Sleepers?

Author’s Note: In this piece, I decided to research Why People Sleep? It has been such a curious topic to me.

What would we do without sleep? Think about it, every night we clear out 8 hours of our days to just sleep. Why do we do this? Why do our bodies need sleep? Couldn’t we spend those 8 hours doing something more productive. In this essay you will learn about why humans need sleep to survive and why sleeping is so essential.

One reason we need sleep is for our well-being. Our bodies need to sleep just like they need to eat, and drink, and breath to survive. Sleeping lets our bodies rest from a long day and relax. Our bodies were not made to be moving and active all the time. Everyone needs their sleep because if they don’t they will get cranky and their bodies will collapse because of exhaustion. We as humans our up on our feet and moving constantly, our bodies just can’t keep up with our busy lifestyles without sleep. According to the New York Time’s survey that they took in 2012 90% of Americans don’t get enough sleep. To survive we as humans need to sleep to rest our bodies to maintain our well-being.

Although one of the main reasons we as humans need to sleep is because we need to rest our bodies another main reason we need sleep is because we need a break from our long days. According to curiousity.discovery.com dreaming is an opportunity to work out your emotional problems and experience your memories. Also according to the same site your dreams only occur in the first 90 minutes of sleeping which is when your body reenergizes the most. Lastly when we sleep our bodies reenergize, adjust hormone levels, promote morning alertness, and regulate feelings of hunger. A main part of why humans sleep is because of dreaming and because our bodies need to reenergize.

Sleeping is something that our bodies need to survive, without it we would be too lazy to every do anything because we were so exhausted. Yes exercising and being active is good, but without rest, none of us could do that. Without sleep we would be a reckless mess.

Take a Ride

Author’s Note: This piece is on how well I know about Figurative Language and how I can tell tones in a story.

Have you ever wanted to ride on a train? Ever wanted to see a train wind its way through a hilly landscape? In Emily Dickinson riddle- like poem, she describes this animal kind of a creature as a powerful, speedy thing, almost like a train! Emily doesn't describe it in just simple, more of lame terms, she describes in beautiful figurative languages! This language she is using makes the reader want to go on, and not stop and say, “Wow I just wasted 30 seconds reading something this boring.” This can relate to life, You may be boring or normal, but the best kinds of people or the freaks, with a tint of color in their life.

            And neigh like Boanerges, is an allusion, as in reference to something more historical. Now that sounds kind of odd right? Well it’s not. Emily put that splash of color in her poem to make it shine! I like to see it lap the miles, would be a personification giving human traits. Punctual as a start its own, would refer to a simile, by combining to examples into one sentence using as or like. All these sentences use figurative language, without it, I would say this piece would be a F. It’s what makes this piece exciting and fun to read. I would honestly say this piece is mostly a personification piece. 

Not only does the descriptive words a big part of this piece, but the tone defiantly expresses this poem. I feel like when the author was writing this, she was imagining it. She would be nervous, or scared. If you put the two sentences, And stop to feed itself at tanks and  In horrid, hooting stanza, sounds like he is getting himself ready to pounce on you, or another object. The tone effects this piece on the way you want to read it. It you want to read it with more excitement, you would get a different point of view then just babbling it off with no effort put into it.

As you read, you should now understand why figurative language and tone play a huge role in the Language Arts world. It shouldn't be easy learning it, you should run into some difficulties. With some good help, from a great teacher, or even some peers, you will be on the right track. Just don’t forget, always put a dash of color in life. 

Back Together?

Authors' Note: This piece is about how well I can demonstrate point of view from another ones observation.

Have you ever been through I break up? Ever heard the words, maybe we can be friends, or don’t ever talk to me again? Throughout your life, these words will be recognized every day, either hearing them from a friend, or even being the person saying those words.  In the song “We are Never Getting Back Together,” written by Taylor Swift, she shows how these words, can me nothing to her. Taylor is an idol to many young people. She literally shows us, how this relates to our own lives, and not just hers.

  

Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change. Trust me, remember how that lasted for a day I say, I hate you, we break up, you call me, I love you. As Taylor mocks her ex boyfriend, she teaches us that we shouldn't just listen to the words, we should understand them. She may have loved him, but in reality, things don’t always go your way. Their relationship was a repeating motion. If this song was written as the guy’s point of the view, the song could have a whole new meaning. 

Dear Taylor,

I remember when we broke up, THE FIRST TIME. I can't take this anymore, I need my space. Maybe we just need a break?

July 14

JULY 29(On the phone)

Boy: Baby, I miss. I swear I’m gonna change! Trust me?

