Sunday, November 30, 2008

pOst # 3 on the devil in the white city

5 cOmments
-Burnham liked Codman
-Burnham and Root both liked Jackson Park for the place to have the fair
-Money was worth alot less back in the 1890s
-They were waiting for approval of the report
-Codman was really young
4 questions
-Why did Burnham like Codman so much ?
-Why did Burnham and Root like Jackson Park so much?
-Why did Burnham ahve to send in a second report?
-Why did they have to wait so long after thes econd report was sent?
3 vocabulary
prone-having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable
dispel-to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate
perception-the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
2 literary terms
'Sentences wandered through the report like morning glory through the pickets of a fence' simile
'Ellsworth insisted that what chicago had in mind was something far grander than even the Paris exposition' personafication
1 overview sentence
This chapter was basically about how Burnham and Root met a new guy that they would be working with named Codman, who was really young

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