Yes the emoticon is extremely necessary! This is my last currently post that I will ever make for this class. I have yet to decide if I will continue my blog after this class and have spent a long time thinking about it. When I first started this class I WAS NOT a committed reader. I only read my school books half the time and I never read for leisure. I would only read when it was required and I would only read in places that were noisy so I never got into the works whatsoever. During this semester I did all sorts of reading from Tina Fey’s Bossypants to Stephen King’s The Gunslinger. It was quite to my surprise that any book I picked up I enjoyed for, and for the most part it was extremely easy to fill my weekly quota. In a few cases I finished my reading for a whole week in one sitting. I actually read an entire book in one setting this semester which is something that I have never done in my entire life (not counting story books). Most of the time I found myself reading whenever I got a break from other homework, practice, and work. I discovered that while I was reading I did not have the urge to check facebook or send a few text messages. I would be so into my reading that sometimes I would look at the clock and notice that hours had pasts that just felt like minutes. I talked to my parents about my most recent readings be Stephen King, because they were interested in reading it too, which I think is pretty cool.
Friday, November 11, 2011
The Gunslinger takes the Final Bow :D
Well this is officially my last blog posts. I feel like I never have any time to blog, but when I find the time its really fun! I am somewhat upset that after this it will be over. Right now I am in the process of reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I ended up starting this series by randomly picking up the second book The Drawing of the Three, which is a very creepy but awesome book. I liked it so much that I have decided that I am going to read the whole series, and I put the next few books on my Christmas List! I sure hope Santa delivers! While reading the first book I learned more about the characters in the second book, especially the gunslinger. (No kidding right?) I also learned about some of the characters that came up in the second book that I had no clue who they were and what there part played. So through all of this jumble I have learned that you should always read a series in order otherwise you don't get the whole story. Blogger Dalton over and out!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Currently from 11/4/11
*Mr. Hill I realized that my currently post did not save from last week so this is it*
Sentences of the Week:
1. "Dizzying constellations, cold fire in every primary hue."
- The Gunslinger, Stephen King
2. "Lend me your wings, bird. I'll spread them and fly on the thermals."
- The Gunslinger, Stephen King
3. "It had been four days, and they had gone by in a blinking haze. He ate. He slept. He had sex with Allie."
- The Gunslinger, Stephen King
This week was mostly about nice dreamy pictures. I especially like the first one because I can imagine a star in each of the primary colors and its just beautiful.
Sentences of the Week:
1. "Dizzying constellations, cold fire in every primary hue."
- The Gunslinger, Stephen King
2. "Lend me your wings, bird. I'll spread them and fly on the thermals."
- The Gunslinger, Stephen King
3. "It had been four days, and they had gone by in a blinking haze. He ate. He slept. He had sex with Allie."
- The Gunslinger, Stephen King
This week was mostly about nice dreamy pictures. I especially like the first one because I can imagine a star in each of the primary colors and its just beautiful.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Close Reading Bingo
1. "This lower diction gives the reader the idea that the author is trying to reach out to the everyday person."
From Chillin In The Nyle. He uses "the reader" and breaks rule number four.
2. "Comparing the black handrails, "like the radians of black luster," shows the way he is able to control his writing."
From Back of the Napkin blog. He uses the word "shows" and breaks rule number 6.
3. "Baker describes the escalators themselves that rise to his office, “They were the free-standing kind: a pair of integral sins swooping upward between the two floors they served without struts or piers to bear any intermediate weight.”
From The Lost Message of Words He uses a long quotation and breaks rule number two.
4. "It also seems manipulating and compulsive like there is a hidden problem within the character that is expressed through sharp abrasive language."
From Apples to Apples He switches to past tense and breaks rule number seven.
Best Example
From InsideOut
The highly descriptive and scholarly diction, the almost philosophical and appreciative tone inserted into Nicholson Baker's connotation, and the harmonious flow ringing throughout the first page of his novel, instill dreamy, practically romantic admiration for the mezzanine Baker speaks of, as this first page is read. Define Mezzanine: [mez-uh-neen, mez-uh-neen] the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater, or in this case, an office building (perhaps, I have not read this book). Baker elaborates on the mezzanine, the centerpiece of his novel, with a subtle passion, as he begins his journey to his office. He observes a "needly area of shine . . . [fall] against their brushed-steel side-panels" and the "long gloss highlights" waver on the black rubber handrails-- and he is amazed. He adores these simple flecks of beauty that he comes across in his office building (?) and he watches them with fanciful amusement, absorbing each simple elegance with the a happy heart.
