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__**My favorite poetic device in literature is...**__
 * Imagery from //The Art of Racing in the Rain//: **"They were no longer people to me. They were now the Evil Twins. Evil, horrible, dastardly people who stuffed themselves with burning hot peppers in order to fuel the bile in their stomachs. When they laughed, flames shot out of their noses. They were not worthy of life, these people. They were disgusting creatures, nitrogen-based life forms that lived in the very darkest corners of the very deepest lakes where there is no light and the pressure crushes everything to sand; deep, dark places where oxygen would never dare venture."** I love the imagery here because I think it's very well executed and gives the grandparents of Zoe a very unpleasant image. I couldn't have said it better myself. The grandparents are doing everything in their power to take custody of their granddaughter, even if they know they are destroying her. The images the author uses to depict them is perfect.

__**My favorite characterization in literature is...**__
 * Lady Macbeth from //Macbeth// where Lady Macbeth is portrayed as an extremely ambitious character: **" Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't"** and the part where she says **"unsex me now."** I really like the way "flower" and the "serpent" are used in here. They are so different, and it's used very effectively to convey that you have to play dirty to get what you want. You have to show your nice side to conceal your true intentions, and this is who Lady Macbeth is. The way she wants to be "unsexed" is wierd but she says it to help give herself a monstrous sort of trait so she can commit the crime.

__**My favorite quote in literature is...**__
 * //The Kite Runner//: **"There is a way to be good again."** Although this recurring quote from "The Kite Runner" is really short and simple, it proves to be very powerful in the text and in real life. This is the reason why I like it. You kind of do have to sacrifice yourself with something of equal worthy/pain.

__**My favorite dialogue in literature is...**__
 * //The Bluest Eye//: **"'What are you all doing? Oh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Playing nasty, huh? .... I'd rather raise pigs than some nasty girls. Least I can slaughter them!'" "' No mama. No, ma'am. We wasn't! .... No, ma'am, Mama!'" "'Gonna be nasty, huh? Naw you ain't! ....You too!... Child of mine or not!"** I've always thought the dialogue/diction was very funny and I still do. The reason I find it funny is because of the way Mrs. Macteer is so serious with her kids. She compares their supposed "nastiness" to being dirtier than a pig. Through this, we see the strict mom Mrs. Macteer is and the way she wants to raise proper children.

__**My favorite theme in literature is...**__ __﻿__ __**A favorite line of my own writing is...**__ __**My favorite poetic device of my own is...**__
 * //The Giver// being your own self: In this text, the characters live in community in which everything is perfect and planned out. The people in charge of this community control who you are, who you are to become, and even who your family members are. In the end, Jonas breaks free of this community with Gabriel, the innocent little boy the elders wanted dead, and he learns to think for himself. He becomes his own person. I like this theme of being whoever you want to be because it applies to our lives as well. You can't be the way others want you to be.
 * "**This volcano keeps bleeding red anger, But I must keep coloring**" I really like this line because it ties my feelings about coloring all together. After giving many hints about volcanic activity, those two lines finally say that I feel like a bubbling volcano on the inside. But even so, I must keep coloring since I have no choice. I also think that it could be interpreted in other ways.
 * is the imagery from my candy poem //Reeses Pieces//. "**The layer of blazed metallic unfolding, Tinkling with the slightlest touch**". I really like how it seems like I'm talking about something else. It sounds nice, kind of celestial.

__**A setting I would write about is...**__
 * The typical high school environment and the new chapter that awaits graduating seniors. When we graduate, we are all going to have to get more serious and step it up a notch. In high school, it kind of seemed like all fun and games, but it can't entirely be like that in college. I think I would even like to write about a nature scene.

__**A conflict I would write about is...**__
 * about a situation where it's man vs nature.

__**A theme I would like to address is...**__
 * about being strong and not letting anything get in your way. No matter how terrible life may seem at the moment, there will always be a way out.

