Week 3 Post A

Vocab:

lorgnette(78): a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.

stolidly(81): acting unemotional; passive.

Figurative Language:

1. "He seemed to become focused at once, in the same way that you could focus the beam of an anbaric lantern"(83). This comparison is used to describe how focused Dr. Grumman was.
   
2. "Lyra had heard enough. She turned away, and moving as quietly as the moth Pantalaimon, she went into her bedroom and closed the door"(85). This similie simply shows how quitely Lyra snuck away from the chaos of the party and went to the bathroom, where she could get away from it all and have some peae.


3. "Mrs. Coulter seemed to be charged with some kind of anbaric force. She even smelled different: a hot smell, like heated metal, came off her body"(81). A similie is used here to compare Mrs. Coulter's heated tempor to a piece of heated metal, to show how angry she was.

Quote:

"I don't know your name but I shall find it out within five minutes, and then you will never work as a journalist again. Now get up quitely, without making a fuss, and leave. I might add that whoever brought you here will also suffer"(81). I found this quote to be significant, because at first I thought Mrs. Coulter was a nice, friendly mentor for Lyra, but she turned out to be the opposite.

Theme:

Don't judge a book by its cover.