Quarter 2 Post 2A

VOCABULARY
1. Bravado (31)- (noun) courage, bragging or boasting.
2. Rifle (38)- (verb) to search, rob, or ransack.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. "Like clockwork, if you came into the kichen at ten thirty, you'd find her in the chair facing the window, stirring cream into a mug, the phone cocked between her ear and shoulder" (30). This is a similie becasue it is comparing the mother's actions to that of a clock, perfectly on schedule. It uses 'like'.
2."'I would have been happy to have them making mud pies in the backyard,' I'd hear her tell people a million times" (30). This is a hyperbole because a million times is overexaggerated.
3. "Whitney was the beauty, with the perfect bone structure and haunting eyes, while Kirsten was somehow able to convey her bubbly personality with just one look" (29). This is imagery because it is very descriptive and analytical.

QUOTE
"'Goog luck,' my mother called out, and I nodded, then looked back at Whitney. But she'd slid down in her seat and disappeared from view, leaving the mirror empty" (40). This is the beginning of her family realizing that there is something wrong with whitney, I think. She seems quiet and is described as rail thin. She may have an eating disorder due to the pressure of being a model.

THEME
An emerging theme in the novel is finding out what you are good at and what you want to do; this is shown through Annabel's modeling work and how she followed her sisters.