Sunday, October 12, 2008

5,4,3,2,1 ON GUMSHOE

5Comments
*When the narrator talks he uses a lot of comparisons.
*This author uses a lot of details when describing characters and their actions and the environment around him.
*Without the prologue you get a little confused on whats happening in the main story.
*It sounds like more than one story is going on.
*When the author talks he always separates a section at a time and describes it then goes to the next.
4questions
*Where is this story taking place?
*How many detective stories are in this book?
*In the first case what is he trying to solve?
*Who was involved in the first investigation?
3vocab
*Surveillance~ watch kept over some one or something
*Prurient~ to itch or long for a time
*Sabbatical~ relating to characteristics of the sabbath
2literary terms
*Imagery~ describing the white man in his sixties
*Expositions~ the have a little explaining of where he finds the bullet
1 overview statement
* So far in the story Josiah Thompson was in the room with some girl and he leaves then he talks about his first detective case with cutler vs. cutler.

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