Thursday, August 28, 2008

Sentence Composing #2

1. Model: Dumpster diving is outdoor work, often surprisingly pleasant.
--Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving"

-Mall strolling is recreational activity, sometimes quite costly.

-Volleyball is an indoor activity, nearly always fun.

2. Model: Near the car, idling in front of the mortuary, was a huge Oldsmobile.
--Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis

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Behind the pool, zigzagging in the back of the cabana, was a skittering gecko.

-In the pond, dashing around in the muddy water, were tons of tadpoles.


3. Model: Above the field and pastures, the mountains were just becoming visible as the morning fog burned away.
--Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

-After the cartoons and previews, the kids were just becoming interested when the fire alarm sounded.

-Across the Gulf of Mexico, the moon was just becoming in view after the wonderful sunset.

4. Model: In the shallows, the dark, water-soaked sticks and twigs, smooth and old, were undulating the clusters on the bottom against the clean ribbed sand.
--E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake"

-On that aisle, in their kiddie seats within their mom's grocery carts, the tempting, brightly colored candies and lifesavers, sweet and tasty, were beckoning to children.

-In the Middle Ages, having more than one grueling job, the prosperity, working hard just to survive, tired and worn-out, tempted to give up.













Anglo-Saxon and Old English Culture and language

I think that are similarities and difference of what the people in those ages endured. Many of the people from the different ages had the same kind of jobs. The Anglo Saxons endured more. The chipping away of the rock still occurs today with the mining. People make their houses out of the same material as they did back then. The middle-class people worked normal jobs. The noble men fought. And pheasants just tried to survive with what they could and what they had. They may have had to have more than one job to help support his family. A lot of people today have more than one job to be able to pay for everything. There are many similarities and difference of culture.

Kelsie