"What you really value is what you miss, not what you have." --Jorge Luis Borges
Think of someone who is no longer here--a teacher, a coach, a family member, or friend--whom you miss. What do you value most about your memory of this person? If this person were standing in front of you, what would you say to him or her?
Lit Term
An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is extended or developed over a number of lines or with several examples. Dickinson's poem beginning with "Fame is a bee" is an extended metaphor: the comparison of fame to a bee is extended for four lines:
Fame is a bee.
It has a song--
It has a sting--
Ah, too, it has a wing.
Vocab Word
vicarious (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another.
SYNONYMS: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
ANTONYMS: real, actual, firsthand
Grammar/Punctuation
Avoid unnecessary shifts in tense.
Inconsistent Tim marries Lisa and then abandoned her.
Consistent Tim marries Lisa and then abandons her.
Consistent Tim married Lisa and then abandoned her.
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