Maria was a senior in high school. Her plans after high school was to go to lone star college to do 2 years of basics, then transfer to Sam Houston University. Maria was excited to graduate high school because she was going to be to be the first child of her family to get a high school diploma but also be the first one of her family to go to college. Maria had big dreams.
In the book Abduction by Peg Kehret, Ruth is one of the characters, and is remembering her old dog Max. She is having these memories since she now has a new dog, and is taking care of him. This is creates a mood since Ruth loved her old dog and is grateful to have another one. The mood that is being created is excitement. I can tell that she is excited since she says “It'll be good for us to have a dog again.”
She uses extreme cases, such as one in which someone got valedictorian by having a GPA with a “‘difference of .00154’” to push her point that the old way of choosing valedictorian by GPA causes a lot of problems, looping back to her argument, and pulling the reader in with her appeal to logos. In these stories she tells about valedictorian horror stories, they
She uses personal stories (pathos) well to pull on readers’ heart strings, as well as using word choice to portray a fearful mood. The first thing the author talks about in this essay is the conflict of whether or
In the informational article by Jacqueline Adams, ‘’The Stripes Will Survive’’. The author explains how Siberian tigers are in danger and how to solve the problem. In Cleveland Ohio Metroparks Zoo some visitors get a glimpse of these rare cubs that are in danger of going extinct like other tigers. The people at the Zoo Are trying to not have tigers go extinct from jungles and pair up with The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) to help them keep the tiger from going extinct. The Zoo finally sets up a place for the tigers to roam like they are in the wild.
In this Quote the author explains how she feels about the story she
Thesis Statement: In the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, Sal changes significantly from a lot of external forces in her life. Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” This quote really relates to Sal because when her mother left she was a mess and it was hard for her. Later, she moved and more things changed and things happened that she didn't expect to happen.
In Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, two characters are chasing their dream. They run into societal conflicts that do not allow them to reach their goal in life. In the novel, there is a range of categories that all the characters fit under. The category that has the most characters in it is bullied. The reader can feel sorry for the characters who are bullied, which are Curley’s wife and Crooks.
The Slip-Over Sweater is a short story written by Jesse Stuart. It is about a boy who realizes that people should not judge others by how they look but how they act. Shan wants to impress a girl names Jo-Anne but then realizes at the end of the short story that he is really in love with Grace, his best friend since he was a little boy. Grace and Jo-Anne are very different characters and have very different personalities.
Her complete personality change also brings about a new feeling of job security and security in herself as a person, knowing that she now was one of
She understands the physical appearance of uniforms may not be up to people’s standards, but tries to persuade readers that it is more than just looks when it comes to them. Spencer keeps an anticipated emotion throughout this piece to show the benefits of these uniforms when it comes to a students education and atmosphere of a school.
While reading the story, it was clear that Mrs. Mallard was happy for the beginning of her new life and the start of freedom. Chopin uses descriptive diction throughout the story, such as irony, symbol,
Even the detail in first part of story are full of emotions even though they are not real. By using such great detail in the first part of the story, it thricks the reader in thinking that what she is telling is what really happen to her. In the beginning of the story she talks about what happen to her, “My blood was on the front of this man’s clothes.” Which the reader can imagine this scene really easily. She explains every event with great detailed thought the whole story.
In order to give the reader a sense of the strong emotions that overcome a person in times of great pain, she personifies what is happening on the
Marta Salinas’ realistic fiction story “The scholarship Jacket”, takes place at a small school in Texas. Martha, a straight A plus student, was finally in 8th grade, her year to receive the valedictorian jacket. There are many troubles leading up to Martha receiving the jacket, such as the teachers changing the policy to make her pay $15. This changed the meaning of the jacket because it was no longer a reward. Marta Salinas created the theme that hard work pays off, she displays this theme by showing how Martha feels with point of view, and foreshadowing.
