Word Entry Example

SAMPLE WORD ENTRY (3 points each; no points for incomplete entries):

1. “The corpses of child fighters who had died of thirst marked her way, like cairns” (17).
2. My guess: I know she’s lost, and cairns are something ‘marking her way,’ so I think maybe a cairn is some kind of directional sign.
3. Definition: A mound of stones erected as a memorial or a marker. (American Heritage dictionary)
4. Explanation: Oh. I see it now: the bodies are marking her way like trail markers. The author wants to emphasize the horror of seeing so many bodies that the corpses are like their own memorials.