Taylor: I remember how that lasted for a day.

Boy: But I Still love you!

Taylor: We are never ever, ever, getting back together.

You can tell that Taylor doesn't buy his lame excuses. She doesn't even trust the fellow, but the guy’s point of view he thinks they will be back together within the snap of a finger. He has been sending her mixed signals, and Taylor doesn't know how to respond to it. This then might lead up to angry, upset, or even confused relationships, but most of all, them Never Getting Back Together.

As you can see, relationships are a pain, but if you truly love someone, you would risk getting hurt. You’re going to want to shrivel up like a raisin and ignore everyone that tries to talk. With a little encouragement from Taylor, you will be back on your feet and as new as freshly picked strawberries.

Personal Metahpors

Authors' Note: I wrote a bunch of adjectives and then thought of something that has most of these adjectives describing it.

I am a zebra. I'm outgoing and love to the center of attention, but I am also very shy around the people I don't know. I am very protective/defensive around friends and my family, and I love to be up and moving. I'm not very tall, but I'm very loud. I'm also a very bright person.

The Clique

Authors’ Note: In this piece I am going to be working on the cause and effect about the book “The Clique.”

            “The Clique”, is a great and well written book. It is really fun to read, it is like you’re almost the main character. The two main characters are Massie and Claire. One popular chick and one not so popular. It just doesn’t work out. In my opinion, the most important part of the book, is when Claire moved all the way from Orlando to Westchester. You will understand once you play attention.

            Massie was living the best life. All her friends were surrounding her, as always. Her black puppy, Bean, always by her side, but most of all a family that cares about her the most. Well that what I thought. Until old family friends, brings their daughter Claire, and live in her guest house? This ruins everything. Tears her best friends away from her! Massie job in this case, is make Claire’s life miserable. She wants to make sure she doesn’t have any friends, but by the first week at OCD, Massie’s planned worked out. Claire has no friends, and especially no sense in style.

            This wouldn’t have happened if Claire’s family wasn’t so close with Massie’s family. They both would have had their normal lives and normal friends. That didn’t happen though. Their dads just had to be friends in high school, and their parents just had to life right next to each other. Claire and her family might have wanted that, but Massie surely did not. Just imagine if their fathers weren’t even friends! Massie defiantly wish that would happen!

            As you can see, this serious of books look very interesting. Once you read them, you always wonder, What if this happened to me? What would my life be like if that actually happened. After reading a book like this, you will want to read over and over again. Then you will know why a popular girl and a non popular girl shouldn’t be together.

Peommm!

You're the thought in my head that starts each morning,
the conclusion to each day.
I vision you in all that I do,
and everything I say.

You're the smile on my face,
the sparkle in my eye.
the warmth inside my heart,
the sunshine in my life.

The only hand that's laced to mine,
the coat upon my back.
My best friend,
I will never turn back.

You're the dimple in my cheek,
the constant tingle in my soul.
the voice that makes me weak,
You're the one who hides me from the cold.

You're all I've wanted,
all that I need.
You're all I dream of,
You mean so much to me.

Our Song

Author’s Note: This piece is about a song that Taylor Swift wrote, and how it would be different if a guy told the story.

Our Song, by Taylor Swift, really can get to you. You can understand the lyrics by hearing it once. Taylor sings many songs, but this one is, by far, my favorite. This song is written in both points of view, but she’s the one telling us the fantasy of their love life. It would change drastically if Drew, the guy she wrote it about, was telling the story.

Taylor wrote this song when she was in ninth grade, and also when she was dating a guy, named Drew, and apparently, they didn’t have a “song”. So when the talent show came up, she wrote this song, that included her boyfriend, and sang it at the talent show. When she wrote the lyrics, she was trying to say, that she wanted them to have a song, and she was telling him how they don’t have a song. In the song, she wanted him to tell her that they had a song, and that it was something special.

Parts of this song are in Drew’s point of view, but they way he is telling her was more different, than she was probably expecting. Taylor’s saying that she wants a song, but he was telling her that everything they do together is the best song there could be. He was putting their memories into lyrics. He didn’t want some ordinary song, he wanted a individual kind of song. One that would bring chills to your back one everyone heard it. Especially one that meant the most to Taylor.

If Drew had sang this song, I think we all know that it would be a whole lot different. Even though it is in two point of views, Taylor was still the main person telling us what’s going on. If you think about it, songs can really change from point of views. You don’t know a song correctly, unless you know who is the outlook of this the outlook of the story.