Independent Reading Check-In One 25 Point Formative Assessment
Title of Your Independent Reading Book: Letting Ana Go
What page have you read to? 150
How do you know when you’ve encountered “good writing”? What comes to mind when you think of “good writing”? Think of a line from a book, poem, song, article, letter or other source that you’ve read and consider good writing. Why is this line striking? What did this line make you feel?
I consider “good writing” a line full of description, but not too long. All of the ideas are compacted into one short segment that contains a ton of detail allowing you to truly visualize what is happening in the story. A line that comes to mind when I think of “good writing” is the opening line of a Tale of
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Two Cities By Charles Dickens. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way." When I first read this line I was a bit confused on what it really meant, but after reading the book to its entirety, I realized that that line was very significant and Dickens did an amazing job of summing up the story in the perfect way.
A Tale of Two cities had many contrasts to it and after reading the story and going back, this opening line helped me visualize everything that occurred and put it into a new perspective for …show more content…
me. Read the two articles linked below. React to each. Consider both the content of the article and the writing itself. From 'The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington' Reaction: After reading this article I noticed how fiction based the story by Leonora Carrington was, but it carried a message that is applicable to many people. Sometimes it is better to keep things the way they are rather than trying to fix them because in Mr. Gregory’s case, he ended up with a worse outcome. Many people have different problems, but instead of trying to change it, just accept it and find ways around the problem that work for you. The writing itself was very descriptive and used great words such as deranged and culminating, which made the fiction story seem more mature. From 'Supercut,' By Lorde Reaction: After reading this article is seems like the author is comparing technology over the years and how so much of the same thing has just developed but serves the same purpose. Song lyrics from Lorde also display this. “In my head, I play a supercut of us/All the magic we gave off, all the love we had and lost.” The same idea pertains to words as well. There have been a million different songs about love, each with the same ideas, but somehow artists are able to convey the idea through different words, making it seem “new.” just like technology, words and phrases have developed overtime as well. Unlike the first one, I do not think this article was very descriptive although it was based on an entirely different topic and was not as fictional. Now, choose a sentence from your independent reading book. Copy the sentence with correct MLA citation in the box. Then, use the sentence to answer the questions below. “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” (Anonymous, 136) Why does this particular sentence stand out to you? How does it relate to the rest of the text? This sentence stands out to me because it is basically the climax of the book.
Ana (the main character) was on and off with her eating disorder up until this point of the story. This quote shows her realization of how starving yourself is worth it. At this point, she begins to get weaker and weaker as her disorder gets stronger and stronger. This quote relates to the rest of the text because it shows how she feels when she doesn’t eat. To many people, not eating is painful, but to Ana, as revealed in the story, not eating makes her feel good about herself, which is when her anorexia starts to completely take over.
What is surprising, insightful, memorable, humorous or powerful about it?
This quote is very powerful because it says so much in so few words. It is hard to put yourself in the shoes of someone with an eating disorder because you have absolutely no idea what it is like and how it feels. “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” (Pg. 136) Starving herself is beginning to become a lot easier for Ana and the outcome is what motivates her. Ana, at 16 years old was a perfectly normal teenager, but suddenly her life just took a huge downhill turn and will be nearly impossible to completely recover.
What interesting words, sentences structure or literary devices does the author use to communicate his or her
ideas? Letting Ana Go is a true story written anonymously by the girl suffering from anorexia. She kept a diary through her entire journey and it was eventually published into this book. Some devices used to communicate important ideas was tone. The tone of which the author used always displayed whether she was feeling confident , determined, lacking self esteem. In the quote stated above, Ana was feeling confident with the direction she was going and not eating made her feel good and happy with herself, whereas other times, earlier in the book she would recognize her problem and attempt to fix it or just stare at herself in the mirror circling everything wrong with her body, lacking self esteem. What feelings or thoughts come up for you when you read or hear this sentence? When I hear this sentence, I feel heartbroken. It must be awful for Ana to look at herself everyday in the mirror and never like what she sees. Each area of her body appears a little too chubby for her liking and this one problem takes control of Ana’s entire life. It is hard to imagine that many people suffer from anorexia and I only wish that I could be there to help because it is a serious illness that your body can’t handle and will eventually give out.
