Reading

I read Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel I finished it in about 3.5 hours

Reading Log

I read Shadow be Jenny Moss I finished it in 2.5 hours

Song Analysis

I'm doing Umbrella by Rihanna feat Jay-Z.


There are some paradox's in this song like "Rain Man is back with little Ms. Sunshine". It adds emphasis and makes it stand out. It's like opposites that contrast with each other.
There is enjambment in how the lyrics are written which changes how you read and hear it. It gives it room to breath if you were singing or saying it out loud.
Some alliteration is included and this helps it flow and rhyme. The overall effect is nice and easier to sing.
The tone is serious or loving along with the subject being love. The audience is her fans or the person she's singing to. The purpose is to entertain or convey her emotions to or about someone. The occasion could be relationship problems or she just needed to write another song.




http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rihanna/umbrella.html

My Poem

The Family and The Apple Trees
By Alex Daverede

The cellar door swung freely on freshly oiled hinges

It's shadow swinging and shifting in the breeze

While the apple trees stand tall in the field

A car grinds to a halt on the harsh gravel way

Its engine sputtering and rust screeching

The apple trees soon find themselves under attack from small hands

Reaching up for filling fresh fruit grabbing at branches

The red apples like beacons through the foliage falling from the assault

They sit with there bounty in there wreckage under the shade eating there fill

While the father shuts the cellar door gently relishing the breeze blowing through the field

Knowing all is well here under the clear blue sky with his family

The youngest child shyly offers her father an apple

The ripest she found, he accepts the apple and pats her head

The mother walks in the tiny home and starts to tidy up

The children run and play while the parents cook and clean

They try to climb the apple tree to search for more treasure to share

Seeing no ruby red only emerald green they admit defeat

And seeing the sun sinking slowly trudge toward there home

techniques: Euphony, Cacophony, Sibilance, Onomatopoeia

Reading Log 2/3/14

I read Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith I finished it 3 hours


(I had this done on time but it was saved as a draft sorry)

Reading log

I read Extras by Scott Westfield I finished it  4 hours

Research Draft

I think my draft is okay. I was worried it wouldn't be long enough at first because I had about two pages done; then I checked the formatting we needed to have it in and the spacing between to lines made it a lot longer and now I'm a little worried it could be to long or I will have to be more general or something. I might need to change a few things to make it flow more because now the transitions aren't very good. I had a lot of information that's easy to work with but putting it together and paraphrasing it is kind of hard. It was sort of fun writing and having all these details to write with; kind of like writing a story or compiling everything. I would like you to focus on how well my paper flows and maybe the order of things.