Reading Times

The Book Thief- 1 hour
Working on my rough draft (comments from Dr. D) : 30 mins
Studying for Poetry test (I went through the quizlet that martine made for the words): 30 mins
Total: 2 hours

New York

The people
the light in their eyes almost as bright
as the lights on the streets
the buildings
the signs
the cars
reflecting
blinding
they all looked like children who have
just seen their first glimpse of the world
or maybe adults who have just met the
love of their life.
But they didn't know that yet
She has a purple dress
black tights
nude heels
He has a suit
with a tie
or maybe he doesn't
and maybe she does.
They say its where dreams are made or maybe
where they come true.
To me its where everyone is everyone and where
you are you.

I used enjambment, assonance of ō, and end stopped lines.

Reading times

The Book Thief: 1 hour and a half

Working on fixing research paper: 30 mins

Total: 2 hours

Sweet Disposition

The song I am analyzing is Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap. This song is very repetitive in many different ways. There is anaphora in two different sections of the song, the first being when the song says


"A moment of love

A dream

A laugh

A kiss

A cry

Our rights

Our wrongs"

A is repeated at the beginning of each of these lines creating anaphora of the word/letter A. Anaphora is also used in the many sections of the song when it says "won't stop till its over/we surrender (x4)." The anaphora in this song creates emphasis on certain parts of the song. There is also assonance of ō in the song. For example, "Sweet disposition

Never too soon

Oh, reckless abandon
Like no one's watching you."

The repetitions of these vowel sounds creates a more low sound in the song and helps the song flow better together. 

Lyrics here: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tempertrap/sweetdisposition.html

Reading Times

Monday: 10 mins the book thief in class and 30 mins draft at home
Tuesday: 20 mins the book thief at home and 10 in study hall
Wednesday: 10 mins the book thief in class
Thursday: 10 mins the book thief in class and 30 mins the book thief at home
Total time: 2 hours

Research Paper Draft

I have been working really hard for the last week on my research paper draft. Putting everything together wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but the introduction and conclusion are causing me problems. I've never been really good at introductions or conclusions and with this paper it's especially hard. I think I have a solid intro, but my conclusion is ROUGH. I am hoping I will meraculously come up with a killer conclusion but I'm pretty sure that won't happen. I'm also not super confident in my transitions, but Ive worked on them and they are getting better.

As for the body of my paper, I am having some trouble with analyzing my quotes because some seem unanalyzable, even though I know they aren't. I am really glad, though, that my paper even without a conclusion meets the length requirement which was something I was initially worried about! Overall, my paper is better than I had imagined. It could still use some work, but thats what rough drafts are for!

Snow day free post

This week was great. We only had school for 2 days total which was great and it snowed! I really love snow. I totally prefer cold weather to hot. It didn't snow a ton at my house, it mainly sleeted, but it was so pretty! I stayed inside most of the time because it was freezing, but I went out a few times to take pictures or play with my brothers. I also had a ton of school work to do which was horrible, but I got over it. I had a really good week overall, and it was really nice to not have school, and not be sick!