Speaking about one of the obstacles in the way of teacher, she uses the metonymy “Admiral Ass”, that nickname is derived from his signature, but it is also a symbolic one – ass is the synonym of the donkey and describes someone dumb or thick, and admiral means that he is proud of his post. Describing her experience of teaching without a book she shows the dynamics of the discussion and the pupils’ excitement as a reaction to the problem touched, so the author employs repetitions and parallel constructions: “no, no some said…no, no, others cried…”, and the most precious reward for her efforts is the “groan” of children. Describing the kids she uses the antithesis “physically mature – poor intellect”, which means that the pupils are hard to teach. A t least, they keep promising that things will be different ”. The general congratulation on the baby’s new tooth and her speculations about her future is a mark of her positive attitude towards her friend that is underlined by epiphora used in these sentences: “Though I hope that by the time she gets into the public high school system, things will be different. The story presented in a form of a letter begins with a personal greeting, where the author uses the enumeration “I can wash a blouse, think a thought, write a letter” is used here to underline that Saturday is the only day that can be spent by the main character. His name is formed by adding the suffix “er” to the superlative degree “best” that means that he is better than the best. He got used to work there without any changes, and, on the other hand, this name reflects that he is severe and strict. Winters that, on the one hand, shows his indifference and apathy. But the problem is that it bothers just her.Īnd speaking names in this story such as Mr. Strange as it may seem but she succeeds in it.

She is considered a very creative person as she offers her pupils different types of class work completely non-typical for the school she works at Children are proposed to listen to Shakespeare’s sonnet or discuss a very contradictive statements.

Author of up the down staircase