Lets look at some popular books for examples

Let’s look at some popular books for examples!

Dialogue “What is the seashore like? ” a little boy asked his mother. He lived in the mountains and had never seen the sea. His mother smiled. “Let’s pretend, ” she said. “It is early morning at the seashore and it’s hard to tell where the sea stops and the sky begins.

Dialogue “Where’s Papa going with that ax? ” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out to the hoghouse, ” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night. ” “I don’t see why he needs an ax, ” continued Fern, who was only eight. “Well, ” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it. ” “Do away with it? ” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others? ”

Action On a summer evening I looked up from dinner, through the open window to the backyard. It was growing dark. My treehouse was a black shape in the tree and I wouldn’t go up there now. But something flickered there, a moment. I looked, and it was gone. It flickered again, over near the fence. Fireflies!

Question What=-Margaret Lavchek asked herself=-was magic really for? As far as she was concerned, people did not understand magic properly. Magic was not to change things. No magic was a way of keeping things the way they were. So as Maggie=-the name she liked people to use==-put aside Ancient Tales of Magic, she made the wish that nothing about her father had changed.

Sound Effect Ba-room, ba-room, baripity, baripity-Good. His dad had the pickup going. He could get up now. Jess slid out of bed and into his overalls. He didn’t worry about a shirt because once he began running he would be hot as popping grease even if the morning air was chill, or shoes because the bottoms of his feet were by now as tough as his worn-out sneakers.

Thoughts Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood. If you’re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life.