According to the FBI, more than 75 percent of all murder victims are women, and more than 50 percent of the women are between the ages of 14 and 29 years old. A part of that statistic is Kitty Genovese,a murder victim who is the focus of an editorial, “The Dying Girl that No One Helped,” written by Loudon Wainwright. Kitty was a 28 year old woman who was brutally stabbed to death while on her way home from work. The woman, named Kitty Genovese, lived in a pleasant, welcoming, residential area, in New York. There was at least 38 witnesses that came forward, and they all heard her cries for help, but no one came to her aid. Wainwright effectively demonstrates how society has started turning a “blind-eye” toward problems that can endanger someone's
Throughout the course of this novel, Ishmael Beah keeps the readers on the edge of their seat by incorporating interchanging tones. At the beginning of the novel, the tone can be depicted as naïve, for Beah was unaware to what was actually occurring with the rebels. Eventually, the tone shifts to being very cynical and dark when he depicts the fighting he has endured both physically and mentally. However, the most game changing tone is towards the end of the novel in chapters nineteen and twenty. His tone can be understood as independent or prevailing. It can be portrayed as independent because Beah learns how to survive on his own and to take care of himself. At the same time, it is perceived as prevailing and uplifting because Beah was able to demonstrate that there is hope. Later in the novel, Beah travels to
During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s the fight for equal and just treatment for both women and children was one of the most historically prominent movements in America. Courageous women everywhere fought, protested and petitioned with the hope that they would achieve equal rights and better treatment for all, especially children. One of these women is known as Florence Kelley. On July 22, 1905, Kelley made her mark on the nation when she delivered a speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association, raising awareness of the cruel truth of the severity behind child labor through the use of repetition, imagery and oxymorons.
“Eating disorders are ‘about’: yes, control, and history, philosophy, society, personal strangeness, family fuck-ups, autoerotics, myth, mirrors, love and death and S&M, magazines and religion, the individual’s blindfolded stumble-walk through an ever-stranger world.” (Hornbacher, 4)
“ The Hunger Artist” helps us to see how far Anas, otherwise known as anorexics, are willing to go to stay isolated from a community
A number of writers uses rhetorical devices in their writings whether it’s drama, romance, or a comedy. If you become advanced in the use of rhetorical devices it makes the literature packed with fullness and brings simplicity. Rhetorical devices brings significance instead of plainly stating the details. Writer’s disguise their writings so that the readers have to fathom things out for themselves. In Candide, Voltaire used numerous rhetorical devices to enhance Candide. Voltaire’s use of satire, irony, and symbolism is designed to make fun of philosophical optimism. He utilizes several kinds of rhetorical devices such as satire, irony, and symbols.
In this day and age, writing is being portrayed through various mediums, such as film and television. Some of those portrayals depict writing as both good and bad depending on the situation that is present. Authors such as, by E. Shelley Reid, Kevin Roozen, and Anne Lamott all write about important writing concepts that are being depicted in films, like Freedom Writers. The film Freedom Writers shows a positive and accurate portrayal of writing in the sense that the writers should have a connection to what they are writing about, writing is a form of communication, and that writing does not have to be perfect the first time.
Rhetorical devices are complimentary techniques that definitely help the writer on promoting an argument and reaching a purpose(s). These techniques consist of rhetorical questions, exclamations, commands, tone, and others. They are used to express his or her feelings writer’s feelings and describe and support his or her arguments to be more credible and attractive for influencing the reader. In the beginning of the essay “On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read,” Raymond Chandler wrote, “I’m dumb. I’m dumb—I wish I were dead!” (Chandler 77). He uses several rhetorical devices to express his disappointment and desperation that no one in the school understand his problem. Another example, in the middle of the essay “And Ain’t I a Woman,” Sojourner
Nora’s and her hypocrisy, confusion about religion, and his Gran unbalancing the family lead to Jackie’s trap. Nora’s hypocrisy is shown throughout the story. Nora would show her devilish tormenting side to just Jackie because she could use her advantage in knowledge of everything especially religion and confession to torment Jackie. When nobody is around watching her and Jackie walk to the chapel for confession “Nora suddenly changed her tone, she became the raging malicious devil she really was”(178). Then when Nora is in public she shows her angelic side “she walked up the aisle to the side altar looking like a saint”(178). Even though everyone else sees the angelic part of Nora, Jackie “remember[s] the devilish malice with which she had
The author’s intended audience is most likely to people who are experiencing the disorder or are interested in knowing more about eating disorders. When Lia was admitted to New Seasons, her rehabilitation facility, she relates her experience to someone who has gone through the struggles in that kind of facility. Lia was expected to be “a good girl [by not poking holes] or write depressing poetry and [eat and eat]” (Anderson 18). Her struggles in the facility allowed the audience who experienced this disorder to relate their experiences. In addition, people who choose to starve...
