Read the poem "Eating While Reading" by Gary Soto.
1. The author uses figurative language to describe the experience of eating treats while reading. Reread the lines below and explain what they mean.
What is better than
This sweet dance
On the tongue,
And this book
That pulls you in?
It yells, "Over here!"
And you hurry along
With a red, sticky face.
2. How does reading make you feel? Explain using a metaphor. Remember, a metaphor compares two unlike things.
3. The author uses alliteration in his poem, the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words: "Or the slow slither of snow cone syrup." Write your own alliteration about reading.
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Reading makes me feel relaxed. It makes me feel like I'm in a warm bath. Reading makes me feel kind of tired. That's how I like to be.
ReplyDelete1. What is better than this sweat dance on the tongue means, when you eat candy it tastes so good. "The book pulls you in and yells, ''Over here!'' and you hurry along with a red,sticky face" means that the book you are reading is really interesting. 2. Reading makes me feel like I'm tucked in bed. 3. One alliteration about reading is calm,clever.
ReplyDeletethe feeling i feel when i read is i am at home relaxed
ReplyDeletein my bedroom on the the bed
The lines below mean what is better than being able to eat a delicious snack while reading a book that interest you. My metaphor explaining how reading makes me feel is: what is better than finding a story to interest not only you but your soul. What is better than finding a story that pulls at not only you but your heart. My alliteration: slithery snakes sleep in silence at star night.
ReplyDeleteTo me the author likes to eat while he reads. He enjoys eating and reading.
ReplyDeleteReading makes me feel good, it takes me on journeys I've never been on like i fly in the sky like an airplane.
sliding down my sleigh always puts me to sleep .
What it means by what is better than this sweet dance on the tongue means it tastes very good. reading makes me feel like the thing is happening to me. when i am reading i sometimes can not stop reading and someone has to remind me to stop reading.
ReplyDeleteI think that it means noting is better then when you are reading a really good book and you're sucking on you're favorite candy and it tastes so good.A medaphore to describe how I feel about reading is
ReplyDeleteREADING MAKES ME A SUPERHERO!!!!!my own alliteration would be "can cars crash in california".!!!
A sweet dance on the tounge means the food tastes good on your tounge.Reading to me means a treat in itself and being ,warm ,cozy ,calm and in to my book like falling to sleep in my warm,cozy bed.My alliteration is Kofi kicks kickball in Kansas.
ReplyDeleteReading makes me feel happy like I'm going to the beach.I had so much fun reading the story that time became a thief. When I read its like an apple I cant take my eyes off . When I read its like a butterfly I cant catch. When I read I can run like the wind. When I read its like a snail moving slowly.
ReplyDeleteI think it means that what is better then the taste of candy
ReplyDeletewhile you are reading and the book you are reading is really good and making you get really involved in the book.
Reading makes me feel really sleepy like I am going to bed I start to half close my eyes. Next thing I know I am lying on the couch with my book on my stomach.
My alliteration about reading is. I slump on the sofa sleeping while reading.
I think the author means that there is nothing better than reading and having a treat ,it is so relaxing that it feels like there is a sweet dance ,it is so interesting that it feels like the book is calling over here. Reading makes me feel relaxed and it makes me feel smart,wise and humorous because it is so interesting and sometimes it is very funny. One alliteration I came up with about reading is like relaxing ,its like resting during you read.
ReplyDelete1. These lines mean to me that when you eat while you are reading you like it and you read more.
ReplyDelete2. Reading is a plate of tacos because I like tacos and reading the same.
3. Big bizarre beautiful breathtaking books.
I think it means that nothing is better then having a snack while reading.
ReplyDeleteReading makes me feel relaxed and it makes me feel like I'm the character
in the book when it is very interesting .
A alliteration I will use is tiny tommy tip-toed to Thailand
1. I think that it means that nothing is better then eating something that tastes good,while you're getting dragged in to a really good book that you can't stop reading.
ReplyDelete2. Reading makes me feel calm and relaxed and it also makes me feel a little excited for the next thing that's about to happen in the book. It also makes me feel focused because I get drawn into the story and I feel like there are no distractions.
3. My alliteration is, I raced to read the really rambunctious book.
I think that it means that if your eating a candy and your reading a book when you do the candy will get all over you. I like reading because it tells stories about lives.
ReplyDeleteReading makes me feel like I'm in another world.
ReplyDelete2. Reading is feeling and seeing I'm living in another world.
3.These words mean to me that I'm enjoying a delicious red lollipop while I'm reading. My book is good, like a candy, it talks to me and is saying "over here"!
The author means that he loves reading because it pulls you in and he enjoys it even more eating sweets. I love reading because: Reading the bottom of the ocean, calm but frightful. My alliteration is: Reading is riding a bike right down the road to the sky.
ReplyDeleteI think the lines mean what is better than sweet treats dancing in your mouth while reading a book that pulls you in. And you want to read it so much that you come running to it with snow cone syrup on your face.
ReplyDeleteReading makes me feel wonderful. It also makes me feel smarter. Reading is like the sun it brightens everyone.
Reading is the brightest things in life. It brings you to life and makes you brighter and brighter, brilliantly making brains bigger and beautiful.
I think "this sweet dance on the tongue" means the snack is melting and it tastes good. Reading to me is like a cheetah doing tricks. Mt alliteration is: Tiffany twirls in tin foil!
ReplyDeleteIt means what is better than sweet treats on your tongue and a book that pulls you in and makes you read a lot. Reading makes me feel good. Reading is like eating italian ice.
ReplyDeleteThey mean you just finished eating a red sloppy candy and got it all over your face. Reading makes me feel like you're in the book. Is reading better than playing? I do not know because I like both. Reading really runs.
ReplyDeleteIt means he is happy reading. Reading makes me feel great because it makes me feel good and it helps you get your reading level up. Sun, sun in the sky, birds sing and tweet.
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