Blooming Janie

The close reading passage uses many different types of figurative language, tone, and repetition. One type of figurative language used in this close reading is the personification of bees kissing and also bees singing. We think this represents Janie’s desire to grow up and be free just like the bees. The tone this passage has is hopeful but at the same time it also has a confused tone. Janie is not sure where she belongs or who she is, but she is hopeful that she will find out soon enough she just isn’t sure when. The repetition in this passage is used in different ways. Nature is a main idea that is repeated multiple times to show Janie’s thoughts on the world and how she feels about herself. She explains how trees bloom and grow and she pictures herself blooming and growing one day just the same. All in all the pink close reading passage on page 11 uses many differerent types of figurative language, tone, and repetition.

-Mufaro and Caitlynn