Final Blogging Reflection

In my previous blog I discussed how one quote can show an incredible amount of information that may possibly be missed without it, how it can also be used to intrigue an audience and also be used as a literary technique.

Identify and Explain the Benefit of the Quote

The quote that I decided to inculde for that certain blogging prompt was a short quote. That quote being, "I have very fond memories actually." (Herbach, pg. 24) This quote benefits the reading of my independent reading novel because it as a reader it allows me to understand that he did actually have good memories in his life, and also that his life wasn't completely terrible. I had chosen this quote becuause it was the only real positive thing that Felton had discussed throughout the novel, up until that point. This quote adds value to my conversation within my blog becuase I later discuss how a short qute can be used as a technique and can alos be used to add voice to your own writing. Utilizing only a short quote allowed me to more thoughtfully anazlyize the underlying details in the text that I would've missed had the writer include a lengthy quote instead. This engages the reader more becasue it allows them to use the context in which the quote is inset to find out more iformation that mey be new to them.

Identify and Discuss Purposeful Diction and Syntax

The diction and syntax choices that I utilized to enhance my voice were a short sentence, asyndenton, and casual diction. The casual diction was used to enhance my voice becuase I feel that you do not always have to use big words to make your own writing style stand out and also that it allows the reader to not feel overwhelmed by the vocabulary.  For example, I keep the vocabulary simple in this section by saying, "his mom sang him all of these distinctive songs as they sat under a star and moon lit sky." This quote enables the audience to freely move about my article and not feel overwhelmed by large words. As for syntax, I used a short sentence that followed the quote, and also an asyndenton. The quote for the asyndenton is, " This line is important to the plot because it foreshadows that this summer will be different form most since his mom isn't taking them camping this summer, his best friend moved to Venezula, a new family moved into his best friend's house." This technique is used to list out events while leaving out conjunctions between phrases. In its coontext it was used to list the events that allowed me to see the foreshadowing of the summer, and was hoping that it would lead others to the same conclusion. 

Technology

The technology that I used in my blog post was a link that lead my audience to another site where they could learn other techniques that would add to their voice and also make their writing more interesting. This benefits my specific audience for that blog post because it can lead them to see new strategies for making their writing more intriguing to others. This allows further thought and consideration by opening their views of how to add voice and make their writing more interesting to new ideas that they may have never been taught before.

The most important line from a chapter is…

    For me the most important line from a chapter would be, "I have very fond memories acutally." (Herbach, pg. 24). This short quote comes from Chapter 5 in Stupid Fast. Although this chapter is only about a page and a half, I feel it gives the audience background on Felton's summer life and what it means to him. For Felton, it means being one thing that he feels he doesn't have. A normal family. 

    When Felton syas that he has good memories of summer he is describing going on the camping trips with his brother and his mom. One example that Felton givees us is when they went camping his freshman year of high school and his mom sang him all of these distinctive songs as they sat under a star and moon lit night sky. He later goes on to say that his mom is a really good mom even though they've had their rough times and the fact that Felton thinks she is really wierd. 

    This line is important to the plot because it foreshadows that this summer will be different from most since his mom is not taking them camping this summer, his best friend moved to Venezuela, a new family moved into his best friend's house. Also I like how Herbach gives such an important line at the beginning of a chapter that is only one sentence long. This is a technique that I feel could be very benefical to not only my writing style, but also everyone else's. 

For more ways on how to make your own writing more interesting, click on the link below: http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/some-tips-to-make-your-writing-more-interesting/

Predictions: Stupid Fast

So I just started reading this book titled Stupid Fast, and there have already been some interesting details that have been shared. One such detail being that Felton Reinstein, the main character, his dad committed suicide when Felton was only 5 years old. I feel that this piece of information will be important later on in the story because he constantly keeps referencing his dad. Also Felton talks about the issues he has had in his life like the anxiety attacks only in school, getting DQ'd (Disqualified) at regionals for track and also once again, his dad.

Some predictions that I have are that Felton will later get a second opportunity to qualify for state and instead of getting disqualified, he will win and move on to the state meets. Another prediction that I have is that he will end up playing high school football because the front cover of the book shows him in a football locker room with shoulder pads on. A third prediction that I have is that his best friend Gus, will not return from Venezuela because his grandma is terminally ill. Due to the fact that she is ill, I feel Gus's mother will want to stay in Venezuela for a while to be with her family. Also due to the inconvenience that Gus is out of the country for the summer Felton has to do his paper route and finds out that a new family is renting the house and Felton then has to deliver paper's to that house as well. But that's beside the point. The point being that my final prediction is that Felton will fall in love with the girl that is staying in Gus's house because he describes her as being beautiful and pleasurable to look at.

A few question that I have come across my mind are, why is Felton's dad committing suicide relevant to any part of the story?, or is the author giving us background information for later in the novel? Also, will there be a relationship between the new girl and Felton, and what will happen if Gus's family does move back into the house?