Anorexic behavior is complex because it is all about the need for control. Someone suffering from anorexia has a distorted body image of himself or herself. He/she believes to be overweight, even though twenty percent of the time he/she is not (Yancey 59). The image of being overweight causes a low self-esteem. Symptoms of low self-esteem are loneliness, inadequacy in talents, a lack of trust in people and themselves, insecurity, identification with a specific peer group, and sadness. The media displays the ideal human body as thin and beautiful. Anorexic’s lives are full of confusion and lack of control. To the anorexic, to be thin is to be in control. The state of control to the anorexic is the ideal life without confusion and difficulties. In most cases, the anorexic is intelligent; popular among his/her peers, athletic, talented, and viewed as a role model to most people he/she comes in contact with. In reality, the issues in daily living are too difficult for the anorexic resulting in a lack of control in his/her life. The anorexic’s answer to a confusing life is to starve the body. The behavioral symptoms of the anorexia are counting calories, eating little food, baking treats for everyone and giving them away in hope of controlling not only the anorexic’s intake of his/her food, but also others. “Playing” with food at meal times is common behavior of the anorexic. When the meal is complete, the anorexic has disguised food intake by pushing the food around on the plate and hiding food in napkins. To dress in layers to hide the distinct weight loss and to avoid social activities where eating is involved are common behavioral symptoms. Behavioral symptoms of the anorexic can go unnoticed by most people. These symptoms are very secretive and oblivious to outsiders because the behavior is not out of the ordinary. Although the behavioral symptoms of the anore...
“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” (Moss). Skinny is beautiful. Bones are perfection; collar bones, prominent ribcage, concave stomach, hip bones and legs that do not touch no matter what position. All of this is achievable because happiness lies in the empty stomach. These are the ideas and ideals that bombard the eating disordered mind. These are the ideas that society projects and then questions why eating disorders are on the rise. Eating disorders were first recognized in the 1960’s and since then have branched out into subsections. Anorexia nervosa in the starving of oneself to be thin. Bulimia is the cycle of binging and purging food in order to lose weight. Binge eating is overeating as a way of comfort. Orthorexia is the extreme obsession with being healthy, and “EDNOS” is a patient who could fall into two or more of these categories. Eating disorders are the primary result of overstimulation of media displaying overly thin women as the ideal; it can be worsened by genetics and social settings.
Out of all mental illnesses found throughout the world, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate. Anorexia nervosa is one of the more common eating disorders found in society, along with bulimia nervosa. Despite having many definitions, anorexia nervosa is simply defined as the refusal to maintain a normal body weight (Michel, 2003). Anorexia nervosa is derived from two Latin words meaning “nervous inability to eat” (Frey, 2002). Although anorexics, those suffering from anorexia, have this “nervous inability to eat,” it does not mean that they do not have an appetite—anorexics literally starve themselves. They feel that they cannot trust or believe their perceptions of hunger and satiation (Abraham, 2008). Anorexics lose at least 15 percent of normal weight for height (Michel, 2003). This amount of weight loss is significant enough to cause malnutrition with impairment of normal bodily functions and rational thinking (Lucas, 2004). Anorexics have an unrealistic view of their bodies—they believe that they are overweight, even if the mirror and friends or family say otherwise. They often weigh themselves because they possess an irrational fear of gaining weight or becoming obese (Abraham, 2008). Many anorexics derive their own self-esteem and self-worth from body weight, size, and shape (“Body Image and Disordered Eating,” 2000). Obsession with becoming increasingly thinner and limiting food intake compromises the health of individuals suffering from anorexia. No matter the amount of weight they lose or how much their health is in jeopardy, anorexics will never be satisfied with their body and will continue to lose more weight.
“Good writing” is not simply defined by proper grammar, spelling, or style. It is far more than sentence construction and plot structure. Good writing utilizes thoughtful imagery and eloquent text to capture the audience’s interest. Oscar Wilde’s short story “The Nightingale and the Rose” and Kenneth Burke’s essay “The Definition of Man” implement vivid narration and descriptive language to enthrall the reader. Through the use of metaphors and symbolism, both authors create compelling subject matter. This essay will argue that despite differences in genre, Oscar Wilde and Kenneth Burke exemplify good writing by giving symbolic meaning to words, utilizing metaphor, and appealing to the reader’s senses through the use of descriptive language
Literature is rarely, if ever, merely a story that the author is trying to tell. It is imperative that the reader digs deep within the story to accurately analyze and understand the message the author is trying to portray. Authors tend to hide themselves in their stories. The reader can learn about the author through literary elements such as symbolism, diction, and structure. A good example of this is Robert Frost’s poems The Road Not Taken and Nothing Gold can Stay in which he uses ordinary language unlike many other poets that became more experimental (Frost, Robert. “1.”).