Bean's hair was black, and it only came to her chin because it got tangled if it was any longer". ... Even though there is no boy character in the first few chapter you can still tell this book is biased because Bean is automatically serotyped as a bad girl just because she is loud and boisterous. ... The setting of this story is not in one specific spot it moves around from Bean's house to Ivy's and sometimes to the mall and even the street. ...

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I could still picture the grayish abode with its black shutters, wood warped from rain and paint chipped from neglect. ... Setting the pace to Little Nebraska. ... There was a boy sitting at its feet I could feel the lines start to haze. ... As I looked deep into the mirror I saw a boy, the same boy sitting under the tree, then I saw myself. ...

• Word Count: 1155
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

An example of the personification present in this poem would be when the speaker discusses the trees reaching toward heaven and later setting the speaker back down again. The only obvious alliteration in the poem would be when the speaker discusses the black branches of the birches. ... Obviously from experience the speaker concludes that the droopiness of the trees was caused by an ice storm, because the speaker confirms to the audience that a boy's swinging on the birches could not be the cause of the permanent damage to the trees. ...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Lessing starts off the story with a description of three men at work on the roof during the week of the hot sun. I believe Lessing wanted to emphasize the characteristics of men of the construction class. These guys were tough, they were constantly exposed to heat, hard headed, domineering and egois...

• Word Count: 4111
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School