Bellringer

Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of a lipsticked girl?

I would think of a confident girl, maybe a bit vain, who spends a lot of time on her appearance. I might think of someone who was a bit more mature, closer to being described as a woman that a girl. The ‘girl’ would probably be glamorous and fashionable as well.

How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with the lipstick on?

I think the line would become overly wordy and the flow would be messed up. As far a meaning, the girl would lose some of her extravagance and distinction. I would instead think of an ordinary girl who was trying too hard to gain attention, but the fact that she was merely wearing lipstick is unoriginal and easily overlooked.

Write a simile comparing a tree with a domesticated animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked). Share your simile with the class.

A maple like an empowered bull.