So, I've been reading this book, 'Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy', for a book report for school. I'm reading it and then there's this part when the Buckminster Boy (Turner) is in a boat with Lizzie and Turner almost touches a whale.
Then for the rest of the story it just has these little sentences in between paragraphs and all they say is, "I almost touched a whale."
Like this:
I ran home from school as the afternoon breeze began to swoop on by. With the wind blowing my hair this way and that I only had one thought. Sparkling rainbows. Of course, I was only 7 at the time. My mind hadn't widened enough to consider other topics such as: world hunger, (late) math assignments, or dinner.
I almost touched a whale.
I finally reached my home and shoved open the door, revealing odors of the dinner to come. As I inhaled I could smell my Mother's famous chili with a side of barbequed chicken. I dropped my jacket down onto the ground alongside my backpack. I glided through the house until I reached my Mother. Standing by her side, I starred at the food she prepared. "Can I help?" I asked. I really loved helping her cook.
(By the waaayyy....) I almost touched a whale.
See how annoying that can get? I mean, at the start it was like, "Okay...Yeah that's cool." But then after the 834,434,2355th time it got slightly old...Then I was all like, "OKAY. You almost touched a whale, I know that! I've totally aknowledged that! Let. It. Be."
As you can tell, I'm not one in favor of really repetative sentences in books. But in songs that's fine, as long as it's not about whales...
Then for the rest of the story it just has these little sentences in between paragraphs and all they say is, "I almost touched a whale."
Like this:
I ran home from school as the afternoon breeze began to swoop on by. With the wind blowing my hair this way and that I only had one thought. Sparkling rainbows. Of course, I was only 7 at the time. My mind hadn't widened enough to consider other topics such as: world hunger, (late) math assignments, or dinner.
I almost touched a whale.
I finally reached my home and shoved open the door, revealing odors of the dinner to come. As I inhaled I could smell my Mother's famous chili with a side of barbequed chicken. I dropped my jacket down onto the ground alongside my backpack. I glided through the house until I reached my Mother. Standing by her side, I starred at the food she prepared. "Can I help?" I asked. I really loved helping her cook.
(By the waaayyy....) I almost touched a whale.
See how annoying that can get? I mean, at the start it was like, "Okay...Yeah that's cool." But then after the 834,434,2355th time it got slightly old...Then I was all like, "OKAY. You almost touched a whale, I know that! I've totally aknowledged that! Let. It. Be."
As you can tell, I'm not one in favor of really repetative sentences in books. But in songs that's fine, as long as it's not about whales...
