Compare and contrast the picture shown here with the one below. Simply comment on the content of the two pictures for the sheer exercise and for the fun of it (sure is fun).I recommend the following guidelines:
- Limit your comment to fewer than 18 items. Do not attempt to cover every detail.
- No fashion critiques, please.
- Be as descriptive as possible, because nobody wants to read "the thing in this picture is more ordinary than in the other".
- Don't forget to compare and contrast.
- If you're having a hard time picking up details, use your imagination.
- Use an action verb, if possible.
- Be sure to proof your comment before you submit it. If it seems boring to you, re-write it in Pig Latin.
- Your birthday is just around the corner, David, so watch what you say.
- The same goes for you , Daniel.
- References to sensitive personal data will be kept in strict confidence here.
- Try to write in iambic pentameter or haiku. If that is not possible, make good use of alliteration. If that is not possible, free verse will suffice.
- Go fix a snack before you start.
- Number your comments and, if you are fluent in html markup, color code your observations by type.
- Observations about the photograph subjects should remain positive, unless they are about Ben or me.
- Have fun.
1. Ella with Ben: Unspeakable
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Ella with Steve: Plotting the
demise of the captain and his
entire crew so as to fulfill her
dream of presiding over a big
boat.
2. Picture #1: Rough hair
Picture #2: More beard
3: Picture #1: Large Barnhart
holding mini Barnhart
Picture #2: Large Barnhart
holding mini Barnhart
Compare: In both Posts, the adult subjects are male.
ReplyDeleteContrast: The male in Post 1 is the loving Uncle, and the male in Post 2 is the loving Daddy.
Compare: In both Posts, the female toddler does not look too pleased.
Contrast: In Post 1, the male subject has a closed smile, and in Post 2, the male subject is baring his teeth (kind of like the wolves in the backyard, huh David?)
Compare: The female subject is wearing the same coat, in both Posts, and both male subjects have a red teashirt underneath their outer coverings.
Contrast: The male subject in Post 1 has only a shirt on (like father, like son!) while the male subject in Post 2 has a coat on.
Compare: Both Posts show the blue railing at the Channel.
Contrast: Post 2 shows a gazebo type canopy in the background that Post 1 fails to display.
Compare: Ika haku mika haiku muku neka orka.
Contrast: Ukra nota bekee raika quaita looka!
Compare: The female subject's coat is fully zipped in both Posts.
Contrast: Post 1's outer garment is fastened up by buttons, and Post 2's outer garment is fastened via a zipper.
Compare: The sun is shining in both Posts.
Contrast: The sky is more blue in Post 1 than in Post 2 (go figure?!)
Compare: Both Posts were entered on a Thursday.
Contrast: Post 1 was done at 9:25 PM, whereas Post 2 was done at 1:36 AM!!!
Just for the record, I had a dish of Country Fresh Kodiak Island Fudge Ice Cream (how's that for descriptive?) for a snack, and a cup of fresh hot black coffee!
I have found the difference, the picture with Ben has Ella looking at a sour dill pickle, the picture with Steve is a view of Ella after she has eaten the sour dill pickle. Do I win a prize?
ReplyDeleteAnd Sandy, the snack must have affected your spelling, the last time I browsed a dictionary, a undershirt was spelled, Teeshirt, not Teashirt. Unless the one you are talking about is a special shirt worn while drinking tea.
ReplyDeleteActually, Mike, there's been some European influence on the Barnhart family, more specifically, from Great Britain, and it must have been that British influence that affected my spelling of tee shirt. Also, "teashirt" seems so much more sophisticated than the Western sounding "tee shirt." By the way, there is a space between the two words, and also, when preceeding a word beginning with a vowel sound (as in undershirt) the proper article to use is an, not a.
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ReplyDeleteSounds to me like someone is admitting defeat!
ReplyDeleteDefeat? I have not yet begun to fight! Hey that sounds pretty good, I'll bet some Revolutionary Sea Admiral would have loved to have said that line years ago, it would have made great reading in 4th grade history books. Maybe I could travel back in time and suggest it to him.
ReplyDeleteIf not defeat, then admission that you are "blogger daemon!" By the way, since when did you start browsing the dictionary, Morris? Also, stick to history; you're pretty good at that.
ReplyDeleteOne: I am not blogger daemon nor did I admit to being him/her.
ReplyDeleteTwo: I never browse the dictionary
Three: Don't call me Morris
Four: I'm good at history, because I make history everywhere I go.
how did i miss this post?
ReplyDeleteSteve, I think this is easily the funniest post and comments I've seen on the blog yet. And it's only now that it's buried halfway down the page that I'm willing to admit that in public.
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