Quarter 2 Post 6A

VOCABULARY
1. Wholly (97)- (adv.) entirely, totally, althogether
2. Barbed (116)- (adj.) capable of wounding

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. "Owen Armstrong looked like a giant, his hand enormous as it stretched toward me" (89). This is a similie because it uses the word "like" and compares Owen to a giant.
2. "I wondered why she was my best friend, when more often than not I was either tiptoeing around her or having to ignore one barbed comment or another" (116). This is imagery because it describes how Annabel is very careful about her and Sophie's relationship and the power Sophie had on Annabel.
3. "While Sophie claimed that Will was sweet and funny and hot and smart (as well as a million other adjectives) none of these things really came to mindwhenever I found myself face-to-face with him" (122). This is a hyperbole because a million is an overexageration.

QUOTE
"'I mean, when you really think about it,' he continued,'music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common'" (96). Owen believes that music unites people. I agree with this. Most people I hang out with don't understand why I love classical rock so much, yet people who are almost opposite of my love classical rock.

THEME
An emerging theme in this book is to not believe everything you hear; Owen turns out to be a completely different kind of person than Annabel expected, he is nice, sincere, and is determined to never lie.