Comments by Taylor Kline Most recent public comments by Taylor Kline https://nowcomment.com/users/23609 Indirect characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588060 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588060 In this sentence, and in paragraph 26, the Black Woodsman talks about white men like he dislikes them. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:27:38 -0400 Indirect characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588053 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588053 It seems like Tom is a really careful, or cautious person. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:17:42 -0400 Opinion and question https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588046 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588046 They really don't seem like a good couple, why did they ever get married in the first place? Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:06:51 -0400 This is another example of direct characterization by describing Tom's wife as being just as miserly as himself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588041 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588041 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:00:48 -0400 Direct characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588039 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588039 This is an example of direct characterization because it describes Tom as a "meagre miserly fellow". Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:59:46 -0400 Preside meaning https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588019 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588019 Preside: to be in the position of authority over a gathering So I'm guessing that the author was saying that the devil was put into a position of authority over the treasure. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:48:52 -0400 Morass meaning https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588017 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=588017 Morass: an area of muddy or boggy ground. So the author was just describing a sawmp. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:34:35 -0400 Because the nations came together, they were able to stop conflicts between each other, work with each other to solve problems, and they wouldn't have to worry as much about things in the future, because they had allies they could rely on. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575802 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575802 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 03:01:37 -0400 Tracing the roots may symbolize the men being allowed into the groups of people? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575787 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575787 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:44:50 -0400 If this was a confederacy, shouldn't a bunch of people decide on the name of the tree instead of only one person? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575786 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575786 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:42:41 -0400 Feathery down https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575785 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575785 I didn't know what feathery down was, so I hope this counts as looking up a word I didn't know. Down feathers are really fine feathers that are really, really soft. Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:37:40 -0400 Because it said in the paragraph above that they were made the leaders. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575782 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575782 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:29:52 -0400 Is the eagle like another branch of people? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575781 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575781 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:22:35 -0400 Question https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575776 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=575776 Who is Adodarhoh, and what are Firekeepers? Do they do anything special? Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:50:12 -0400 The value that I think was demonstrated in this story was teamwork. It took four gods, and a group of people to make the first man and women. It wouldn't have been possible if there were only one of the groups there. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569373 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569373 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:03:45 -0400 The four gods place items have have marage people walk around it, and then the items that were placed turn into the first man and women. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569370 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569370 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:54:57 -0400 QUestions https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569369 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569369 Where did yellow spirit go? Was he important at all to the creation of humans? And it talks about people in the story. Why would they make more people? Were the people in the beginning a different type of people? Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:46:26 -0400 Brushwood definition https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569366 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569366 Brushwood: twigs, or small branches. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:41:54 -0400 Ablution definition https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=569284 Ablution: to wash oneself for a ceremonial purpose. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:34:28 -0400 This shows the indian values of respecting your elders and ancestors. The tribes that believe this would never kill a grizzly bear because they believe that they are their ancestors. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568614 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568614 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:22:12 -0400 This is another story on the creation of humans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568613 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568613 A girl was blown away from her house, where she was found by a family of grizzlies. They took her in and cared for her. She married a bear and had bear/person kids with it. And eventually the sky spirit found out that his daughter was alive, so he went to see her. He thought she would be the same as she was when he lost her, but she was all grown up and had children. This made the sky spirit mad, so he cursed all bears to always walk on four legs and to never speak again. And since indians believe bears were their ancestors, they would never kill one. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:21:04 -0400 This paragraph shows indian values. It shows why many cultures won't kill a certain type of animal. Because in many of their cultures they believe animals have a huge impact on why they exist. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568611 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568611 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:16:27 -0400 Promptly definition https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568610 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568610 Promptly means quickly, or immediately. Meaning that she immediately died just from his frown. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:14:43 -0400 Why was he mad though? Shouldn't he be happy or at least grateful that they took care of his daughter for so long? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568609 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568609 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:10:47 -0400 Wouldn't the bears try to eat her? I'm pretty sure if the bear was hunting for food he would be happy to eat her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568608 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568608 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:08:11 -0400 Scrubby definition https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568607 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=568607 Scrubby: small or poor quality So I'm guessing the trees she fell on were small. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:05:58 -0400 This passage was about the creation of the world. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568123 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568123 This story seems to be the native American story of how the world was made. How one brother who was "good" made all the herbivores and good plants, while the "evil" brother made all carnivores and bad plants. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:19:44 -0400 Why fight? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568121 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568121 I don't see why they always fought, they did have different personalities, but they made the world balanced. They were different, but they worked well together. I don't think the left twin was evil, he just disliked his twin. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:12:59 -0400 Opinion https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568092 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568092 In my opinion, devious people or people who lie a lot always seem to be really charismatic, so it makes sense to me that he would be favored by their grandmother. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:47:50 -0400 Quarrel: an angry argument or disagreement. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568074 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568074 I've heard this word before, but I've never really known what it meant. So in the story the twins were fighting in their mother's womb? Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:41:33 -0400 But why did they ignore it? Was she a bad person? I'm pretty sure she would have at least one friend that would try to help her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568056 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568056 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:32:53 -0400 Bared definition https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568039 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568039 Bared: To expose to view So he was moving whatever it was that was covering the roots of the great tree so he could see them. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:20:08 -0400 The Great Tree imagery https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568022 The "Great Tree" makes me think of the tree of good and evil in the Bible, where it was in the middle of the garden of Eden and it was different from all of the other trees with a special fruit. But they were not allowed to touch it. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:12:52 -0400 Sky world imagery https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568021 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=568021 Even though there isn't much description, the "Sky World" immediately makes me think of the place where Zeus and all the rest of the gods lived in the Disney movie Hercules. Where everything was made of clouds. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:08:56 -0400 Citing and quoting sources. https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=556735 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=556735 Citing sources and quoting sources are two different ways of avoiding plagiarism. Citing a source is when you use information from a source, then write it down in your own words. Then after you tell where you got that information from. But if you quote a source, you write what the source said, put it in quotations, and then give credit to wherever you got the source from. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:42:20 -0400 This is the laziest way to plagiarize https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=556733 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=556733 This is the easiest, and most obvious form of plagiarism. I did this when I was way younger and didn't know what plagiarism was and I didn't know that it was bad. I had to make a report on animals, and I had copied about half of it from different websites without changing any of the wording. I was told that it was wrong and what plagiarism was, so I was taught how to cite sources and fix the problem. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:38:10 -0400