Personal Narrative: No Backpacks Inside The Store

In “Backpacks vs. briefcases: Steps towards Rhetorical Analysis”, Laura Bolin Carrol explains the importance of the rhetorical analysis to understand the purpose and intent of every situation. She points first how people always focus their first glance to the others physical appearance even though there is a saying that “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Through our past experiences or moments, we can conclude quickly that person or thing we are observing or analyzing. Most of the time this is done even without noticing that we are doing it, without understanding there is something behind it, and Carol explains that is the rhetorical analysis. She also explains how understanding it, and becoming proficient in it, will help to “become better

Rhetoric is language or image that is designed to have an effective speaking or writing on its audience. There are many examples of where you can see or hear rhetoric on a daily basis. One place you can find these rhetorics are on your social media apps or websites. For instance, in the article “Backpacks vs Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” Carroll gives an example saying, “...a Facebook group asks you to support health care reform. These stories, which are often heart-wrenching, use emotion to persuade you - also called pathos” (47).

In Markus Zusak’s, “The Book Thief”, the characters are put through harsh and unfortunate events one after the other. The characters emotionally survive by creating coping strategies, through relationships with family and friends, and by building trust with other individuals.

As part of the greater push at that grade level to introduce kids to a greater depth of books, Mrs. Oak created a game that would award points based on the number and length of books that you read, with a prize being given to the winner at the end of every month (usually candy). Now being the clever nine year old brat that I was, I decided to game the system by quickly flipping through a great number of small children’s books every day. While this did put me ahead on points, I was completely avoiding the entire point of the game. So to Mrs. Oak’s great credit, she decided to limit the number of books I could check out of the school’s library to three per week. With my lead in the literary scoreboard slipping away, I checked out a book that

Books can sate, motivate, and inspire a reader without standing the test of time. There are a multitude of books released today that can change a reader’s life without making their mark on history. Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is a prime example of this. Most critics agree that The Book Thief is a quality read, but there is no telling whether it will last throughout the ages of literature. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a novel that has lasted since its release in the nineteenth century, and critics continue to praise it. Jane Eyre shares similarities to The Book Thief; however, The Book Thief will not stand the test of time because of its lack of completely original themes and ideas.

Nowadays, we take the ability to read for granted. But for Liesel Meminger, the opportunity to learn how to read was a gift. In the novel The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, more than one major theme relating to books and writing are evident. The power of words, literature, and reading, are all contributing to the overall theme of the power of books and writing in The Book Thief.

When the idea of a thief comes to mind one does not think of a book thief, but that is the description of Liesel Meminger. Set during Nazi Germany in World War II, political unrest is shown throughout Markus Zusak’s novel, “The Book Thief”. It is during this time that books are banned and burned in Nazi Germany under the direction of Adolf Hitler to suppress freethinking and ideas. Books are important to Liesel for numerous reasons. Liesel is compassionate, simple, and forgiving in her quest to acquire knowledge through books and survive the home front of World War II.

Excuse me, I’m talking to you! Can you please answer my question?” Margie demanded. Margie soon felt annoyed and agitated because of this. The front gate soon opened and all the student poured into the school yard, waiting in front of a tall and broad door. Margie curiously followed the students, and while observing the area, she noticed a great sign with the words “Edison Middle School”. The doors soon opened and all the kids stormed into the building with great excite. They immediately stationed themselves in green metal structures. Which held all their “books”. Margie remembered about what Tommy told her about books. Margie suddenly knew where she was. The word school suddenly appeared in her mind. Margie walked up to another student,where she attempted to talk to the

The third and final strategy for The Book Thief is a Word Hunt. It is extremely important that students appreciate vocabulary, especially when reading a book that has such rich and descriptive vocabulary. Word hunts are great tools to assist students decipher words while reading, and even learn to appreciate descriptive and figurative language. The activity that the class will partake on will be writing down in their journal examples of figurative language. Then at the end of each class session students can share what they have found, and I will add it to the dry erase

Since then, she has discovered that her life can be made much more profound, because books multiply your experiences and enable you to meet people...” Setting Despite the illegal nature of books and the fear of execution or seeming scared, Edita persists in her role as the librarian, believing books hold power.

Throughout the four seasons people would mostly say that summer is there favorite season. Why do people tend to enjoy summer so much? Could it be that during the summer the weather gets hot during the day and warm at night? Could it be that you can venture off to different places like the beach with your family and friends or sticking your toes in the water or sand? Whatever the case may be the summer time seems to be the season to have fun, laugh, and relax. In the Backpack Literature textbook on chapter 14, it focuses on figures of speech. Figures of speech is a big part of literature that people need to learn. How is figures of speech very important to our everyday use? I feel like in literature it is important for people to understand the meanings that the authors and also yourself are expressing in a story, poem, speech, and many more literary contexts. Dealing with figurative language you are going to see examples like metaphors, similes, oxymoron’s, personifications, and so much that refer in a context. In this particular poem that I will be discussing about has metaphors and similes. The poem, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day by Howard Moss. There is always other version on this poem by William Shakespeare that was a sonnet but I feel like Howard Moss wanted to put he own spin-off of the Shakespeare’s poem. In Howard Moss poem, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day, he express how much the person he admires mean to him with metaphors and similes. Howard Moss

I will start with the Maurices bag first. So I had originally gone into Maurices just to look and see what they had. When I went in I was so excited about their clearance section. My two favorite items that I had gotten was 2 pleather Jackets. They came out to being around 15 dollars from around 69 dollars. They are cute and can be worn with so many different items. I was on the fence about the grey one at first simply due to it being bulky but then it grew on me as I thought of things I would wear with it. I love all the buckles, and how it zips. I also got a pull over sweat shirt. I thought it was so cute and it was in expensive also a great deal. The last two items that I got there were just some basic staple tank tops. I love how their

In schools across the country and even around the world, books are being censored, challenged and outright banned. “Censorship takes place anytime a book is removed from its intended audience” (Books Are Being Banned in the United States) Many times, parents are the ones to push to have a book taken out of their child’s libraries. However, some books may fail to show up in libraries because media specialists opt to keep them off the shelves. There are many reasons that librarians choose to overlook books.

Walking through the grocery store and I hear an awful cry. Walking to the next aisle and I see a little girl screaming, kicking, and rolling all over the floor. She’s yelling, “Cake, cake!” Her mom yelled, “No!” and little Susie keeps screaming. Her mom had had enough, so she gives in to little Susie. I was just like little Susie; I would do whatever needed to be done to get my way. My brother Jared would soon find this out the hard way.

It was a cold December day and I only remember that because I used the window as an ice pack for my terrible injury. This terrible injury was something I never wished I would experience nor ever thought I would experience. It made my life very difficult for about two months and I never wish to relive that pain again.