog,Stupid, Stinkbomb, Greasebag." everytime he came into the room.{paragraph 5}. That contributed to his thought of being "given to another family" {paragraph 8}.
ReplyDeleteIf someone could be descibed as having "a head shaped like a crenshaw and a great damp loaf of a body" I admit I would be kind of insecure myself.
B.Robinson 4th per.
ReplyDeleteIn the story, "From The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author uses figurative language to show how the main character looks and the way his appearance contribute to his state of mind.This brother always picked on him."Snotface,Ugly Pig, Warthog, Stupid, Stinkbomb, Greasebag,"when he came in his room.(paragraph 5)The figurative language supports the way families shouldn't treat their kids.
j.cahvez
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In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx makes a clear pictre to me that he is not a good looking person. I can tell by the way she uses figurative language. In the passage the author quotes that Qouyle brother would call him ugly names "snotface, ugly pig, warthog, stupid, stinkbomb, greasebag."(p.5). Qouyle's brother and father were really mean and harsh to him. His fateher made him a failure. I would never let no one make me give up. Sincerly I feel really bad for Quoyle and lots of hatred toward his brother and father.
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ReplyDeletet.haynes 7th period
ReplyDeletein the story “The Shipping News” by Annie Proulx, the author’s use of figurative language gives the reader a clear picture of Quoyle’s appearance and personality. In the story the author says,” At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh.”(pp.6) That gives the reader a perfect visual of how big Quoyle is.
O.Robles 4th pd. In the sory "The Shipping News" the author uses simile to show the apperence of Quoyle. (pg.6)"At Sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh." That is show how big Quoyle was because his father kept telling him that he was a failure to him and that he should be more like his brother. I feel that Quoyle was treated wrong from his father because he was overweight.!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" the author, Annie Proulx, uses figutive language to paint a picture of uglyness and fatness. The author says Quoyle has "no neck" and also that he has a "monstrous chin" he tries to hide from people. He tries to hide the chin from peple to avoid the staring and doesn't want to get talked about.
A. Moore 2nd period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx similes and metaphors are used to describe Quoyle as a hideous monster that can't swim. As an example when the author said, "No neck, red hair rouched back"(pg.9). I used to know a dude that was really tall, had a hump, and had really messed up yellow teeth.
D.Sanders
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if it isn't nice, and the narrator obviously doesn't have anything better to do besides talk about Quoyle In the story, “The Shipping News" by Annie Poulx, the narrator uses direct characterization, indirect characterization, and similes to give a vivid and clear interpretation of Quoyle. The narrator describes Quoyle through these statements,"......, he camouflaged torment with smiles and silence." and, “He ate prodigiously, liked a ham knuckle, buttered spuds." The narrator uses these statements to describe Quoyle as a person who is talked about and mistreated, but endures all of the ridicule by smiling and ignoring people. The narrator also describes Quoyle as a fat, greedy pig because he eats way more than he should. I believe that Quoyle doesn't care about what other people have to say,
Marco Villafranco
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In the story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,The author uses the figurative language,
by describing and creating a clear image of Quoyle using direct charaterizaton, she clearly states "A great damp loaf of a body. At six he weighed eighty pounds. At sixteen he was buried under a casement of fleash. Head shape like a crenshaw no neck , reddish hair ruhed back. Features as bunched as kissed fingertips.Eyes the color of plastic. The monstrous chin, a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face."(pg 6)This tells me that he is very large and he is ashamed of the way he looks, he eat to hide's his emotins.
M.Boyer period 6
ReplyDeleteIn the story the Shipping News by Annie Proulx the autor said Quoyle was a great loaf of damp body, and at six Quoyle weighed eighty pounds, and at sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh.Quoyle's head was shaped like a crenshaw,no neck,reddish hair ruched back.Fingers bunched as kissed finger tips .Eyes the color of plastic. the monsterous chin,a freakish shelf jutting from the lower face.My picture of Quoyle is that he is malodorous and thought precariously of hiself.The reason I think Quoyle is malodorous is because if Quoyle is a loaf of damp body he would would have an ordor.I think Quoyle thought precariously of hiself because in the story Quoyle would try to hide his chin and felt embarrassed about hiself.
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In the story, The Shippin News by Annie Proulx, the author uses figurative lanuage to explain how Quoyle is a low self esteem man who doesnt have any support and was phiscally and mentally beating . He was overwieght and was self- conscious about himself, no one respects him because he didnt takes himself serious. " A great damp loaf of a body." " Pummeled and kicked until Quoyle curled, hands over head , sniveling , on the linoleum. I feel sorry for Quoyle because he will never get to enjoy life like anyone else will because he his to stuck on feeling sorry for himself.
V. Del Olmo- 1st period
ReplyDeleteIn the story"The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the author's use of figurative language creates a clear picture of Quoyle, it helped the reader understand better the physical characteristics of Quoyle. The simile "Features bunched as kissed fingertips," lets the reader visualize that his face complections weren't pretty, everything was crammed up together. There wasn't much space between his eyes,nose, mouth, and ears. It lets the reader know Quoyle was ugly.
