Along For The Ride Novel Reflection

Have you ever try reading Sarah Dessen's books about love, friendship and family? You might think they are lame, but... if you pick up those books for once, I'll bet, you can't put them down, unless, you don't care about your social life. In this Blog Post, I will present you the book called "Along For The Ride" by Sarah Dessen. Please enjoy your stay! If you have a broken family, you might not feel sorry for Auden, because she is the same like you. I don't mean to compare or contrast or anything that might misunderstand you, but Auden's parents divorced and ever since so, she couldn't sleep. It's been long since Auden slept at night. She couldn't even remember how long it was. If you don't have a broken family, you might feel sorry for her, because you've never experience what a broken family is. Happy for you! I don't want to go anymore further because I might give out the whole story and the ending, and you won't try to read it anymore, but... when I picked up this book about 1 months ago, I read it like crazy, it was sooo goooooooooooood I couldn't express all of my feeling. Oh well, read it now or it will be to late! Enjoy reading.

SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT WOULD NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT

1. How does Shel Silverstein use exaggeration (hyperbole) to create humor?
- Shel Silvertein used hyperbole to create humor. He wrote sentences like: "The garbage reached across the state, from New York to the Golden Gate" and "It cracked the window and blocked the door "; these sentences seems like they are NOT real, which means fiction. So, Mr. Silvertein create humor to make us attract to the poem and make us laugh. Very interesting.

2. Find three examples of alliteration in the poem.
- Alliteration means the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter. For example, "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" or "Crusts of black burned buttered toast" and "Prune Pits, Peach Pits, and Orange Peels".

3. What is the theme of the poem? Do you think Silverstein is serious about his message or having fun? Explain your answer.
- I think the theme of this poem is laziness. Silverstein is also serious because he wanted to deliver the poem to every kids in this world, to tell that DON'T BE LAZY, OR YOU WILL REGRET. He also wanted to tell us that don't harm the environment, keep it clean, nice and neat.

1. The rent man and Madam seem to disagree throughout the poem. Yet, the last line is “So we agrees!” How can that be?
- It's because they are agreeing that they are not happy either ways.
2. Infer What do you think is the message of “Madam and the Rent Man”?
- I think the message of this poem is related to racism, because Madam is a black women and the Rent Man is a white man, so when the Madam asked that could the Rent Man fix her rented house, he promised to do it, but then he didn't.
3. Analyze How does the author’s use of playful language and dialogue affect the tone of “Madam and the Rent Man”?
- The author used many metaphors and idioms to make the poem be more attractive!

Rose That Grew From the Concrete by Tupac Shakur Questions

• 1. What is concrete? Explain, using imagery, what it looks, feels, smells, tastes and sounds like.
- Concrete is a construction material that we use to build houses, companies,... It's very hard, dirty and taste disgusting. It doesn't have a scent and a sound, so I can't hear or smell anything from it.

• 2. What is a rose? Using imagery to explain it.
- Rose is a kind of flower that stands for love and betrayal in the flower language. It has a nice, wonderful scent and the flower petals are so soft, but its stem has a lot of thorns so we have to be careful when we touch the flower. It tastes sweet and has a natural taste. It doesn't have a sound so I can't hear anything either.

• 3. What is the tone of this poem?
- The tone of this poem sounds strong, hopeful and a bit sad.

• 4. What is the message of the poem?
- It seems that Tupac Shakur wanted to tell us that whatever you are different from others by the appearance or where you are from, you are still who you are, learning things by yourself without help and standing up on your own from a fall.

• 5. What figurative language does the poet use?
- Tupac Shakur used Metaphor to tell the different between the rose that grew from the concrete and the other roses that grew from the pots, the grounds,... To me roses that grew from different places are still roses; just like black people and white people are still human no matter what skin color they have.

Changes by Tupac Shakur Questions

1. What is the tone of the song?
- The tone of the song are sad and angry.

2. What imagery does Tupac use?
- He used the words to create a scene that is happening around him.

3. What figurative language does he use?
- He used onomatopoeia and rhyming.

4. Make a Text to Self connection.
- When I was young, I met a friend who was from the United State, and she was black. I thought that she's not from our country, so we don't play with her. But when I read the poem and the book I found in the Library earlier this year, I felt so bad for her, and suddenly I just wanted to hug her so much and say sorry to her. I really regret that I didn't play with her.

5. Make a Text to Text connection.
- I used to read a book about Human's Rights in the Library and it was talking about what rights do we have. There are many rights, but mainly, the book wrote about racism, at first I thought "I don't know what Racism means, let's turn the page" but then as I read along, I understand Racism better and see that it's a REALLY BAD THING, and I should never racist. When we read the poem in class, it reminds me of the book.

6. Make a Text to World connection.
- When I read the poet, I thought about black people who were treated badly by the white people because the white people were racing the black people just because they don't have the same skin color.

Amulet: The Stonekeeper N.R

Amulet is a series, and "The Stonekeeper" is book one. It was really good and I really like it. It's about a family when the moved to a new house to start a new life. When they were cleaning up their grandpa old house to start moving in, Emily found a necklace with a beautiful pink stone in it. It attracted her so much that she wore it on her neck. After that, on the very first night, their mom got kidnapped and they met their grandpa in his secret hideouts with robots that he invented to assist him. It has a very cool story line, and plot that hocked me up. You can find it in the library in the Graphic Novel Shelf. I hope you will enjoy the Amulet series.