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Whitney: Literary Devices In the story "Scouts Honor" there are many literary devices used. In this essay, I am writing about the many types of literary devices used in the story. There are Hyperboles, Idioms, Similes, and Personification. Many examples used in the story "Scouts Honor" are: “A zillion miles away” (p.55), “Earth –Crushing Buster brown shoe” (p.39), and “If this bridge falls, I am killing you”. (p.60) A few more I found were: “My foot was killing me”, (p.61) and “last one off the bridge is a rotten egg” (p.60). I noticed that the hyperboles used are exaggerating. Nothing was a “zillion” miles away, the narrator used the term “zillion” to express that something was far away. More exaggerations are: the “Earth-Crushing” brown shoe, “I am killing you”, “my foot was killing me”, and “rotten egg.” The similes used in the story are: “like a limp scab”, “like Niagara Falls” (p.60), “like a hell-cat-bomber” (p .60) “felt like a used-up punching bag”, “looked like a noodle factory hit by a bomb” (p.56) and “this is just like Brooklyn” (p.61). An idiom used in “Scouts Honor” was “Holy Cow!” (p.60).The last thing I noticed in the story was Personification. The example from the story was: “growing dark”. (p.60). That is the literary devices used in the story.

//Whitney, Thank you for being the first one to post a start to the writing process. Let's look at the sentence "I will discuss with you the types". 1) You aren't discussing anything with the reader. They are reading what you convey to them. With that thought what could be another way of telling the reader what you are writing about? Can you tell them in a more creative way than - I am writing about-?? Just think about it. 2) When writing an expository paper we try to stay away from using "you". You puts your writing in the 2nd person. It's necessary for directions and instructions but try to be more aggressive in declaring your purpose. Great job getting started. Mrs. S

thank you Mrs. Synan for the great advice! this website is very cool and helpful! i will be sure to use your advice to make my story better! aslo, please remind me to get my paper that has the devices from the story, tomorrow! i will use that paper to finish my story! if you see anything else that needs fixing, please let me know! YOU ROCK MRS. SYNAN!!! -Whitney // ​ Maura- Events Some of the important events that happened through out the story are; The three best friends are cub scouts, and deside to earn a badge for lasting a whole night in the "country" (Unfinished)

Please help! I am really stuck on how to describe the setting of Brooklyn in 1946! :( - Taylor

Taylor, all you have to do is describe tht it is very industrial and that it is covered in concrete.. and there are no trees.... stuff like tht. :) Maura 

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Abby, i think yooh should put more detail about the character's personality... like the experiences they have wid the main character :) Like what give me an example my kind friend!! :)
 * The first character introduced to the story is the narrator, the relationship to the main character is self because he is telling the story. The narrator is nine years old and is wanting be tough and is a boy scout. Another character is Mr. Brenkman. Mr. Brenkman is a preacher and the narrators scout master. Mr. Brenkman also teaches how to build fires. Philip Hossfender also known as Horse, Horse is best friends with the narrator. Horse is skinny and a lot tougher than the narrator. The final character is Richard Macht also called Max. Max is a little bit tougher than the narrator and he is pudgy. The narrator and Max are also best friends. As well as Horse and Max being best friends. Abby ;) Abby, i thik that you should put more detail in your story about the character's personality through out the story. **=====

In the story “Scout’s Honor” the main character or narrator of the story becomes a Boy Scout because he feels he isn’t tuff enough (page 53). When he decides he wants to move up to second class he has to camp for one night in the country. To him tho living in Brooklyn, New York the only country around is to go to New Jersey. So him and his friends catch a subway ride, and walk the rest of the way to New Jersey. They finally get to their camp sight and when trying to set up camp they have some difficulties. They ended up going home the next day. Tired, hungry, but a second class Scout. -Maura :)

Intro: Taylor and Whitney Conc: Maura and Abby

Brooklyn, New York in 1946 is home town of a nine year old, boy scout and his two best friends, Philip Hossofender called Horse and Robert Macht but we called Max (pg. 53). Max, Horse and the nine year old boy’s name who was never stated had to go to the country which was just a forest in New Jersey. He was going to get a specific badge and prove to himself that he was tough. The three boys packed their supplies and headed towards the city subway (pg. 56). When they arrived Horse was still barely hanging on to his air mattress that he had brought along. At the Subway is cold and the boys were scared as all the strangers passed by them with very particular looks on their faces. To get to the country we have to do is cross the bridge they thought quietly to their selves. When they arrived at the destation they had to soon cross the soon to be tiring bridge. When the three young boys had crossed the bridge, they were hungry and wet because of the rain (pg. 62). The boys opened a can can of beans but not with a can opener, but with a hatchet and soon all three of the boys were covered head to toe in beans (pg. 62). The boys decided that they were not tough enough and they headed to their safe and comforting home (pg. 63).