Jonathan

My favorite poetic device in literature is the use of irony in __//Romeo and Juliet//__, Shakespeare imploys irony very well in the last act. Juliet drinks the potion which makes her appear dead in order to live with Romeo, but Romeo is unaware of her plans and takes his own life when he discovers she's dead. I like the use of irony because it adds a sense of human nature.
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My favorite characterization in literature is the narrator in the //__Tell-Tale Heart__//. Through first-person thoughts, the narrator is characterized very effectively as an insane man, who believes that he isn't. I like this characterization style because it really shows the way in which the narrator is mentally unstable while is unaware of his own madness. __**Quote**__
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee...

This is one of my favorite quotes in literature because of its ability to convey a woman's beauty without directly expressing what she looks like. I just like to see that even William Shakespeare was a flirt. The way in which Shakespeare continues to put his subject's beauty above all other beautiful things shows his utter awe. __**Dialogue**__ My favorite dialogue in literature is conversation between and Amir and Baba in __//The Kite Runner.//__This is the major conversation in the novel where we learn of Baba's values and what he expects of his son. This idea of "theft" being the worst sin drives a lot of Amir's character throughout the novel.

My favorite theme in literature is the idea that crime or evil doesn't pay.
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__**A favorite line of my own writing is...**__ "Standing there, his broad shoulders a fortress against the unforgivable wind, his curly hair being flipped and pulled, waiting for a never-coming taxi but waiting non-the-less." __**My favorite poetic device of my own is...**__ "Sitting in its clear attire, teasing me to undress it." I thought this was a good example of personification for the candy poem. __**My favorite characterization of my own is...**__ "This eagerly impatient child, whose eyes cannot sit still and mouth is blotched with his food from breakfast, sat there wailing like he was a character in a scary movie, expecting his mother to fold like a lawn chair as she always did." __**A setting I would write about is...**__ a setting in the roman era. I have always been fascinating by the culture of Rome and the things that come along with it. The Roman government, with an emperor and senate has always been intriguing to me. I also like the idea of the Roman's military, fighting side by side for one purpose. __**A conflict I would write about is...**__ an issue dealing with the people of a nation having a revolution against a tyranical government of our era. I like the way in which our founding fathers fought for their beliefs against Britain, and transferring that idea to our era should be interesting. __**A theme I would like to address is...**__ a theme that deals with living your life to the fullest right now. I know that we only get one chance at life, and I believe we should enjoy every minute of it. Most people worry too much about their problems, but I would like to write about a theme that proves that life is a gift.