BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
THE BURIED CITY
Kait
What am I thinking of? I’ll give you three hints: a thriving city, a settlement for disaster, and finally, a city ending in a pitfall. Ok…I’ll tell you… (more…)
February 6, 2010
July 22, 2009
That’s Music to My Ears
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
THAT’S MUSIC TO MY EARS
Kait
Enrichment………self expression…..stress relief…..all this and more; the advantages of free music programs that should be created for communities.
To begin, musical programs enrich young lives in more ways than one. Young kids usually have trouble making connections between things, but music in general lets kids think quicker on their feet, so to speak. Children learn to establish (more…)
November 10, 2008
March 18, 2008
LOVER BUBBLE
—written by Kait
A mad witch named Modella,
Jealous as could be,
Cast a spell upon a fairy,
Never to be set free.
Stella’s in a bubble under the witch’s spell,
Does the prince love her, (more…)
ALL SUMMER IN A DAY: The Use of Descriptive Language
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BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
ALL SUMMER IN A DAY
The Use of Descriptive Language
KAITLYN
What do you think of when I say sun? I think of day, warmth, large, and bright yellow. Those things are taken for granted here on earth, so if you went to Venus, you wouldn’t know what to do. In this heart-warming story, All Summer in a Day, the author Ray Bradbury used descriptive language to explain how the sun exposed everything to the warmth for the first time in seven years. Ray Bradbury includes the use of figures of speech, images, and specific language. By using these key points, he painted a vivid picture of how the children experienced the sun for the first time.
First of all, the author uses figures of speech to create a scene that we could connect to. We have all been caught in the sunlight at one time, soaking it all in. As we jump for joy (more…)