Three Facts One Fiction

Author’s Note: I wrote this piece because it looked like it would be a fun piece to write. Also please look at my sentence frequency.

I got my fake tooth when I was nine years old. When I was in the dentist’s office I was asked if I wanted to be numbed or have laughing gas. Of course when I was nine I chose the laughing gas. First of all because it didn’t involve needles and second of all my mom told me it would feel just like someone was tickling me.

Unfortunately it wasn’t ticklish, but it tasted like bubble gum!  After half an hour it quickly started to taste like metal. Anyways after one hour of intense pain they finally wiggled the tooth out, but the pain didn’t stop there and I’m not talking about physical pain. I mean the days afterwards when I couldn’t eat anything harder than a French Fry and nothing carbonated when I drink. Although that only lasted a couple days I still can’t eat starburst or milk duds.

What Avenger Am I?

Author's Note: I wrote this because I think this movie is really cool. Please look at my word choice.

If I were an Avengers I would be The Hulk. I would be the Hulk because he is really strong and that means he can lift, punch, kick and run very well. Although he cannot control when he turns into the Hulk I still think that it would be funny to own some people. I could also make money by being the hulk by playing sports.

Symbolism

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Semantic Devices

Metaphor- The typical teenage boys’ room is a disaster area   

Simile- Cute as a kitten

Personification- That tree was waving to me

Hyperbole- His brain is the size of a pea

Puns- That’s pretty punny

Oxymoron- Almost big

Irony- Someone got run over by an ambulance?

Alliteration-Sally sells seashells down by the seashore

Three Wishes

If I had three wishes I would spend them wisely. I would find a cure for every kind of cancer, have world peace and be the richest man in the world. The reason I would choose to cure cancer is to save many lives. That is also why I chose to bring world peace, but i chose to be the richest man in the world so I can give money to people in need and live a very nice life.

My Dream Vacation

Authors Note: I wrote this piece because I've always thought about this. Pay attention to my sentence structure.

On my dream vacation I would go on a cruise past Alaska and see polar bears and all the wildlife there. On the way back we would circle around Hawaii and try and surf. I would most likely not be able to surf it would still be fun to be in the water. I hope the water would be warm.

After the cruise that went by Alaska and Hawaii I would take a plane to Jamaica. In Jamaica I would swim, jet ski and snorkel. I would also zip line.

Spring Assessment

 The Wolf-Dog

Author’s Note: I wrote this piece because the main character in this book dealt with bullying and isolation. Please look at my introduction that I am trying to improve.

White Fang by Jack London with an introduction by K.A. Applegate is a story about a courageous and offbeat wolf-dog named White Fang. Wolf pups die 60% of the time before they reach two months old (Source 1)! In White Fang the wolf-dog endures predators, the cold and finally finding out his personality. White Fang dealt with having to stand up to his bigger opponents and trying NOT to fit in.

I like how White Fang didn’t want to fit in because he didn’t like his acquaintances. He didn’t agree with how they were acting so he didn’t put up with it. That is what more humans need to do, people just go with the flow, but they need to snap out of it and do what they think is right. Staying with the flow is almost like taking away your freedom, freedom is the right to talk or do what you want to.

Isolating yourself doesn’t help you. That is just giving in to what the other person wants you to do. They want you to isolate yourself because it makes you weaker. What you need to do is find people who you will have fun with and support you because that makes you emotionally stronger. You also need to help them if people are trying to bring them down.

One of the problems with isolation is that sometimes the person who is isolating someone doesn’t even realize it. You need to tell them that they are isolating you and sometimes solving this problem can be as easy as that. On the other hand in some cases it can be more difficult and you need to ask yourself if these people are isolating me do I even want to talk to them. Obviously White Fang didn’t have that option because there was no other of his species near him; there are only at the most 17,000 wolves in the U.S.A (source 2). Humans are climbing to record highs with over 310 million people just In America (source3). So there are more people out there that will support you.

Lastly if you are isolating someone, put yourself in their life, pushed away by every attempt to even communicate with someone. It is almost as if that person is in solitary confinement but their out in the world. Victims of isolation have to endure trying to make friends and trying getting away from the people who are doing it to you. Just remember if someone is trying to bring you down it just means you are above them.

Source 1: "Wolf Pups." Windows In To Wonderland. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. <http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/wolves2/lessons/wolfpups-resouce.pdf>.

Source 2: "Gray Wolf Population in the U.S.." U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. <http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/aboutwolves/WolfPopUS.htm>.

Source 3: "US & World Population Clock." Census Bureau Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. <http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html>.