Descriptions

Descriptions:

Professor Herbert: Large, elder, smart

Pa(Luster) Sexton: Old Fashioned,  Overalls, big boots, a blue shirt, sheepskin coat, slouched black hat, carrying gun. Brown weather beaten skin on Pa’s face.

Dave Sexton:  Too big too whip, a man’s size,

Ma Sexton:

Farm: 7 cows too milk, 19 head of cattle to feed, 4 mules, 25 hogs, Fire wood, stove wood, Well, barn.

Countryside: Long ridge leading to cow pasture, next to house, bare oak trees, covered in frost, sky was clear, early morning

School: black boards, microscopes, hard wood floors, playground

Examples of Dialect: Jist, Atter, keer o’ him,

Similes:I was shaking like a leaf in the wind

Metaphors: You get too onery fer th’ buzzards to smell,