Final Reflection

Emmaline Russell
For my final reflection I decided to use my Blizzard Bag blog. In this post I feel that I used exemplary voice. One example is, "If I am reading something (that in my opinon) is boring, it can be torturous." This shows my personality simply becasue it is my opinon. The format of this sentence is not commonly written. More examples of voice in my post is "If a book is too ordinary I ussually toss it." and,"Even though I am very busy I always enjoy kicking back and reading a good book." Too me this is all my voice. It shows my personality because it sounds like something that would naturally come out of my mouth. I'm not trying to sound sophisticated. I'm not trying to impersonate anyone. I'm just writing down my thoughts and opinions.

I decided to use mostly informal diction. That way I could expand my audience because it would be highly comprehendible. However I din't strain away from my love of using a high vocabulary. I included formal diction by using words such as "conventions", "torturous"and, "despise". My sentence structure is all over the place. None of it is consistent. I don't think I have a punctation trade mark either. I would say that most of my diction is abstract. I include lots of characteristics like, "complex", "prejudging", "admire", "despise" and, "controlling".  However I also use concrete words such as, 'book", "title", "lacrosse", "school work", "bean bag" and, "chapter". Overall I think I included a lot of different techniques in my blog post.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Blizzard Blog

I really like independent reading. I just finished reading A Walk to Remember and I'm about to start reading Divergent. I like independent reading because you get to experience new things while staying cozy on your bean bag. I get to go to futuristic societies and learn their conventions. I get to watch the sappy love novels of Nicholas Sparks unfold in my lap. I can go anywhere anytime and learn anything. My imagination is able to make me a movie, a new scene every chapter. Most of all I can escape from everyday life. Trade out all the school work, lacrosse, and occasional drama for adventures. My vocabulary expands with every page. Don't get me wrong, I really only enjoy reading if I like the book. If I am reading something that (in my opinion) is boring, it can be torturous. I usually don't end up reading the entire book, just snippets and sections that hold my attention and then I skip to the last 50 pages. If a book is too ordinary I usually toss it. A book can't be something I would be able to experience everyday.

To me a good book has to have one of the following; take place in the past or future, action... lots of action, at least one extreme point of view, a controlling force, a complex protagonist with layers that the reader rips off, the characters can't ask too many questions that is just annoying, the plot actually has to be substantial, If the plot isn't substantial then the characters need to make up for it, a character that I admire in someway, a character that I absolutely despise, a tiny hint of romance, MYSTERY, history, and lastly I have to relate in somehow. A bad habit I have is prejudging a book. I know probably one of the worst thing you could do as a reader but it is easy to. Titles, cover pages, even the first couple of lines can ruin a book for me. However without reading my life would be very boring. Even though I am very busy I always enjoy kicking back and reading a good book.