The em dash at the end of the third line shifts the perspective from the speaker to the rest of the class. It also invites the reader to focus on the student. The ellipsis at the end of the first line suggests that the student pauses before he tells his story. The punctuation when it is used is very effective. The language in this tanka is simple and concise. Once this is learned, the player must find a small object, such as a pin or paper clip, and perform the spell on it. You will then be taught the spell by Professor Flitwick. First, the player must complete the 'Preparation for Silence' quest, which is found in the second year of magic school. At the end of the tanka we are left in our dreaming room. The spell to drop a pin is called 'Silence'. The silence is absolute, captured by the poet. Perhaps they have had a similar experience. They listen out of respect for their classmate. The tension mounted as the criminal was about to be sentenced there was. The entire class fell silent when the teacher asked the difficult question, and there was pin drop silence. The ghost town was eerily quiet, with pin drop silence throughout the deserted streets. There is no need for a teacher to impose silence on the class. As the army marched through the deserted city, there was pin drop silence. Synonyms for so quiet you could hear a pin drop include silent, hushed, still, noiseless, soundless, quiet, muted, stilly, inaudible and quieted. The use of the verb stretches is very apt here. Sometimes when students start to share personal details it is like the opening of a flood gate of thoughts and emotions. Their identity is often based in the past, left behind in their country of origin. Pat Cummins had said he would love to silence the partisan ‘home’ crowd as India faced Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. I used to be… This is one of the saddest things you hear immigrants or refugees say. Pat Cummins dismissed Virat Kohli to silence the crowd in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. 'I used to be.' from an immigrant's mouth stretches his story - the pin-drop silence fills an ESL classroom (Note: ESL stands for English as a Second Language) Gusts,16, Fall/Winter 2012 Appraisal by Keitha Keyes: This tanka really spoke to me as it reminded me of when I taught ESL to adults.
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