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Marilla finds Anne standing lost in wonder before a picture, and Montgomery paints the moment in soft, glowing light. Copying this sentence shows young writers how carefully chosen color words ('white and green') and the strange, lovely phrase 'half-unearthly radiance' can make an ordinary corner feel almost magical, matching the dreaminess of the girl it falls upon.
The white and green light strained through apple-trees and clustering vines outside fell over the rapt little figure with a half-unearthly radiance.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell the chapter in order: Marilla watching Anne work, the news that she may stay, Anne's joy and her wish to belong, the picture and the prayer card, Anne's longing for a bosom friend, and her daydreams alone in her room.
Discussion Questions
- Anne trembles and begs to know if she may stay, then bursts into tears when Marilla finally says yes, saying 'glad doesn't seem the right word at all.' What does the way Anne both dreads the news and weeps with joy reveal about what a home means to her, and why? Use details from the chapter.
- When Marilla says she never imagines things different from what they really are, Anne exclaims, 'how much you miss!' What does that clash between Marilla's plain way of seeing and Anne's imagining suggest about each of them, and why? Use details from the chapter.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Willing to do what one is told.
Item 2
Begging earnestly; pleading.
Item 3
Showing a lack of proper respect.
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