Blog Bingo (Close Reading Bingo)

1) "At the same time, he uses a figurative type of language when describing objects such as the lobby." mistake number 6.  http://mariahsetymologyblog.blogspot.com/

2) "The language used in Neil Gaiman's stardust was fairly scholarly." mistakes number 6 & 7 from That Peruvian Chick: http://thatperuviangirlathomestead.blogspot.com/

3) "The piece is calm and almost poetic. "...and dark falls here like a thunderclap and a cold wind sets the weeds to gnashing." mistakes 2 and 5 by Squirrelmonkey at http://the-squirrel-monkey.blogspot.com/

4)  "This is evident in his story “Catcher in the Rye”, which is written as if it were a personal account of the author's." Mistake number 9 by Viking Death Metal http://vikingdeathmetal.blogspot.com/

5)  "McCarthy writes, "Days of riding where there rode no soul save he. He's left behind the pinewood country and the evening sun declines before him beyond an endless swale and dark falls here like a thunderclap and a cold wind sets the weeds to gnashing." Stardust by Neil Gaiman is more denotative and specific however. His way of description is littoral, precise, and common. His description is seen by the excerpt, "The houses are square and old, built of grey stone, with dark slate roofs and high chimneys." The Help by Kathyrn Stockett is lower and blunt, but is still somewhat poetic with a figurative rhythm to it. One of the characters, Aibileen, says, "But I ain't never seen a baby yell like Mae Mobley Leefolt. First day I walk in the door, the she be, red-hot and hollering with the colic." Quite a few examples of mistake numbers 1 and 2 here by Running with Circles at http://ilikesoccer17.blogspot.com/

Worst: "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy is a very connotative and figurative piece. The piece is calm and almost poetic. "...and dark falls here like a thunderclap and a cold wind sets the weeds to gnashing." "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman is a low and common piece. Talking solely about a small town called Wall. "The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years..." And Crescendo has very high language. Becca Fitzpatrick uses elegant and elevated words and grammar. "We waited until Scott had angled himself behind the steering wheel and backed out of the parking space before we exited the building."

- I thought that this one was so bad that I had to ridicule it publicy, but I don't even know where to start so I won't.  This was by monkey squirrel which is my number three for bingo. http://the-squirrel-monkey.blogspot.com/

Best: "In Nicholson Baker's work The Mezzanine, he uses elegant and intricate diction to create a formal tone. Baker states that the sun adds "long glossy highlights" to the handrails of the escalator, which "wavered slightly as the handrails slid on their tracks." This descriptive entry of the sun hitting the handrails emphasizes how bright it is and how it is a welcomed place to be." by skittles train at http://clayballl.blogspot.com/