It's Gonna Rain

Dawn. The cunning sun is creeping its way through the eerie clouds. Still warming up, it lets the cold sunrays fall onto the damp shore. Picking up the brown sand the swift breeze attacks you. You shelter yourself and let the microscopic granules pass by, and pursue the next destination – the tropical forest right behind you. As if they are vigorously uprooted seaweed, tree branches hopelessly lean in to get closer to the blue lagoon of the wild sea. Holding your breath, your heart is beating in…

Location Setting i. Geographical Location: ii. Physical Descriptions: The San Bushmen live in many different parts of Africa. Some parts of this tribe live in Botswana, the Kalahari, Namibia, and the rest of the Southern Africa. The Kalahari is described as closely resembling the terrain of Australian deserts. Physical Setting i. Biomes Ecology: The Kalahari is a sandy, savannah land of South Africa that extends 900,000 square kilometers, covering most of Botswana, Namibia, and Southern Africa…

you move away? The poem for “The Drought” by Gary Soto and the song “In Color” by Jamey Johnson have similar themes because they are both have dry, emotional theme but they are different because “The Drought” is emotional talking about the lack of rain and “In Color” is emotional talking about his childhood. Gary Soto uses personification to show the clouds are dry and empty. “Scraping their bellies gray on the cracked shingles of slate.” The author is explaining how the clouds have ran…

tends to reflect a happy mood, while nighttime is dark and eerie and reflects a frightening mood. This shows that the mood makes the setting significant because it shows how the reader can infer what conflicts may arise based on the mood. Moreover, if it’s…

It is pouring rain and you are numb cold. Your face is grim. Thunder and lightning crack across the sky. Your hear a sound, louder than the thunder. A cannon flies through the air and with a thunderous sound, crashes down on the mud and dirt before you. You are safe, the walls of the earthworks you had helped build earlier are still holding together. You see another cannon fly through the air towards you, but the effect is no different. The walls are sturdy, they can be torn down by the cannons,…

The town dreams are made of Sevier county is the ideal place to live. The town is surrounded with blue smoky mountains as well as majestic rivers and lakes that keeps millions of visitors coming back every year. The town is usually busy and bustling with visitors, but still manages to keep the old-fashioned values and charm that makes it such a wonderful place. This town is home to many caring and friendly people that even when faced with unimaginable tragedy, they overcome and take care…

Another interesting animal is the Giant Anteater also known as an antbear. This type of anteater can fight off a puma or a jaguar, but has no teeth. But it’s tongue is more than 2 feet long and can lick up about 35,000 ants at once! This anteater is usually 7 feet long, taller than most humans. Brazil is known for another interesting thing, it’s beautiful places. One of which is Iguazu Falls that rivals with the well known Niagara Falls. Iguazu is known to look like a floating island. The…

after a long period of dedicated work. One of my favorite things to do is travel. I love everything about it, from planning where to go to what sights I will see. Traveling should be fun and relaxing, as well as provide new learning opportunities. It's fun to emerge yourself in the culture of the area and feel how it is to live there. One quality that makes a great vacation is the weather. Sun, beaches, and warm weather are an important part in making a great vacation. Puerto Rico is known…

Imagine yourself sitting by the window, waiting. Gazing outside with optimism and hope that he will come back. But he does not. Time ticks by slowly, and every second ages your heart rapidly. The bright sun hides as the gloomy clouds eat the sky. Everything is now silent except the beating raindrops on the window. As you stare out the rainy window, you notice water in your peripheral vision, and it is not from the outside. Your heart submerges and everything freezes. Only time sluggishly grudges…

the setting. Bradbury also uses a lot of imagery in those paragraphs. The passage starts, “It had been raining for seven years,” which vaguely introduces the setting(1). Bradbury the describes the thousand forests that “had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again” (1) this gives the reader an insight to the harsh environments that the characters are living in. Bradbury finally reveals that the characters live on Venus. The minor suspense keeps the reader…