Questions for Word Analysis

First 20 Observations

Two toned blue with a third blue at the tip, striped, threaded material in the middle of the tip, smooth, slender, 5 inches long, circulas, unsented, 1/5 inch thick, hard, has a slight glaze, light weight, can be melted, nonedible, looks like a crayon, two same sized strips one bigger last largest, horizontal stripes, scratched up, middle is white, top and bottom are curved.

Second 20 set of Observations

               (after being burned and cut)
4.5 grams, it's light, it floats, does not stand alone, breakable, rolls, heat makes it flexible, string rins to the bottom, materials crumble when cut off, waterproof, thread turns black when lit, when flame is blown out it smokes, when lit size decreases, nonabsorbant, volume is 5 ML, burns, total amount of dark blue is 1 3/4 inch light blue is 3 inches, drips blue when burned, weighs less when burned.


What do they have in common?
                One the first go round, they have a lot of similarities. They have a lot of physical descriptions of how it looks, many adjectives and prepositions were used.
One the second go round after finding a second set of twenty descriptions, these descriptions were still similar by using the senses and descriptions of color, though these ones seemed to have more action by using verbs, to describe things that were done to it.
Are there any unique observations?
                Some of the unique descriptions that were used to describe it are birthday stripes, fragile, holes, volume, and strawberry.
What senses were used?
                 There were many senses used, in fact all but one were used. It seemed most of us used, touch, sight, smell, even listening. Taste was the only one not used.
What tools were used?
                 Many tools were used for our observations. We used a lighter to light it, a scale to weigh it, water to see if it floated, grid paper to measure it, a beaker to get the volume, and a knife to cut it.