1a.
1. Bad
2. Bad
3. Bad
4. Bad
5. Bad
6. Good
7. Good
8. Good
9. bad
10. mixed with good and bad
1b.Holland’s order help to convince me because she gave the audience a reversal with the comparison. People would feel bad at first but after that the description of good moments can excite people. And in the 9th paragraph, she said “Then it rains for a week.” After those pleasures happened, the rain was coming. This can make people cherish the pleasant moments.
2. smell diesel exhaust, woodsmoke
sound sirens, church bells
verb clatter and racket
noun tulips pigeons
adjective greenish thin
cumulative sentence
In the country, spring comes with a fine, rich, rank olfactory salute of courting skunks and tomcats and the thrift farmer spreading his fields with barn muck so ruinous it makes our eyes water.
short sentence
Spring did come, after all.
assonance
In this city, invisible park-people put our rows of red tulips along a gray stone wall.
personification
in spring the nose wakes up and takes notice again
3a. She uses ”we” as the pronoun in the opening paragraph.
b. She uses “I” in the middle paragraph.
c. She uses “we” in the last paragraph.
d. By using the first person point of view, she talks about “driving beltless“ in a way that we all enjoy. It’s not just her that are craving for these type of freedom, we all are. It’s a good way to convince the readers by bringing them into the contents.
4. My definition: People think the process of recording dreams is useless and time-consuming because we seldom get clear and specific results, but recording dream is not for a result, it is a process of accumulation and progress of writing and retention.
My simple pleasure is about recording dreams. It is not just dreaming but memorizing and writing down. Most people might think it is a waste of time and dream is not worth to record, it is just some imagination. However, dream is a reflection of our real life. If you try to explore it, you will find its pleasures.
My definition: People think ‘sleeping on the floor’ is one weird sleeping method that lying down on the floor at the first time they see this topic. This might be a primitive and dirty act to get some rest based on their first imagination of it. Actually, sleeping on the floor is a nice and convenient sleeping style which could help us relax our back and neck by the hard platform of the floor which is covered by soft blanket with yoga mat on it. We will enjoy our nice sleeping experience with our pajamas, pillows and quilts.
Drag racing is not about only speeding up aimlessly, surpassing cars recklessly, etc. It should not been about illegal activity stopped by police. It is more like a sport that can bring us friends, stir our blood stream, and deliver a peaceful state of mind. However, it may be dangerous, even lethal, but at the bottom of our heart, we understand that it is an indispensable part of our life.
The game is about guns and fights, but not about killing, but about competing with others while experiencing being a soldier, using different guns, completing challenges, and enjoying the sense of accomplishment when you prove you are better than others by beating them.