Tuesday, November 18, 2008

2nd

The Emperors of Chocolate
By: Joel Glenn Brenner
Comments:
1. The family Mars even though they have a lot of money they live a good middle class life.
2. Their father never gave them a piece of candy they needed to save it.
3. M&M's were made coated with a hard shell so it won't melt in your hands or when it's sold to another country it'll get their unmelted.
4. People sended spies to the companies to steal the way a special thing was made.
5. In order to make sure a chocolate will sell it has to be tested by other people.
Questions:
1. Will Mars and Hershey ever join together?
2. Is there other parts in making chocolate if you have the ingreidents already?
3. Why do people send spies to companies?
4. Was Mars and Hersheys rivarly a shape in industry?
Vocabualry:
1. Scrutiny: close, careful, and thorough examination or inspection pg. 36
2. Sumptuous: magnificent or grand in appearance pg. 45
3. Unveiled: to remove a veil or other covering from something, especially somebody's face or a plaque, monument, or artwork during a formal ceremony pg. 58
Literary Terms:
1. " Jhon is wearing a blue shirt, striped tie, dark slacks and thick soled shoes that lost their polish long ago." Direct Characterization pg. 33
2. " I wasn't at Yale to be pampered, like some other boys." Simile pg. 56
Overview Sentence:
1. It was talking about how Mars started working out with chocolate and their father never let them eat a piece.