The Endless Steppe Writing Assignment Discussion
In order to receive full credit your answers must each include evidence in the form of a quote, a page number, and additional information. Answer all of the questions using complete sentences.
Examples of Student Answers
What example of simile can be found on page 36? Provide a quote from the text that includes the simile and then explain what it means using two or more sentences.
This question is worth two points- your answer must be more robust than a one point answer.
#1 An example of a simile that can be found on page 36 is "Without a single tree to stop it, the July sun was like a torch on our heads." This simile means that the narrator feels that the suns effect on her is similar to a torch on her head. This means the sun is so hot that she feels as though there is fire right next to her.
#2 "Without a single tree to stop it, the July sun was like a torch on our heads." This is a simile on page 36 that Esther uses to talk about the heat that day while they were walking to Rubtsovsk. She is saying that the sun was blazing and that there was no shelter anywhere from it.
#3 "but the ridiculous little hat on her dirty gray hair was like a tattered banner" thissentence is comparing a hat to a tattered banner
#4 "This rural station was just like all the other we had passed" She thinks that all of the stations look the same.
Examples of Student Answers
What example of simile can be found on page 36? Provide a quote from the text that includes the simile and then explain what it means using two or more sentences.
This question is worth two points- your answer must be more robust than a one point answer.
#1 An example of a simile that can be found on page 36 is "Without a single tree to stop it, the July sun was like a torch on our heads." This simile means that the narrator feels that the suns effect on her is similar to a torch on her head. This means the sun is so hot that she feels as though there is fire right next to her.
#2 "Without a single tree to stop it, the July sun was like a torch on our heads." This is a simile on page 36 that Esther uses to talk about the heat that day while they were walking to Rubtsovsk. She is saying that the sun was blazing and that there was no shelter anywhere from it.
#3 "but the ridiculous little hat on her dirty gray hair was like a tattered banner" thissentence is comparing a hat to a tattered banner
#4 "This rural station was just like all the other we had passed" She thinks that all of the stations look the same.
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