"Ex- Basketball Player " Paragraph

Athletics are important to me eventhough I don't play them because they keep you in shape and people have something to do. Also, if people can't play because they don't have grades, they get motivated to try harder so they can play. Any sport teaches a person a lesson. It teaches people that their is no"I" in team and that they have to work together to win. I think it does prepare young people for life because like I said it teaches them a lesson and some people actually learn something from their experience. As a result athletics are mportant in a young persons life because they stay out of trouble, have something to do, and they achieve great knowledge from it.

Songs Containing Figures of Speech from Boys/Girls#

1.Wordplay by Jason Mraz:
"Cause they need a new song like a new religion"-simile
2.Love Story by Taylor Swift
The whole song is a metaphor.
3.Blackbird by The Beatles
"Take these broken wings and learn to fly"-metaphor
4.Across the Universe by The Beatles
"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup"-simile
5.The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles
"the way troubles seem to be here to stay in Yesterday"-personification
6.Mr.Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
"Mister blue sky please tell us why you had to hide away for so long"-
personification
7.Like a Prayer by Madonna
"When you call my name, it's like a little prayer"-simile
8.Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler
"I can fly higher than an eagle"-metaphor
9.My Guitar Gently Weeps--George Harrison
"while my guitar gently weeps"-personification
10.The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix
"And the wind whispers Mary"-personification.

Similes + Metaphors + Personification = Figurative Language

Metaphors:

1.Love is a journey.

2.Hate is a pit of burning coal inside me.

3.Life is a movie.

4.Friendship is a plant with slow growth.

Similes:

1.Community meeting is like a jumper with little kids laughing.

2.Passes are as fun as a chimp running around in the jungle.

3.The gym is as loud as a mega phone.

4.My house is as calm as a baby sleeping.

Personification:

1.The moon watched me in the darkness.

2.The flower danced in the wind.

3.The phone sang, calling me towards it.

4.The car cried and slowed down.

SPA Poem

I am here because I cannot be suppoted by my dad or my mama,

so now I have to go through the stress and all the drama

Surrounded by potential and surrounded by trees

the adults are knowledgable statues here just for me

the statues will talk the statues will help

they are there when I need them like when I'm having bad health

to me they are like bombs waiting to blow

waiting for the day that I graduate and go

Graph Sherbet Blog Post 2011

I can relate to the "Grape Sherbet" poem because when I was younger my family would get together to celebrate El Dia de lod Muertos meaning The Day of the Dead. I don't have alot of family that has passed away but I do have alot of friends who have lost their lives. The phrases that helped me visualize the poem were "the diabetic grandmother stares from the porch" and " "We thought no one was lying there under our feet, we though it was a joke.” When I would go to a cementary to visit my friends it would suprise me because I couldn't believe that they were gone and were under me and I was standing over them. Imagery helps the reader visualize things that they are describing and helpes them understand what they are reading.

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"I am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca / Classwork

The emotion that "I am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca expresses is love. An example of this is in the poem the writer says "I have nothing to give to you-except love" and it also states that love is all they need. In addition another quote from the poem is “it’s all I have to give, and all anyone needs to live, and to go on living inside, when the world outside no longer cares if you live or die; remember I love you”. That’s why the emotion of this poem is loving.

Remember Homework Paragraph

Line 19-22 on the poem "Remember" do sound logical because what we do and how we act effects everything and everyone around us. An example of this is “remember that you are all people and that all people are you”. This states that everyone is diverse but similar in a way. People are different in many ways from the color of their skin to the way their eyes are shaped but in the end everyone they are similar. In the poem it talks about the people being the whole universe and I agree with that because the people are the world. Everything about the world revolves around humans. So yes I do agree that lines 19-22 are logical.

Paragraph to Persuade You to Read My Poem

The name of my poem is”Heart!We Will Forget Him” by . I recommend someone to read this poem because the way the writer wrote this poem was interesting because she used personification. An exmple of this is that the person in the poem talks to her heart as if it was a person. If a reader doesn’t like reading about love or forgeting someone then I don’t recommend them to read this poem but at the same time the writers strategy of personification is different. The best part of this poem is the way the writer was able to give the heart a human characteristic.

“A Storm in the Mountains” One with Nature

Every time I go hiking I feel like I am one with nature. Everytime I go, I go with different people and go on different hikes. The one time that I really felt I was with nature was when I went on a hike with Desiree and Brian. We went on a hike behind the social workers offices and that is when I had an interesting experience. We were climbing over rocks, some small others big, and the sun was starting to go down. We were going up a mountain and all of a sudden it got quiet and we heard the loud howls of several coyotes. I paused quickly and felt very alert. Another thing that I experienced was holes on rocks that people say were made by natives. I felt proud because I am native and to see things like that and hear animals I feel like I am free. These experiences changed me because I now feel that nature is more important to me.

Poetry Experience Paragraph

In "All The Things I Love About You" by Joanna Fuchs the author sets the mood as loving and affectionate. An example of this is this quote from the poem "I love you for the warm, sweet affection in your eyes", this quote appeals to the sense of sight and makes the person feel warmthheartedness. Another example from the poem is "Reaching out to hold my hand", this quote appeals to the sense of touch. This quote makes the person feel comfort of consolation. Another quote from the poem is "the special smile you save only for me", this quote also appeals to the sese of sight. This qwuote makes the person feel significant and important. The uise of imagery in this poem helps the reader visualize or feel the feelings that are being described.

Imagery in a Selected Poem

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Dream House Paragraph with Imagery

My dream house is a glass mansion. I want my house to be three stories high and have six rooms and six bathrooms. I want to have a front yard and a backyard with a pool that has a water fall, a jacuzzi, and a sauna. I would like my house to have the walls made of glass so that the sunlight could shine into my house in the mornings and in the night the walls would turn black. I would also like my dream house to have all the furniture to be white and the floors made of white granite with sparkles. I would like it to have a threatre room and a party room so when guest come over they have places to stay entertained. I would liek my dream house to be very luxurious and have many things but in order to achieve this I would have to make alot of money and keep going to school.