Accelerated Reader

With a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye, nothing can bring sixteen-year-old Beau Coats down. Despite having just moved from Twin Falls, Idaho, he is not worried one bit about being the new kid. Beau Coats, an eleventh grader, has high hopes for his future, and is not stressed about it. His dreams of becoming a hip hop artist and traveling with friends. He also aspires to have a strain of marijuana named after him. To achieve these dreams, Beau beatboxes, raps, and listens to a plethora…

character’s personality more than anything and I felt little need to go over the top with animal related jargon as I wanted the reader to see the characters as people first. I decided to make both of Doug’s parent’s dogs. This is despite the fact that his mother didn’t encompass the loyalties thought to be associated with dogs. I did this purely to not distract the readers with questions about the logistics of Doug’s birth. Doug’s Day Doug woke up. His large brown eyes looked his bone…

hurtful to the world and economy in many ways. With deliberate thought, Summers chooses words like “us” or “our”, in the first paragraph. By incorporating these words, Summers displays he can relate well with the common audience. This would encourage readers he is on their side. Summers chooses to rally people together, to find a common audience. Manipulating with words that unify, Summers…

between Joe and his father. This passage is written in third person point of view but it is limited to Joe. The readers are aware of Joe’s feelings and thoughts, but not his father’s. The usage of third person allows the readers to focus on both of the characters at the same time. Both Joe and his father preferred each other’s company. Having access to Joe’s thoughts allows the readers to see how special the trip was to him. Joe seems nervous because he does not know how to tell his father…

chronological order because it is the arrangement of things following one after another time. Jacoby wanted the viewers to understand the time era impacted the decision making of creating these parks. If Jacoby organized the book in a different manner, the reader might not be able to follow Jacoby main argument and lose track of what he is trying to say about the content. Two important concepts in the book that reveal Jacoby's sympathy lie are what he terms…

Reading your analysis of these two poems brings so much to real life. Besides your quote "Don't judge a book by its cover", you can also say that you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. People on the surface can be so confident and secure in their own skin when in the public's view, but once they get to the seclusion of their own home they can portray a much different side to their personality. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is the story of a very wealthy man who kills…

The purpose of any author is it reach their intended audience, no matter how powerful the message is it is worthless if it does not reach their desired target. Being able to grab and keep ahold of your audience’s attention can be difficult. Visual descriptions gives the audience a personal connection to hold on to. When an image is shown each person immediately tries to connect it to something in their own lives. Visual tools not only engage the audience, but helps them to understand more…

Winning isn't everything,it's the only thing”-vince Lombardi. This paper will show examples of social sacrifice shown in “Marita's bargain” a short essay by Malcolm Gladwell , sacrifice of other happiness showed in the short story “Next term we’ll mash you”-by Penelope lively, and never being satisfied from my own personal experience. In Marita's Bargain,a short essay by:Malcolm Gladwell. Marita putting her grades first effects time she has to spend with her family, and friends.Some school…

Hailey Delcoure #3 syntax: uses a mixed sentence structure. both elaborate and efficient - lots of description, but it is easy to understand basic action of the story. use of dialogue similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia ○ Example - Pg 99 (narrator) - "Tears filled my eyes, and the walks and the buildings flowed and froze for a moment in the mist, glittering in winter when rain froze on the grass and foliage and turned the campus into a world of whiteness, weighting and bending…

harvesting of the corn and the cotton, peanuts and squash, made each day a golden surprise that caused excited little tremors to run up her jaws” (Walker). When Myop is harvesting there food Walker uses imagery to create this peaceful mood to the readers that the mood was happy and peaceful. The two peices of evidence that I have choosen advertise Walker makeing the mood of the story…