Poem Analysis: Oranges By Gary Soto

I can mostly relate to the story Oranges by Gary Soto. This story is about a boy that goes to the local drug store. He tries to buy some chocolate for a girl but is short 5 cents and he pays with an orange, and the store clerk accepts it. I did this one because this has happened to me when I was trying to buy candy also and the clerk said I was short but I couldn 't buy it so she said it was ok and I didn 't need to pay. Near the end of the 1st page and the start of the second page.

Title of the book: What Can You Do with a Paleta? Author: Carmen Tafolla Illustrator: Magaly Morales Brief Summary: This book shows the joy of a paleta. Shows the traditional Mexican popsicle treat sold from the wagon with the twinkly bell that brings children running from every direction. The paleta is their kind of dessert that comes in many different flavors and tells something about their culture. Child Development Theory: Dynamic systems theory Reason for Selecting the Theory: This is dynamic systems theory for is has values or culture and attitudes on what is a paleta.

In the narrative poem “ Orange ” Gary Soto he uses personalities and it helps the reader understand. Gary Soto uses “ Tiered like bleachers,” a smile. It helped me understand figurative language about the narrative. Also, the poem says “The first time I walked with a girl, I was twelve, Cold, and weighted down with two oranges in my Jacket, “ which describes the narrator’s Characterization, the reason he had two oranges in his pocket. Gary Soto uses indirect Characterization to use his narratives.

Since the poem is a Blues, the phonological structure of the text is of great importance and at the same time it cannot be expected to find many regularities. This assumption can be validated at first glance: There is no veritable rhyme scheme. On the other hand, there two dysillabic internal rhymes {\tql}bunch, hunch{\tqr} (l.1) and {\tql}sputter, gutter{\tqr} (l.2-3). Still the author uses a lot of other sound patterns as for example Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance and Onomatopoeia. For each only one or two examples are given due to their high occurrence.

Dairy Dream was just across the street with the delicious smell of hot chocolate fudge and the nose tingling scent of vanilla ice cream that filled the air. Every now and then we would walk over there and get some ice cream. I would always get the rainbow shaved ice which made me delirious every time I ate it.

The Baker Farm was an interesting harmonious chapter of smooth like chocolate of an imagery along with bipolar emotions throughout. The rhetorical strategies Henry David Thoreau uses to achieve his purpose in Baker Farm, which was to convince John Field to live a piece-of-cake life, by using similes, personification, pathos, ethos, and logos throughout this chapter. Thoreau uses similes such as “the red alderberry glows like eyes of imp” to tote on to the imagery of his little journey when he “set out one afternoon to go a-fishing to Fair Haven, through the woods” which paints a picture in the mind of the audience. Additionally, Thoreau's usage of similes also extends to the use of humor. For example, he presents the audience giggles and

The author uses Figurative Language in story’s a lot.Many authors use Figurative Language to entertain readers.Like in the poem “Oranges”They had a couple of simile for example the had Tiered like bleachers,and it have Fog hangng like old coats between the trees.it had a few personifications, A few cars hissing fast.And the Imagery is Porch light burned yellow. Constructed response In the poems “Oranges” The boy was nervous.He used a nickel and a orange to barter for

She has a dream after traveling from town to town to create that shop. She has a profession to make chocolat and sell in the shop. The woman is sort of kind with her customers. Chocolate is a symbol and a nutritional support for the body. It is a food substance that is made with cocoa

However, Kurt Vonnegut decides to include humour in this by including comical descriptions, unrealistic tones in tragic circumstances and dialogue between characters and unrelated comparisons. “Billy saw pink arches with azure draperies hanging between the and an enormous clock, and two golden thrones, and a bucket and a mop. It was this setting that the evenings entertainment would take place, a musical version of Cinderella” (Vonnegut, 98). The author uses the color “pink” to set the scene. The words “entertainment” and “musical”;which are generally seen to be optimistic terms.

For example, if you look at Buzzfeed’s list of Jane Austen gifts, and you look at the set of tea cookies, you can see the way the font and the colors work with the idea of being feminine (Austen Buzzfeed). The cookies are based on the story of Sense and Sensibility, which is another popular novel by Jane Austen. The cookies have a color scheme that shows a softness and a light that women are known to have. Society likes to give more dark, noticeable colors to men such as black or grays and shades of red. The colors that are most common are a light lavender with soft whites interspersed with pinks and yellows in the details on top of the treats.