Describe a scene in your IR novel you can easily visualize. Note the title and author in your entry. What does the author do that makes it easy for you to picture what's occurring?
I have just started a new book, "The Rise of Nine" by Pittacus Lore which is the third book in the "I am Number Four" series. In this book, the author gives very vivid descriptions of the settings around the characters and how it makes them feel. For example, in the first couple of chapters, the author describes the nervousness and the anxiety of the main character's friend. Pittacus Lore makes it easy for me to picture what's occuring because he mentions the smells, feelings, and the things the characters are seeing which also helps me connect with the characters, too. All those things help me visualize the situation that the characters are in and their emotions throughout the book.
I am currently reading "Crossed" by Ally Condie. It is the second book in the "Matched" trilogy. There is this one part in the book where the author describes "The Carving". When she describes The Carving, she really hones in on its perfect imperfections. It makes it easy for me, the reader, to visualize what she is describing because she paints a picture in my mind with such rich detail. The Carving is a formation of rock that is truly spectacular. It is jagged and peaked. I could draw a picture of it because the author described it so well. I think that when the author tries hard to use descriptive adjectives, it enhances the reader's experience because the reader is seeing the same thing the author is seeing.
I am currently reading the witch and the wizard the fire by James Patterson. I remember this line where this crazy women Mrs.Highsmith is taunting Whit and Whisty telling them that there friends are alive. Even though Whit saw there friends get executed the women laughs and taunts them saying there friends are alive barely holding on in pain. I can visualize the look on Whit's face and I can see there friends barely living being tortured and blood everywhere. I can see the sadness and anger on Whit's face and the confusion on Whisty's. At that moment I can see everything so clearly like i was living it.
In the book, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written by Dai Sijie, two teenage friends, Luo and the narrator, are sent away from their homes in a city to a small village high in the mountains in China. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s, in Communist China during China’s Cultural Revolution, when teenagers were forced to quit school and work in villages in order to be re-educated. For Luo and the narrator, living in a small village is a big change because they both came from rich and famous families who lived in a very large city in ChIna. When they first arrive, the teens were given a very small, windowless room in a dusty old barn. There was no furniture in the room, and they had to make their beds out of hay. A few days after they arrived, several villagers went to greet the new city boys. The head villager found the narrator's violin in the unfurnished room, and held it in his hands. He stares at the violin with a confused look on his face. He then inspects it, and he even smells it. After that, the violin gets passed around the room for others to inspect. Some bang the violin, others look inside the hole, and others even shake it to see if anything comes out the hole. When the narrator starts to play the violin, the audience applauded and their faces lit up with joy.
I am reading a book called "Beyonders: Chasing the Prophecy" by Brandon Mull right now. One scene that I can definitely visualize is where Jason (the main Character) counters this guy named Nollin's pessimistic attitude. Nollin interrupted the leader of the rebellion's speech (Galloran) and started ranting about how the have no chance at winning a war against the Emperor. He was saying that they could dream however they wanted but not to ask him to share in their unrealistic delusions. But Jason interrupts Nollin and says to not ask them to share in his weakness. Next Jason goes in to a speech about how their group has already done all kinds of unrealistic things and how they would win the war. I think that Brandon Mull helps the reader visualize this scene because prior to the meeting, he did a very good job describing the people who would be at the meeting. He also uses good verbs like withdraw, shifting, brace, plowed, and encourage. He uses great adjectives like ferocious, abundant, innocently, obligated, and resolutely. I think that a combination of these things is what made it so easy for me to visualize this scene.
I have just started a new book called Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore. This is the fifth book of the “I am Number Four series, and I find this book very thrilling. It’s also a very unpredictable book. When I was reading this book I came across a very descriptive scene. The scene describes the way a Mogadorian, an alien looked like. The way they describe it was so specific I had a mind movie going in my head. The author used many details like how the Mogadorian was a girl, how it looked older and more wrinkly, and how she only had two gray braids for hair. I found this very descriptive because compared to other books I have read this is one of the only ones that made me feel like I was truly there.
I am reading the book "Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater. I love her writing and the way she makes every scene detailed and unique. One part of the book in particular really grabbed my attention- when Cole changes from a wolf to a human. Stiefvater makes changing from form to form incredibly interesting. She gives a clear visualization of what happens; the bones grinding, the twitching, the stumbling around, etc. These realistic additions to the story make the scene much more clear. When he changes, I can understand his feelings of pain and discomfort. I also love the way that Stiefvater describes what each character looks like, both as a human and a wolf. Because of these reasons, I think that Cole changing from a wolf to a human is a powerful and vivid scene of the book.