Per. 1
ReplyDeleteIn "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, the similes used to describe Qouyle are to make him appear big, tall, and somewhat hidious. The descriptive similes of "head shaped like a crenshaw" and "No neck, red hair rouched back"(pg.9) symbolizes that Quoyle had a melon head, no neck, and was equiped with long hair. The other physical appearances made him look terrible as far as his ego, but these descriptions are most likely to be attained by other people.
y.ramos-2nd p.
ReplyDeleteIn "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,the author's use of figurative language makes a clear picture to me,because it descrides most of his body and how Quoyle is in life.Quoyle's father knew that Quoyle would be treated differently,so the father prepared Quoyle by treating him so wrong.Wrong treatment all around him was imminent."Again and again the father had broken his clenched grip and thrown him into pools,brooks,,lakes,and surf"(p.9),Quoyle's father wanted Quoyle to get rid of his fear of water and get rid of the habit of the grip of his chin(Quoyle usually had his hand on his chin).Quoyle was a unique person which is not neccessary something bad it is a good thing.
D.velasquez
ReplyDeleteIn the passage "The Shipping News" By Annie Proulx, The author uses figuritive language to describe how Quyle looks and feels.When the narrator says "head shaped like a crenshaw,"the narrator is using figuritive language or simile to help the reader understand how huge Quyle's head looks,and also is comparnig his head to a crenshaw.The narrator is specifically trying to describe Quyle by using simile or metaphor.I personally think that when you use figurative languge in your writting,you give the readera better understanding for what the narrator is trying to say, and also the most important part of figuritive language is that the narrator is giving some kind of comparison and its also trying to give the reader a better understanding of Quyle.
m.vazquez 2nd period
ReplyDeleteIn the passage 'The Shipping News' by Annie Proulx,The author uses figurative language to describe how Quoyle looks.When the narrator states 'a great damp loaf of a body' it expresses to the reader that he is obese.Another example that gives a picture that Quoyle is obese when the narrator stated 'at sixteen he was burried under a casement of flesh.'which means in other words that he was fat. Those kinds of simile's or metaphors can make a clear picture in the readers head on how Quoyle looks.
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ReplyDeleteKJ Jenkins Class Period1-Annie Proulx- The Shipping News
ReplyDeleteThe author explains how figurative language is used in the story by giving the reader the characters appeal and how Quoyle had a loaf body,no neck,reddish hair,and how his eye color was the color of plastic. In paragraph 6, it mainly talks about Quoyel's physical features and how he his apperance was somewhat hideous. Quoyel was very self concious of how others viewed his apperance. I feel bad when someone saids unkind remarks about me.
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The story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,The author uses figurative language to describe how Quoyle looks, "A great loaf of a body" or "head shaped like a crenshaw". The first figurative language is also a metaphor because he compares the narrator body to a loaf witout using like or as. The secound figurative language is a simile because the author use like comparing a head to a crenshaw. I dont think the auother should have compared him to things like that because he wouldnt want any one to compare him to any thing bad.
Daveon Hunter_1P
ReplyDeleteIn the story, Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, the author uses a simile in paragraph 6 by using the quote "Head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair ruched back.".Its a simile because its comparing Quolye's head to a crenshaw, and descibing Quolye as if he had no neck. It sounds to me as if Quolye had a big head, his neck was probably small so its like he had no neck.
T'Yana B.
ReplyDeleteIn the story "The Shipping News" the author, Annie Proulx, uses figutive language to paint a picture of uglyness and fatness. The author says Quoyle has "no neck" and a "monstrous chin". Quyole avoids having a job where you have to interact alot wiht people because he is ashamed of his looks.In the story the author quotes that Qouyle's brother would call him "snotface, ugly pig, warthog, stupid, stinkbomb, greasebag"(pg.5). I feel sorry for him because his family dosent care for him and if he doesnt get over his looks he would never be able to experience all the good things happening in life.
J.Cortez 1st Period
ReplyDeleteIn the "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx,various forms of figurative language was used.She used imagery to describe his physical aspects. In paragraph 6 she said "At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh", that painted a picture of how "big" Quoyle. I feel sorry for him because he was ridiculed by his brother and rejected by his family.
D.Charles
ReplyDeleteIn the "The Shipping News" the author,Annie Proulx,uses imagery and uglyness.The author says Quoyle's brother called him"Snotface, Ugly Pig, Warthog, Stupid, Stinkbomb, and Greasebag."(In paragraph)I feel sad for him because people would just go by his looks instead of looking to what his heart is saying and feeling."At sixteen he was buried under a casement of flesh"(paragraph6).I feel sad for Quoyle and his family because one his family won't accept him for who and what he is and what he looks like. Secondly,I feel sorry for Quoyle is because he has to take in all that heratache and pain because he's not feeling welcome at his own home.
In the story the Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, the narrator uses imagery and similes to convey Quoyle's uglyness by saying things such as," His head was shaped like a crenshaw," which you can visualize but also compares his head to a crenshaw. The way she uses all this figurative language allows the reader to form an accurate picture of Quoyle in their mind by comparing him to items we already know.
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