Lesson Learned! :)

One lesson I have learned in my life, is never vandalize anyone's property. I recently had a friend go and vandalize a lot of people's property and it has come to bite her. She is in so much trouble with the law because she did vandalism. This has taught me a very important lesson, and I promise I won't ever vandalize property, unless it's my own. Vandalism is a criminal mischief, and you have to go to court for the ticket if you get caught. Since my friend got caught, it has taught me not to do it.

Comma What?

My father had left our house in the midst of a fight between Lindsey and my mother. My mother was trying to get Lindsey to go with her to the Y to swim. Without thinking, Lindsey had blared, "I'd rather die!" at the top of her lungs. My father watched as my mother froze, then burst, fleeing to their bedroom to wail behind the door. He quietly tucked his notebook in his jacket pocket, took the car keys off the hook by the back door, and snuck out.

Gossip Got Your Tongue?

If i had to triple filter all of my conversations, I don't think I would hardly talk. Nowadays, you get so caught up in gossip, that every time you chat with a friend it involves gossip. My conversations would probably be very interesting if I started triple filtering. The conversation would probably be boring to start out with because you are used to gossiping.
I think people chose to gossip anyway, because everybody gossips now and then and even when you know it's a bad thing to do, you just can't hold it in. Gossip is a major deal in the world today, so if everybody quit gossiping, then the world would be dead silent. People would continue to do it, because they are like " Well I got hurt by gossip, so I guess it is ok to do" knowing that it isn't.

LITERACY ELEMENTS: PART 3

1. Satire- A literacy work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.

2. Irony- The use of words to express something other than and esp. the opposite of the literal meaning.


3. Analogy- Inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others.

4. Foreshadowing- To represent, indicate, or typify beforehand.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

Figurative- Representing by a figure or resemblance, of or relating to representation of form or figure in art. Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another with it may be regarded as analogous.

Figure of Speech-A form of expression used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener.

Imagery- The product of image makers, the are of making images. Picture produced by an imaging system. Mental Images.

Trope- The use of a word or expression in a figurative sense, a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the medieval period.

All 4 terms have to do with expressing in a figurative way. Its like the words are to exaggerated more. They are used to help the reader understand more but in a fun and enjoyable way.

Story Spinners: Option 1!

As the old man approached my friends and I, we were trying to figure out what exactly he wanted and filling gibberish. We were trying to decide whether he was homeless and was wanting money or if he was looking for a place or someone. With thoughts going through our heads, he finally approached us asking were would be a place to get a bicycle. We told him since it was sooo late, the best place to get a bicycle that night would probably be Walmart. The old man thanked us for help him out.

With thoughts running through our heads, trying to decide what this old man needed this bicycle for we began trying to find clues. We finally decided that he wanted this bicycle for his 9 year old grandson for his birthday. So, we continued minding our own business, when suddenly the old man comes back and ask where would the Walmart be. We told him that it would be almost out of town on the left side of the highway. He asked us if we wanted a ride, but we told him that we were just going to keep hanging out there.

My friends and I continue hanging out and we start walking barefoot around town. Katie and Penguin both grab their flashlights out of their backpacks so we can see where we were going. I start searching for my flashlight, when I realize I left it where that old man was talking to us. We go back to were I left it but it was not there. Katie wants us to go to her house to stay so we finally end up getting there to have a fun-filled night.

TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!