Read this excerpt from the fiction text Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. Annotate the text for powerful diction that reveals the meaning, voice, and mood. Include three annotations. Type your annotations into the following dialectical journal.

Quotes from the Text: What text did you mark?Annotations: What notes did you write about the meaning, voice, or mood?

the lawns looked well behaved and boring. The grass grew obediently   The narrator thinks her new home is dull. Using the word boring and expressing a negative attitude about obedience makes her seem young, maybe a teenager.

each green blade standing upright like a tiny soldier.  The narrator feels that there is too much order, maybe showing that she is restricted too.

with their bright yellow petals and dark brown faces   The word missed makes me think that the narrator wants to go back to her old home. The bright colors of her friends and her memories of them are different from the dull situation she is experiencing now.Explanation:

Quotes from the Text: What text did you mark?

1. the lawns looked well behaved  and boring. The grass grew obediently

2. each green blade standing upright  like a tiny soldier.  

3. At first what I missed most

were los girasoles,

my tall, unruly friends

with their bright yellow petals

and dark brown faces

Annotations: What notes did you write about the meaning, voice, or mood?    

1. The narrator thinks her new home is dull. Using the word boring and expressing a negative attitude about obedience makes her seem young, maybe a teenager.

2. The narrator feels that there is too much order, maybe showing that she is restricted too.

3. The word missed makes me think that the narrator wants to go back to her old home. The bright colors of her friends and her memories of them are different from the dull situation she is experiencing now.

a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)

d understatement