From Chillin In The Nyle. He uses "the reader" and breaks rule number four.
2. "Comparing the black handrails, "like the radians of black luster," shows the way he is able to control his writing."
From Back of the Napkin blog. He uses the word "shows" and breaks rule number 6.
3. "Baker describes the escalators themselves that rise to his office, “They were the free-standing kind: a pair of integral sins swooping upward between the two floors they served without struts or piers to bear any intermediate weight.”
From The Lost Message of Words He uses a long quotation and breaks rule number two.
4. "It also seems manipulating and compulsive like there is a hidden problem within the character that is expressed through sharp abrasive language."
From Apples to Apples He switches to past tense and breaks rule number seven.
Best Example
From InsideOut
The highly descriptive and scholarly diction, the almost philosophical and appreciative tone inserted into Nicholson Baker's connotation, and the harmonious flow ringing throughout the first page of his novel, instill dreamy, practically romantic admiration for the mezzanine Baker speaks of, as this first page is read. Define Mezzanine: [mez-uh-neen, mez-uh-neen] the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater, or in this case, an office building (perhaps, I have not read this book). Baker elaborates on the mezzanine, the centerpiece of his novel, with a subtle passion, as he begins his journey to his office. He observes a "needly area of shine . . . [fall] against their brushed-steel side-panels" and the "long gloss highlights" waver on the black rubber handrails-- and he is amazed. He adores these simple flecks of beauty that he comes across in his office building (?) and he watches them with fanciful amusement, absorbing each simple elegance with the a happy heart.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Currently
This week I read 102 pages of Stephen King's The Drawing of the Three.
Style Mapping Top 3 Winners:
1. "It pays no heed to the way that words sound together and has extraordinarily little figurative language. There was not a single word I had to look up or ask about, not even the Spanish parts and I took French."
From Less Than Three. This is the winner I think she uses great wit when she talks about how unfigurative the language is
2. "The language used in Tina Fey's Bossy pants on page 37, was very juvinalian. It was vulgar, common and blunt."
From That Peruvian Chick. I can relate to this because I have read the book also and it is pretty hilarious
3. "Suzzane Collins wrote The Hunger Games. In this book she is highly straightforward with her words. She does not beat around the bush. She is scholarly , archaic and sometimes senuous with her work."
From Skittles Train. I just like that she said beat around the bush.
Style Mapping Top 3 Winners:
1. "It pays no heed to the way that words sound together and has extraordinarily little figurative language. There was not a single word I had to look up or ask about, not even the Spanish parts and I took French."
From Less Than Three. This is the winner I think she uses great wit when she talks about how unfigurative the language is
2. "The language used in Tina Fey's Bossy pants on page 37, was very juvinalian. It was vulgar, common and blunt."
From That Peruvian Chick. I can relate to this because I have read the book also and it is pretty hilarious
3. "Suzzane Collins wrote The Hunger Games. In this book she is highly straightforward with her words. She does not beat around the bush. She is scholarly , archaic and sometimes senuous with her work."
From Skittles Train. I just like that she said beat around the bush.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Style Mapping
In the excerpt from Stardust the words contains a very straight-forward description of a town named Wall that has a very primitive feel with huts instead of houses and tracks instead of roads. The language is very common and familiar with words like building, tree, and house. The diction is neither very musical nor very harsh. It is somewhere in the middle. Contrasting from this the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian the diction is very high and I don't think I know what all the words mean such as swale and sprent. The words flow sort of like it’s a poem but the words are very harsh such as gnashing, thunderclap and bitter. The excerpt from Stephen King's The Drawing of the Three uses very low and vulgar words to describe a man’s despicable predicament. The words are very picturesque I can even imagine what King describes. The excerpt uses both harsh and musical words for a nice mix that makes it flow.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Quarterly
So far this semester I have read a total of about 4 books which i probably the most I have read in a long time! I have found a new author that I really enjoy and I think next semester I am going to challenge myself to complete his series, The Dark Tower. I started on the second book so I still need to go back and read the first one before I move on to the rest. I haven't had a lot of time to read recently so I have only been trying to read minimums so I am going to try and read extra next semester.
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