I am currently reading the book "Matched" by Ally Condie. When the main character, Cassia, returns home from a hike she notices a difference on her street. She notices an official's white air-car sitting in a driveway, her driveway. At this point in the book the author enhances the worry in Cassia's mind so vividly it is as if you were the one experiencing what she is about to step into. Immediately Cassia begins to think of endless possibilities as to what might have happened for an official to be in her house. She lists so many thoughts so quickly, running through them in her head, jumping to conclusions on something that might be totally ordinary. She thinks of ways that it could have been her fault and ways to blame herself for it. She considers each and every impossible and possible chance with so much inflection it is almost impossible to not feel the worry deepening in your own mind as it deepens in Cassia’s. When you can understand the emotions within the characters, you can visualize the scene distinctly in your mind. You can clearly envision Cassia's face and the subtext going through her head as she walks up to her house. Ally Condie uses the typical tactics you might feel when you are worrying about something.
I can easily visualize the part in my book, All Our Yesterdays, when James is in the hospital waiting for answers about his brother that was shot just a few minuets ago, and how Mariana felt helpless. I can relate to this scene because when my dad’s dad was dying in the hospital he took me with him, and I remember how he was trying so hard not to break down in front of me, and how I felt so helpless. I felt as if there was nothing that I could do to help him, so all I could do was hug him and wait for answers on his dad. Because of my past experience I can picture everything so clearly in my head. Secondly, the author used descriptive verbs like crumbles, burying, glance, feel, and cradled. The author, Cristin Terrill is very descriptive, which makes the scene easy to visualize. An example of this is, “He crumbles forward, burying his face in the place where my shoulder meets my neck, and I fell hot tears against my skin.” The author makes me feel what James is feeling-so heavy and emotional. Overall, the combination of the author’s descriptive scene, and my past experience with my dad, allows me to easily visualize this what’s occurring. Although I haven’t finished the book, from what I’ve read so far I would highly recommend All Our Yesterdays. Thank you for reading my blog!
I can easily visualize the part in my book, The Fault in our stars, when Hazel and Gus were in hazel's backyard, on her swing-set, and Hazel tells Gus about being a grenade, Gus immediately disagrees and reassures hazel that it would be amazing to have his heart broken by her. I can easily visualize this because I have seen the movie many times and The actors Ansel and Shailene acted out the scene very well.
I have just started a new book, "The Rise of Nine" by Pittacus Lore which is the third book in the "I am Number Four" series. In this book, the author gives very vivid descriptions of the settings around the characters and how it makes them feel. For example, in the first couple of chapters, the author describes the nervousness and the anxiety of the main character's friend. Pittacus Lore makes it easy for me to picture what's occuring because he mentions the smells, feelings, and the things the characters are seeing which also helps me connect with the characters, too. All those things help me visualize the situation that the characters are in and their emotions throughout the book.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading "Crossed" by Ally Condie. It is the second book in the "Matched" trilogy. There is this one part in the book where the author describes "The Carving". When she describes The Carving, she really hones in on its perfect imperfections. It makes it easy for me, the reader, to visualize what she is describing because she paints a picture in my mind with such rich detail. The Carving is a formation of rock that is truly spectacular. It is jagged and peaked. I could draw a picture of it because the author described it so well. I think that when the author tries hard to use descriptive adjectives, it enhances the reader's experience because the reader is seeing the same thing the author is seeing.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading the witch and the wizard the fire by James Patterson. I remember this line where this crazy women Mrs.Highsmith is taunting Whit and Whisty telling them that there friends are alive. Even though Whit saw there friends get executed the women laughs and taunts them saying there friends are alive barely holding on in pain. I can visualize the look on Whit's face and I can see there friends barely living being tortured and blood everywhere. I can see the sadness and anger on Whit's face and the confusion on Whisty's. At that moment I can see everything so clearly like i was living it.
ReplyDeleteIn the book, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written by Dai Sijie, two teenage friends, Luo and the narrator, are sent away from their homes in a city to a small village high in the mountains in China. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s, in Communist China during China’s Cultural Revolution, when teenagers were forced to quit school and work in villages in order to be re-educated. For Luo and the narrator, living in a small village is a big change because they both came from rich and famous families who lived in a very large city in ChIna. When they first arrive, the teens were given a very small, windowless room in a dusty old barn. There was no furniture in the room, and they had to make their beds out of hay. A few days after they arrived, several villagers went to greet the new city boys. The head villager found the narrator's violin in the unfurnished room, and held it in his hands. He stares at the violin with a confused look on his face. He then inspects it, and he even smells it. After that, the violin gets passed around the room for others to inspect. Some bang the violin, others look inside the hole, and others even shake it to see if anything comes out the hole. When the narrator starts to play the violin, the audience applauded and their faces lit up with joy.
