In an essay on mind and body in Shirley Jackson's "Like Mother Used To Make", a student quoted and discussed thephrase “a salad, with the lettuce on the orange plate, and the thin slices of cucumber”. I pointed out that quoting the whole clause would serve the essay well: "[...] it was pleasant to him to arrange a salad, with the lettuce on the orange plate, and the thin slices of cucumber." When students and I discussed this, we concluded that the concept of "the pleasure of arranging" combines thought, emotion, and action. From this example, they said they learned three things: quote more, do even closer reading, and conceptualize. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 12 December 2025)