Reflection

My topics were transcendentalism and my memoir. For my nature essay (transcentdentalism) I was trying to relate my thoughts to Emerson and Thoreau and how they felt about nature. Although that wasn't all too hard considering I agree with most of their theories and basic principles. The main idea of my memoir was to just describe the scare we had at the alligator pitt on my beach trip a year ago. During both pieces I learned using specific examples and brush strokes while writing like its the present tense is very important to connect readers to your peice. I learned the more personal and descriptive you make it the better it is. I had to go back and fix some of my comma's in my pieces and I also had to fix some spelling errors! For instance, I had an awful time with the word lay and its tense in my nature essay. Who I learned from: Jessica Garner (http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dhn2ck7j_3dszqqc&hl=en) did a wonderful job of using figurative language! I just love the way she describes things! "Mysterious and all-knowing, the woods beckon you under it's cool and shady undergrowth as if to reveal to you its secrets." I thought this statement was not only incredibly true but very descriptive like you could almost envision a GINORMOUS forrest when you read it. Anna Statsny had a very funny voice in hear writing! It wasn't at all boring and that is an important thing if you want people to actually read your piece! "The air was filled with excitement and the smell of guys who had put on too much cologne." That statement really gave me a little chuckle I ain't gone lie to you. http://annabananacabana.blogspot.com/ Hunter Burgess' Scarelet letter piece has a very creative and interesting beginning by relating such a common thing in such a clever way. After all its important for you to get the readers attention first thing when their reading your piece. "Letters are everywhere. Whether it be on Superman's chest or in you alphabet soup. The human language is made up of twenty-six different letters. Letters make up words, words make up sentences, and sentences make up stories." http://hunterburgess.blogspot.com/