Semantic Devices PowerPoint
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Symbolism
Safe and Sound Symbolism
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Before You Judge
Author’s Note: I’m sure you’ve heard of outcasts and the "group less." So many people are judged on how they dress, how popular, and how
they act. Those should be the last things you use to judge somebody. Before you label anybody you really should get to know the person first.
I’m sure you’ve heard of the kids that sit their chair with their head down and their hood over head. So many people have "no group” which can become a bad thing. Just think about how many people walk through the halls of school having their books knocked out of their hand or have parents that do not understanding what they are all about. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson has described so many people in the 21st century, the clan less, the outcast and the group less. The way Laurie describes people in this book will make you think “do I throw people into a group and just forget about them?”
People are described and put into groups on how they act, and the way they dress. Apparently these are the only things that people judge other people on. When has somebody ever done that to you and you just been thrown into a group that you really don’t belong in, they haven’t seen the real you? I’m sure you’ve done this to somebody or that somebody has done that to you. Just recently we had a BMX rider came to our school and he said that he was bullied all through middle school. This got me to think that he was a lot like my main character from my book...Speak. When I heard that he tried to walk away from the wrong things, it made me think that Melinda also tried to do the same thing, but with a different technique. Instead of walking away she just didn’t talk to anybody, and ignored her problems.
Then you have your parents that really don’t understand the real you. They think that your life is just full of garbage or no hope. A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer has gone through the same exact same thing you did. The best part of that is that no matter how much is mom had abused him, he forgave her matter how many times he was abused by her. Just because you’ve been abused or missed understood doesn’t mean that you have to hold onto that burden forever there is always that little forgiveness somewhere. All you need to do is find it. Melinda Sordino had parents that really never interacted with her life, which really impacted Melinda life in many ways. She started to grow farther and farther away from her parents. During school all of her old friends used to look at her and threw her into the group less, but he parents never connected and knew what is going on in Melinda's life.
Laurie Halse Anderson has done fantastic job on describing people in the 21st century with her dramatic, emotional and impetuous stories. Take the BMX rider and think about walking through the halls with your head down. He has gone through a lot of refusing fights and saying things that may sound necessary but they really aren’t. If you have something to say don’t hide it, say it everyone should be able to say anything that seems right to them. Even Melinda she’s gone through a lot but she ends up speaking up for what she thinks is right.
I’m sure you’ve heard of the kids that sit their chair with their head down and their hood over head. So many people have "no group” which can become a bad thing. Just think about how many people walk through the halls of school having their books knocked out of their hand or have parents that do not understanding what they are all about. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson has described so many people in the 21st century, the clan less, the outcast and the group less. The way Laurie describes people in this book will make you think “do I throw people into a group and just forget about them?”
People are described and put into groups on how they act, and the way they dress. Apparently these are the only things that people judge other people on. When has somebody ever done that to you and you just been thrown into a group that you really don’t belong in, they haven’t seen the real you? I’m sure you’ve done this to somebody or that somebody has done that to you. Just recently we had a BMX rider came to our school and he said that he was bullied all through middle school. This got me to think that he was a lot like my main character from my book...Speak. When I heard that he tried to walk away from the wrong things, it made me think that Melinda also tried to do the same thing, but with a different technique. Instead of walking away she just didn’t talk to anybody, and ignored her problems.
Then you have your parents that really don’t understand the real you. They think that your life is just full of garbage or no hope. A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer has gone through the same exact same thing you did. The best part of that is that no matter how much is mom had abused him, he forgave her matter how many times he was abused by her. Just because you’ve been abused or missed understood doesn’t mean that you have to hold onto that burden forever there is always that little forgiveness somewhere. All you need to do is find it. Melinda Sordino had parents that really never interacted with her life, which really impacted Melinda life in many ways. She started to grow farther and farther away from her parents. During school all of her old friends used to look at her and threw her into the group less, but he parents never connected and knew what is going on in Melinda's life.
Laurie Halse Anderson has done fantastic job on describing people in the 21st century with her dramatic, emotional and impetuous stories. Take the BMX rider and think about walking through the halls with your head down. He has gone through a lot of refusing fights and saying things that may sound necessary but they really aren’t. If you have something to say don’t hide it, say it everyone should be able to say anything that seems right to them. Even Melinda she’s gone through a lot but she ends up speaking up for what she thinks is right.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
First Breath
Author's Note: That first breath of your newborn child, remember that day? The joy when you hear that your child has taken that first breath. Well this story has a little twist in it: instead of that healthy child you have a child that's not breathing, until one miracle came and saved every body's lives.
