April 2013
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“She cusses like a trucker with three flat tires.”
– unknown
August 2011
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“So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if...”
– John Green (Looking for Alaska)
June 2011
113 posts
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“The inside of the house was not so different from the outside: shabby,...”
– Shakespeare’s Secret, p.66 Elise Broach
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“By Valentine’s Day, Miles and Haven are in love - though not with each...”
– Evermore, p.278 Alyson Noel
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“My attention was focused on two things: Riley, just in case he started to attack...”
– The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, p.96 Stephanie Meyer
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“No, I just…” He turns away, leaving both the sentence, and me, to...”
– Evermore, p.158 Alyson Noel
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Punctuation
Dash: He smelled interesting - like ol-timey spices, copal and amber, like the incense shops in Covent Garden. (p.45) As if that had been on my to-do list for Christmas hols. See Dad - check. Develop strange powers - check. Defeat an evil god of chaos - check. The whole idea was mad! (p.103) Elipses: I couldn’t see his face very well, but it looked red and moist and… well,...
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“Sadie hadn’t changed much either since last summer. [As I’m...”
– The Red Pyramid, p.7
Rick Riordan
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“There were… family difficulties,” he said with monumental...”
– Birdwing, p. 262 Rafe Martin
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“Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: “Kid’s gotta...”
– Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
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“With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
– The Last Olympian Rick Riordan
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“All right…I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a...”
– The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1 F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“The last thing I wanted was my embarrassing death by friut bats posted on...”
– The Red Pyramid, p.235 Rick Riordan
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“Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpions.”
– The Red Pyramid, p. 142 Rick Riordan
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“Spin us a yarn.”
– Walk Two Moons, p. 8 Sharon Creech
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“Merry meet and merry part and merry meet again.”
– Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
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“Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person...”
– Love, Stargirl Jerry Spinelli
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“Why is it that adults are always telling kids to go watch television as though...”
– Savvy Ingrid Law
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“Do you ever feel like life is just some weird dream and someday you’ll...”
– Savvy by Ingrid Law
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“Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword.”
– The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan
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“Ever had a flying burrito hit you?”
– The Titan’s Curse
Rick Riodan
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Two-word Sentences
Hero nodded. (58)
Hero winced. “Stop, Mom.” (116)
Hero relented. (129)
Megan smirked. (131)
Kendra persisted. (131)
Hero shrugged. (138)
Hero moaned. (196)
-Shakespeare’s Secret
Elise Broach
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Two-word Sentences
Diego grinned. (17)
I frowned. (22)
You’re right. (23)
He didn’t. (82)
I shuddered. (88)
It burned. (139)
-The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephanie Meyer
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“Bo giggled.”
– The Thief Lord, p. 24
Cornelia Funke
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“Blood flew.”
– Cujo, p.111
Stephen King
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“It happened.”
– Firegirl, p.51
Tony Abbott
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“I panicked.”
– Evermore, p. 4
Alyson Noel
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Two-word Sentences
Dad stiffened. (2)
I shivered. (66)
Sadie smirked. (512)
-The Red Pyramid
by Rick Riordan
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“He died anyway.”
– Angela’s Ashes, p. 99
Frank McCourt
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“Necks craned. Eyes crinkled.”
– Kite Runner, p. 52
Khaled Hosseini
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“Chrysanthemum wilted.”
– Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
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“Maria flinched.”
– House of Scorpion, p. 366
Nancy Farmer
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“They race.”
– Loser, p. 5
Jerry Spinelli
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“Jesus wept.”
– John 11:35
Bible, King James Version
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“That changes.”
– On Writing, p. 213
by Stephen King
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“I woke to a wool-like world of misty gray. Thick and clammy air embraced me like...”
– Crispin, p. 54 by Avi
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“The Manhattan morgue emitted an endless Gregorian chant of smell.”
– The Cobra Event, p.58 by Richard Preston
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“The sun hid behind the dark and lowering clouds.”
– Crispin, p.1 Avi
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“Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which...”
– The Hunger Games, p. 3 by Suzanne Collins
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“Flickering her long dark ponytail over her shoulder in a move so final, so...”
– Blue Moon, p.78 Alyson Noel
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“His all-encompassing laugh chasing behind me, following me across the boulevard...”
– Blue Moon, p.76 Alyson Noel
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“She let the word snow melt on her tongue like a delicious, creamy chocolate.”
– The Thief Lord, p.195 by Cornelia Funke
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“The houses seemed to be moving in on them, watching them, as if they knew who...”
– The Thief Lord, p. 22 by Cornelia Funke
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“Her mouth didn’t look as if smiling was its favorite thing to do.”
– The Thief Lord, p. 9 by Cornelia Funke
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“I gazed at the wreckage - the shattered glass, the crumbled doors, the front...”
– Evermore, p.4 Alyson Noel
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“A thousand brown creepy-crawlies poured from the woods in a carpet of grossness...”
– The Red Pyramid, p.128 Rick Riordan
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“I asked him point blank what he was running from, and he looked at me like...”
– The Red Pyramid, p.6 Rick Riordan
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“He has dark brown skin like mine, piercing brown eyes, a bald head, and a...”
– The Red Pyramid, p.3 Rick Riordan
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“Ulfius’s realm gaped like a mouth gnawing on the shoulder of King...”
– Birdwing, p. 74 Rafe Martin
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“He was drifting back and forth, like a leaf in the tide, between the world of...”
– Birdwing, p. 16 Rafe Martin 