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 Terrible Wave Description The Terrible Wave was a descriptive book created by Marden Dahlstedt. She used words I have never used in my life like prominent, prissy, sedate, and languid. This is what I think. One of the quotes in the book is, “. . . In the pale watery light of the moon, they saw the head of a child.” It’s remarkable how descriptive she is because most people would just stay simple and say, “In the light of the moon they saw the head of a child.” She also turned, “She fell onto a mattress,” to “With a sickening thud , she landed, sprawling on something horribly soft and squashy.” Another quote is “Trunks whirled by, wicked-looking boards sintered with nails, showers of glass winged a thousand tiny arrows . . . ” Again her quotes are over the top in description. I also like the way she uses similes like when she wrote “. . . linens flapped like eerie white birds. . . , ” because she is still descriptive and uses similes at the same time. That makes her an even better writer than I thought she was. Other books she wrote are the Shadow of the Lighthouse and Stopping Place. I haven't even heard of them, but I’m sure they are just as descriptive as The Terrible Wave. Article posted January 31, 2012 at 02:55 PM • comment • Reads 94 • see all articles |
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