Remember that first breath of your child, either it went perfectly or there was tragedy when the doctor walks in the room with the news you really don’t want to hear. Well this book is that book. Peace Like A River, Leif Enger will keep you waiting at the edge of your seat with his dramatic, breathtaking, emotional stories.
Imagine being in the delivery room and having your kid with some of these problems asthma, croup, pneumonia and just regular lung problems. But Reuben was a special baby. Normally there is that slight possibility that those miracle won’t happen. Like I said Reuben had that family that really cared about him. That’s when his family started to pray and wish for that one big miracle.
As you read and try to figure out that Reuben doesn’t believe in miracles, but I think that nobody should say that. I mean look at all the women in the delivery room that pray that their baby is healthy and that the newborn is breathing. Look how it turns out they wish for those miracles and they come out of that delivery room with a healthy newborn. See miracles really do happen.
Struggling, failure, misfortune there are so many words to describe this family and how hard they had it. Leif Enger in his book Peace Like a River really makes that point that miracles really do happen, no matter how big that problem is even like saving a child's life.
Remember that first breath of your child, either it went perfectly or there was tragedy when the doctor walks in the room with the news you really don’t want to hear. Well this book is that book. Peace Like A River, Leif Enger will keep you waiting at the edge of your seat with his dramatic, breathtaking, emotional stories.
Imagine being in the delivery room and having your kid with some of these problems asthma, croup, pneumonia and just regular lung problems. But Reuben was a special baby. Normally there is that slight possibility that those miracle won’t happen. Like I said Reuben had that family that really cared about him. That’s when his family started to pray and wish for that one big miracle.
As you read and try to figure out that Reuben doesn’t believe in miracles, but I think that nobody should say that. I mean look at all the women in the delivery room that pray that their baby is healthy and that the newborn is breathing. Look how it turns out they wish for those miracles and they come out of that delivery room with a healthy newborn. See miracles really do happen.
Struggling, failure, misfortune there are so many words to describe this family and how hard they had it. Leif Enger in his book Peace Like a River really makes that point that miracles really do happen, no matter how big that problem is even like saving a child's life.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Haunting the Night
Author's
Note: Have you ever felt like you've dug a huge hole and you just can't get
out. Well in this little town of Mukwonago has really felt all the suspense
and stress. Before the town was full of stress they have seen more than they
have usually seen.
Living in a little town that was known for mythical creatures coming alive and haunting the night is described in the fictitious attention grabber written by Riyan Daniel Littlefield. Place of the Bear is a book that will cause you to be at the edge of seat waiting to see what comes next.
Suspense: to worry about something. You could just feel the suspense in this little town, the worrying and the stress. Imagine this event as a 17 year old, completely innocent from harm. Phantom Lake, nobody knew that it was haunted until one girl stopped by and for a few seconds she was there but then she was....gone. Nobody knows what happened to her. As if you could fell the worrying and the anxiety, “I am next? What happens if I am?” That’s the way the people think today. They get so concerned about the little thing in life, and don’t think about all the big thing and how those only last so long.
As the town dug a huge hole and stuck themselves into suspense, it lead into stress. As the stress grew, and grew more people tried to relax themselves but it just didn’t work out. Just think about the people trying to relax, doesn’t that sound a lot like us we worry about too many things, just take a break. But as the town kept on worrying they just kept on feeling this anxiety there was so many things to do about it, but yet nobody did anything. During the day more people started to walk by Phantom lake which they thought would help the stress, but more people just keep on disappearing one by one. Sooner or later this place will just be knew as a little haunted town.
Anticipation and anxiety are feelings that people get when they are waiting. Riyan Daniel Littlefield, in his book Place of the Bear shows reader that feelings can change our lives. People shouldn’t let difficulty take control of their lives.
Living in a little town that was known for mythical creatures coming alive and haunting the night is described in the fictitious attention grabber written by Riyan Daniel Littlefield. Place of the Bear is a book that will cause you to be at the edge of seat waiting to see what comes next.
Suspense: to worry about something. You could just feel the suspense in this little town, the worrying and the stress. Imagine this event as a 17 year old, completely innocent from harm. Phantom Lake, nobody knew that it was haunted until one girl stopped by and for a few seconds she was there but then she was....gone. Nobody knows what happened to her. As if you could fell the worrying and the anxiety, “I am next? What happens if I am?” That’s the way the people think today. They get so concerned about the little thing in life, and don’t think about all the big thing and how those only last so long.
