Week 5 12/6/10 – 12/10/10

daddAs we are reading poetry and looking at various parts of poems, can you notice some of the same figurative language in your independent reading? Using your notes from this week, give examples of each of the parts of figurative language we've been discussing.  You may not find all types. If you can’t find any, look at the poem you put on the moodle or the lyrics to your favorite song.  The chart attachment is at the bottom of this page 'Week 5 Blog', use it to set up your blog.   Turn in a "Process Your Process" chart to show us how you tackled this blog. This is also at the bottom of this page.

Figurative language comes in many different types of writing. It could be in story's, feature articles, movies, poem's, and song's.

 We're dancing

our arms forgotten

my tight

embrace 

just my fingertips

nothing but this sea of skin - Metaphor because it's comparing his fingertips to the sea. The sea of skin of his partner.

I'm touching

and the flow or our bodies

toward one side

forward

our two move forward-
There's alliteration because the sentence has the words start with the same sound of fo,flo,to.

and the half turn

yearning

quiet, rapture. Here there is symoblism, the author symbolyses how he's high on extacy by showing the flow of his bodie forward and back side to side like he was so high he couldn't walk at all.  

Figurative can be found in just about anything, it's hard to find, but the thing's you think dont have what you need, are usually the thing's that have the most of what you need.

We've been looking and studying how we relate to our characters and the real world around us. Now it's time to put yourself into your character's shoes. Thinking about the main character of your book, consider what you would do in their situation.  1. What would your reactions be? 2. How would you handle the situation? 3. What would you do differently? Be sure to use complete sentences and EVIDENCE to support your thinking.

I am reading The Book Thief by Markus Suzak. The main character of this book is Liesel Meminger, a girl who looses her family, but joins her new family, the Hubbermans, and makes very good friends. Liesel has been in many situations through out the book, I will be setting into her shoes as I talk about the time when Liesel Meminger beat up a kid at school. Pg's 78- 79 it talks about how Liesel Meminger beat the crap out of this guy at school for making fun of her for not being able to read. My reactions to this would be feeling mad, and having the urge to do something to prevent a young lady, from doing unsophisticated stuff a lady wouldn't normally do. I  had this reaction because I pictured Liesel as my sister, and I wouldn't let anyone in the world disrespect her, even if it where to be a family member. I know because I have done it before, I yelled at my aunt for telling my sister that she was getting fat. Although I my reaction to Liesel's situation was getting mad, I would have handled the problem differently than by fighting I would have handled it a nit more brusque. I would have simply told the kid in a calm firm voice that I didn't like the way he was treating me, and that jerks like him, should get a life and worry about themselves and not making funny regards about me. Instead of beating up the kid I would have done differently and used the power of words to solve the problem. I would do this so I could let my anger out, with out violence, and it would most likely shut the kid up, and I could continue my life satisfied. There's no stronger thing in the world, than with the power of words.