Q3 Post 5A

I'm reading Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper!

VOCABULARY
1. Cataclysmic (313) - (adj.) pertaining to or resulting from a devastating flood.
2. Aplomb (315)- (n) imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. "Her words falllike boulders between us, cracking the sidewalk" (316). This is a similie comparing the strength of Kate's words to a boulder.
2. "Kate is a vine twined around Taylor" (318). This is a metaphor comparing a vine to Kate dancing with Taylor.
3. "A smile glows slowly across her face, like a firefly caught in a jelly jar" (317). This is a similie comparing the the brightness of Kate's smile to a firefly.

QUOTE
"She turns to me. 'When you caremore if someone else lives than you do about yourself... is that what love's like?'" (310). Kate is simply talking about her feelings about Taylor, but this quote also explains how Sara feels about her daughter. This also contradicts the idea that Anna loves Kate.

THEME
A theme in this novel is courage; it takes a lot of courage from the Fitzgeralds to make it through each and every day.