Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Nine

10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:

Chapter Nine: Flood

1. We are now entering summer (June).

2. There were a lot of different animals mentioned in this chapter.

3. Dillard used the word "opaque" on page 150.

4. Dillard used a simile on page 150 "an opaque pale green, pulverized jade".

5. The text I found on page 151, " the color is foul, a rusty cream"; I wonder what it meant.


6. Dillard used anaphoras on pages 152 and 153.

7. Dillard used an apostrophe in the third paragraph of page 152.

8. Dillard used a list on the bottom of page 153 and it continues on the top of page 154.

9. Dillard lists people like John Paul Jones, Amelia Earhart, Franklin, Lee Zacharias, and Governor Holton.

10. Dillard used an allusion on page 159 , and it was a reference to the Vietnam War.

11. Dillard used many colors to describe fabrics, animals, and nature.

12. On page 156, Dillard italicized "motorboat" to emphasize it. 

13. Dillard used another list in the third paragraph of page 158.

14. Dillard found a mushroom in the wild. She picked the mushroom. She found out that the mushroom was not have toxic. It is rare.

15. The title of this chapter is actually an allusion to Noah from the Bible.