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Montgomery's long, jewelled sentence sweeps the eye from the rocks at the cliff base out to the shimmering sea and the soaring gulls. Copying it trains students in semicolon-linked descriptive syntax and in the simile 'as with ocean jewels,' which lifts a plain shore into something precious.
Down at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, thei...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell the chapter as a sequence: Anne's decision to enjoy the drive, the story of her parents and the homes she passed through, Marilla's change of heart, and the ride along the Shore Road.
Discussion Questions
- On this drive Anne decides to 'enjoy' the day and fills it with imagination, just as she did on the earlier drive home from Bright River, when she renamed the road and the pond. What stays the same in how Anne uses imagination to face an uncertain future, and why might this pattern matter for understanding her? Use details from the chapter.
- Anne comforts herself by calling her life 'a perfect grave-yard of buried hopes,' a line she says 'sounds so nice and romantic.' Why might turning her sorrows into romantic, bookish language help Anne bear them, and what does that habit reveal about her? Use details from the chapter.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Full of imagination, wonder, and idealized beauty.
Item 2
A sensible, limited amount; not too much.
Item 3
Thought something over carefully and deeply.
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