//Red //
 * FIVE POEMS:**
 * Poem number 1: //Red//**
 * I got inspired to write this poem about my extreme hate for coloring. In my medical careers class, I have been getting thick packets of different body systems nonstop, and I have to color every different little organ part. I've been coloring almost every day, and I can't stand it. This poem reflects how all this coloring makes me feel....**

All of this coloring Bubbles inside me I can’t explain my hate But no matter what I do—I cannot hide I must keep coloring

All of this coloring Builds mounting pressure It whispers my pain Readying to debut I must keep coloring

All of this coloring Runs with peril It radiates crimson red Sloping down the land I must keep coloring

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All of this coloring <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Burns the air <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It knowingly succeeds <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Trying to spread its word <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I must keep coloring

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All of this coloring <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It engulfs the valley <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It glares down life— <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This volcano keeps bleeding red anger <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But I must keep coloring


 * Poem Number 2: //The Demon//**
 * I wrote this poem about my 7 month old puppy who takes it to the extreme when playing. And now that the weather is nice, all she wants to do is play tag. I'm always "it" and it is always my duty to try and catch her.**

//The Demon//

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There is a demon <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She knows my tumbling feet <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She somehow knows wherever I sneak <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I lunge, I spark her more fun <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In a step and she is gone <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Grinning and wagging her tail <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Implying that I have failed <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She gracefully gallops along <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As our forces rage on <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">she simply twirls about <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But little does she know that this has only begun <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">She is wasting her time <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I do not plan to redeem


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Poem Number 3: //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A New Beginning //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I wrote this sonnet about reflecting on high school and getting ready for the change that is awaiting us seniors..... College **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A New Beginning //

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A brand new door way opens for us all <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Doors full of history finally close <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now’s not the time to act like a goofball <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It is finally time to act like pros

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Since day one it was completely easy <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Little homework, it was all fun and game <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now, big loads of homework make us queasy <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The saying’s true, nothing will stay the same

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Our time has come, it is time to leave <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Say our goodbyes to this dear old home <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">History will finally get to weave <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All in this academic superdome

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Let us start strong and prevent a big fuss <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">For a blank chapter is awaiting us

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Poem number 4: //This Night//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I wanted to write a poem about nature, and this is it. I don't know why I decided to include a barn yard si nce I've never been in one or seen one in person, but I did. I got my inspiration from the night sky when I go to the middle of nowhere in Michigan. **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This Night //

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Stars glare upon me <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Like starving mountain lions <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The speckles of light <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Even brighten <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Not a cloud puff in sight <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What could have caused this delight <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">For the moon has never been this divine

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There’s a bleak, barren barn <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Full of life inside <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It shelters sheep <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">While they serenely sleep <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">From the blowing cornstalks <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To the unwanted teeth <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This rotting haven is all they need

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As dawn approaches, slowly departs the moon <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Taking the twinkles too <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Crickets put an end to their never ending tune <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The morning light bombards onto life

**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Poem Number 5: //Evil Twins// ** **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Because my mind went dry when thinking about another poem topic to write about, I decided to write about a book I have read. I was so close to writing about //The Bluest Eye//, but I decided to write about //The Art of Racing in the Rain// instead. I chose to write about the grandparents who were trying to revoke their granddaughter from her father, and their intentions make me sick. “Evil Twins” is what the narrator labels them with. I couldn’t agree more. **

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Evil Twins //

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sinister <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Repulsive creatures <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Products of profound evil, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">An evil of no extent—an evil which defies gravity <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fugitives from the pit of hell <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Nitrogen-based life forms <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">From the deepest depths of a putrid lake— <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Together, they are the evil twins

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">These creatures foster a will to take <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To reek havoc, a will to destroy <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To shatter a bond between a parent and child <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To snatch a little girl from the arms of her father, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The one who truly loves her <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All by pursuing his end, <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Like a ruthless anaconda constricting its prey <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">They drain him financially until he’s no more

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">These creatures— <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Oh, they are good at this game <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But they forgot one thing: <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Denny is the master in the art of racing in the rain <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Their limits had gone too far, their plan fell apart <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And the truth surfaced into the light <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The evil twins—these creatures— were the ones to fall <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">They were the ones to lose it all