As the town dug a huge hole and stuck themselves into suspense, it lead into stress. As the stress grew, and grew more people tried to relax themselves but it just didn’t work out. Just think about the people trying to relax, doesn’t that sound a lot like us we worry about too many things, just take a break. But as the town kept on worrying they just kept on feeling this anxiety there was so many things to do about it, but yet nobody did anything. During the day more people started to walk by Phantom lake which they thought would help the stress, but more people just keep on disappearing one by one. Sooner or later this place will just be knew as a little haunted town.
Anticipation and anxiety are feelings that people get when they are waiting. Riyan Daniel Littlefield, in his book Place of the Bear shows reader that feelings can change our lives. People shouldn’t let difficulty take control of their lives.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Ohh The Colors You Will See
Author's Note - Google images, an app that you get it doesn't matter matter where you get the picture, but what really matters is if it speaks to you as much as this picture did to me. The thing is I found it on Google images and it really spoke to me, because I'm that person that likes the late night drives with really pretty scenery. But this picture really can cheer up any type of person.
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| A fall Scenery |
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Heartbroken Boombox
Author's Note: This is love song. A song from a boombox point of view. Have you ever felt left alone or abused by your girlfriend or boyfriend, but as you listen to this song think about it, did they really mean to do that to you. A boombox that only felt love one way and that way was being abused and left alone.
[Adam Levine]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
[Travie McCoy]
If I was just another dusty record on the shelve
Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else
If I ask you to scratch my back, could you manage that
Like it read well, check it Travie, I can handle that
Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks
Its just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks
I used to used to used to used to, now I'm over that
Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts
If I could only find a note to make you understand
I'd sing it softly in your ear and grab you by the hand
Just Keep it stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune
And know my heart is a stereo that only plays for you
[Chorus]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh To my stereo
Oh oh oh oh So sing along to my stereo
[Travie McCoy]
If I was an old school, fifty pound boombox
Would you hold me on your shoulder, wherever you walk
Would you turn my volume up before of the cops
And crank it higher everytime they told you to stop
And all I ask is that you don't get mad at me
When you have to purchase mad D batteries
Appreciate every mixtape your friends make
You never know we come and go like we're on the interstate
I think finally found a note to make you understand
If you can hear it, sing along and take me by the hands
Keep myself inside your head, like your favorite tune
And know my heart is a stereo that only plays for you
[Chorus]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh To my stereo
Oh oh oh oh So sing along to my stereo
[Bridge]
I only pray you never leave me behind
Because good music can be so hard to find
I take your head and hold it closer to mine
Thought love was dead, but now you're changing my mind
[Chorus]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh To my stereo
Oh oh oh oh So sing along to my stereo
My hearts a stereo and it beats for you. That's the part that really caught my attention, because think about it. It's a song about a boombox. Another part that really caught my attention was "Make me your radio and turn me up when you feel low" See think about it imagine this not song not being about a boombox, I mean you still would get the point of this song but not as well as you would get it with a boombox point of view
[Adam Levine]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
[Travie McCoy]
If I was just another dusty record on the shelve
Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else
If I ask you to scratch my back, could you manage that
Like it read well, check it Travie, I can handle that
Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks
Its just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks
I used to used to used to used to, now I'm over that
Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts
If I could only find a note to make you understand
I'd sing it softly in your ear and grab you by the hand
Just Keep it stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune
And know my heart is a stereo that only plays for you
[Chorus]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh To my stereo
Oh oh oh oh So sing along to my stereo
[Travie McCoy]
If I was an old school, fifty pound boombox
Would you hold me on your shoulder, wherever you walk
Would you turn my volume up before of the cops
And crank it higher everytime they told you to stop
And all I ask is that you don't get mad at me
When you have to purchase mad D batteries
Appreciate every mixtape your friends make
You never know we come and go like we're on the interstate
I think finally found a note to make you understand
If you can hear it, sing along and take me by the hands
Keep myself inside your head, like your favorite tune
And know my heart is a stereo that only plays for you
[Chorus]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh To my stereo
Oh oh oh oh So sing along to my stereo
[Bridge]
I only pray you never leave me behind
Because good music can be so hard to find
I take your head and hold it closer to mine
Thought love was dead, but now you're changing my mind
[Chorus]
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh To my stereo
Oh oh oh oh So sing along to my stereo
My hearts a stereo and it beats for you. That's the part that really caught my attention, because think about it. It's a song about a boombox. Another part that really caught my attention was "Make me your radio and turn me up when you feel low" See think about it imagine this not song not being about a boombox, I mean you still would get the point of this song but not as well as you would get it with a boombox point of view
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