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Reading/Work Times 

Tuesday Feb 28, 2014- I read over my comments from the paper and I did that for about 30 minutes.
Wednesday Feb. 29, 2014- I read my book for about 30 minutes after school
Friday Feb. 21, 2014- I studied for the poetry test for about an hour.

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras 

by: Bria Turner 

Plop plop plop the sound of the smooth beads 

The coconuts calling your name 

It seems as if the stuffed bears run from you 

Us waiting 

for the next parade 

Kings and Queens 

Actors and Actresses 

You look 

You see 

You wonder

These are the happiest moments 

This is home 

This is life 

This is us 

This is Mardi Gras 

I used sibilance, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. 

Reading Times-

• Monday,February 10, 2014- I read Thirteen Reasons Why for 30 minutes after school 
• Wednesday, February 12, 2014- I read again for about 45 minutes 
• Saturday, February 15, 2014- I read Thirteen Reasons why for about 45 minutes 

Song Analysis

MY SONG: Let it Go by Idina Menzel 
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/idinamenzel/letitgo.html

I first heard this song was in the movie theater. I have always really enjoyed this song. There are multiple different techniques used in this song. One of them that I noticed while analyzing was euphony. I found a lot of sounds that were very pleasing with the letters M or L. This technique was used to make the song sound pleasing to the ear of anyone who heard it. The euphony made it appealing. The next technique I noticed is called onomatopoeia. In this song I heard a lot of sounds that were said such as whirling, howling, and swirling.These words were used to add a  lot of affect on how people knew how she felt. Lastly I noticed alliteration. I saw many vowel sounds that were next to each other. This made the song a little bit more dramatic. All of these techniques give the song a emotional feel. They help show the true emotions of Elsa. 

The soapstone for me in Let it Go was pretty simple. The subject of this song is being free from the previous struggle. The occasion is that sometimes people just want their troubles gone.  Audience is people just watching the movie or just listening to the song. It is also to people who are having a hard time. Purpose is to show that everyone just needs to take a break. The speaker is else. It is in is in first person. The tone is relief. 

Reading Times 2/10

Monday, February 3, 2014- 5 minutes after my Quiz. I read Thirteen Reasons Why

Wednesday-10 minutes of reading at the beginning of class. I also worked about 30 minutes on finalizing my draft. 

Thursday- I read my 10 minutes of Thirteen Reasons Why. 

Friday-I read my 10 minutes again at the beginning of class. I worked on my paper again for another 30 minutes 

Research Paper Draft

In this draft I feel confident in my information. I think that I found a lot of valuable information from the websites that I found. The information was very helpful to me supporting my thesis. To find the information I used my research question which was helpful also. I am a little unsure about my wording and my sentence structure. Even though I worked on it for an hour I feel like it could have been better but I just need a little help with that before I turn my final draft in.

What was easy for me was finding all of the information I needed for supporting my thesis. I found it easy because it of my research question was good so I got good information. Something that was hard was just mechanical errors and trying to fix them. I would just like help with my sentence structure as I mention earlier. I should focus my reading of the feedback on the transitions and how I word things in my paper.

Snow Week

During the snow week, I mostly slept. I didn't do much because it was very cold outside. I really do dislike the cold weather. So while I was at home I did my emergency closing assignments, slept, and watched netflix. I woke up on morning and I was really excited because it was snowing. I went outside and it was a let down because the only thing that had snow was on my roof so I couldn't build a mini snowman. I was pretty sad about that so I just went back and finished my assignments

Reading and work times detailed-

1. January 28, 2014 
• I worked on transferring my detailed outline into a rough draft. I spent about 45 minutes doing that.
• I also read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher for about 30 minutes
2. January 29, 2014
• I worked on my rough draft again. I was filling in details in the paper that had "gaps" in them. This was for about 60 minutes 
• I read Thirteen Reasons Why again for about 45 minutes
3. January 30, 2014 
• On January 30th I worked on my paper. I looked for grammar errors and worked on my sentence structure. This took about an 60 minutes 
• Also on this day I read my book again for 45 minutes.