Outside Reading Week 3 Post A

VOCAB-

Larynx: Upper part of the trachea in humans; vocal box. n

Secularism: secular spirit; government which rejects all religion and worship.n


Cudgel: a short, thick stick used as a weapon.


FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE-

1)"...swinging their massive elbows like cudgels..." Here is an example of yet another simile. Colbert is discussing sports back-then and sports now, and he believes that today's sports are much better; except they should be allowed to take steroids for the purpose of our entertainment. This particular simile is talking about basketball players and their beastliness.



2) "It's what infests these hives of higher learning that is the source of the real poison." Here is an example of a metaphor. Colbert is comparing the anatomy of a bee hive, to the structure of modern day colleges.

3) "You can't spell 'Book' without 'Boo!'" This is an example of onomatopoeia. The "Boo!" is an exclamation that Colbert uses for attention.

THEME:
In this section Colbert expresses his opinion on higher education, modern sports. A new theme has not really developed since the last section. This is a book based on opinion, so there are really only reocurring themes.

QUOTE: "Admission is an arbitrary and demoralizing process, no matter how hard you work, the outcome is often determined by personal connections." It is agreeable that college is very difficult to get into, and even though Colbert is trying to be humorous, getting into college is very hard. And sometimes it can come back to your personal connections whether or not you get into college.