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ReplyDeleteI am reading a book called "Beyonders: Chasing the Prophecy" by Brandon Mull right now. One scene that I can definitely visualize is where Jason (the main Character) counters this guy named Nollin's pessimistic attitude. Nollin interrupted the leader of the rebellion's speech (Galloran) and started ranting about how the have no chance at winning a war against the Emperor. He was saying that they could dream however they wanted but not to ask him to share in their unrealistic delusions. But Jason interrupts Nollin and says to not ask them to share in his weakness. Next Jason goes in to a speech about how their group has already done all kinds of unrealistic things and how they would win the war. I think that Brandon Mull helps the reader visualize this scene because prior to the meeting, he did a very good job describing the people who would be at the meeting. He also uses good verbs like withdraw, shifting, brace, plowed, and encourage. He uses great adjectives like ferocious, abundant, innocently, obligated, and resolutely. I think that a combination of these things is what made it so easy for me to visualize this scene.
ReplyDeleteI have just started a new book called Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore. This is the fifth book of the “I am Number Four series, and I find this book very thrilling. It’s also a very unpredictable book. When I was reading this book I came across a very descriptive scene. The scene describes the way a Mogadorian, an alien looked like. The way they describe it was so specific I had a mind movie going in my head. The author used many details like how the Mogadorian was a girl, how it looked older and more wrinkly, and how she only had two gray braids for hair. I found this very descriptive because compared to other books I have read this is one of the only ones that made me feel like I was truly there.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book "Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater. I love her writing and the way she makes every scene detailed and unique. One part of the book in particular really grabbed my attention- when Cole changes from a wolf to a human. Stiefvater makes changing from form to form incredibly interesting. She gives a clear visualization of what happens; the bones grinding, the twitching, the stumbling around, etc. These realistic additions to the story make the scene much more clear. When he changes, I can understand his feelings of pain and discomfort. I also love the way that Stiefvater describes what each character looks like, both as a human and a wolf. Because of these reasons, I think that Cole changing from a wolf to a human is a powerful and vivid scene of the book.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading the book "Matched" by Ally Condie. When the main character, Cassia, returns home from a hike she notices a difference on her street. She notices an official's white air-car sitting in a driveway, her driveway. At this point in the book the author enhances the worry in Cassia's mind so vividly it is as if you were the one experiencing what she is about to step into. Immediately Cassia begins to think of endless possibilities as to what might have happened for an official to be in her house. She lists so many thoughts so quickly, running through them in her head, jumping to conclusions on something that might be totally ordinary. She thinks of ways that it could have been her fault and ways to blame herself for it. She considers each and every impossible and possible chance with so much inflection it is almost impossible to not feel the worry deepening in your own mind as it deepens in Cassia’s. When you can understand the emotions within the characters, you can visualize the scene distinctly in your mind. You can clearly envision Cassia's face and the subtext going through her head as she walks up to her house. Ally Condie uses the typical tactics you might feel when you are worrying about something.
ReplyDeleteI can easily visualize the part in my book, All Our Yesterdays, when James is in the hospital waiting for answers about his brother that was shot just a few minuets ago, and how Mariana felt helpless. I can relate to this scene because when my dad’s dad was dying in the hospital he took me with him, and I remember how he was trying so hard not to break down in front of me, and how I felt so helpless. I felt as if there was nothing that I could do to help him, so all I could do was hug him and wait for answers on his dad. Because of my past experience I can picture everything so clearly in my head. Secondly, the author used descriptive verbs like crumbles, burying, glance, feel, and cradled. The author, Cristin Terrill is very descriptive, which makes the scene easy to visualize. An example of this is, “He crumbles forward, burying his face in the place where my shoulder meets my neck, and I fell hot tears against my skin.” The author makes me feel what James is feeling-so heavy and emotional. Overall, the combination of the author’s descriptive scene, and my past experience with my dad, allows me to easily visualize this what’s occurring. Although I haven’t finished the book, from what I’ve read so far I would highly recommend All Our Yesterdays. Thank you for reading my blog!
ReplyDeleteI can easily visualize the part in my book, The Fault in our stars, when Hazel and Gus were in hazel's backyard, on her swing-set, and Hazel tells Gus about being a grenade, Gus immediately disagrees and reassures hazel that it would be amazing to have his heart broken by her. I can easily visualize this because I have seen the movie many times and The actors Ansel and Shailene acted out the scene very well.
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