Lit Terms #6

Simile: a figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things through the use of a specific word of comparison

Soliloquy: an extended speech, usually in a drama, delivered by a character alone on stage

Spiritual: a folk song, usually on a religious theme

Speaker: a narrator, the one speaking

Stereotype: cliche; simplified, standardized conception with a special meaning and appeal for members of a group; a formula story

Stream of Consciousness: the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of the character’s thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images, as the character experiences them

Structure: the planned framework of a literary selection; its apparent organization

Style: the manner of putting thoughts into words; a characteristic way of writing or speaking

Subordination: the couching of less important ideas in less important structures of language

Surrealism: a style of literature and painting that stresses the subconscious or nonrational aspects of man’s existence characterized by juxtaposition of the bizarre and the banal

Suspension of Disbelief: suspend not believing it in order to enjoy it

Symbol: something which stands for something else, yet has a meaning of its own

Synesthesia: the use of one sense to convey the experience of another sense

Synecdoche: another form of name changing, in which a part standing for a whole

Syntax: the arrangement and grammatical relations of words in a sentence

Theme: main idea of the story; its message(s)

Thesis: a proposition for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or disapproved; the main idea

Tone: the devices used to create the mood and atmosphere of a literary work; the author’s perceived point of view

Tongue in Cheek: a type of humor in which the speaker feigns seriousness, aka “dry” or “dead pan”

Tragedy: in literature, any composition with a somber theme carried to a disastrous conclusion, a fatal event; protagonist usually is heroic but tragically (fatally) flawed

Understatement: the opposite of hyperbole; saying less than you mean for emphasis

Vernacular: everyday speech

Voice: the textual features, such as diction and sentence structures, that convey a writer’s or speaker’s persona

Zeitgeist: the feeling of a particular ear in history

Lit Terms #5

Parallelism:

Parody:

Pathos:

Pedantry:

Personification:

Plot:

Poignant:

Point of View:

Postmodernism:

Prose:

Protagonist:

Pun:

Purpose:

Realism:

Refrain:

Requiem:

Resolution:

Restatement:

Rhetoric:

Rhetorical Question:

Rising Action:

Romanticism:

Satire:

Scansion:

Setting:

Is it just me...

I've been 18 for awhile and nothing much going on. Anticipation maybe. For being a student of course. But as I look back, because I'm conscience like that, I'm like "damn, where do I begin." That is to say, my mistakes, my undo's, other stuff and stuff. It's been a rough start too. Everything feels too fast, I want the world to reflect once on one thought for just one moment.

I feel like if I do that and stop time, I could focus for once. I can do all the things I need to. Catch up so to say. This goes for everyone. Oh, how happy we could get, hopefully. If we can dream a bit more and expand our knowledge on the euphemisms we expect to happen to us. We've seen it all and time is of an essence. It's short, but having moments and experiences is the greatest accomplishments.

That's why I expect more of these great moments and experiences to change the past in ways that doesn't cause frustration. Control time your way and make the best of it.

In Addition to the Blog Title: The Human Push

This goes without saying, The Human Push is my masterpiece name. I've got my reasons and when the time comes to explaining it, it'll all come together in everyone's mind. Hopefully, you can get the gist of things. Why we follow order and why we follow a discord of disorder. I'll be guiding my audience in a clear adventure. The things I've been striving to piece together is something I consider big. In relation to human strength (word set to define connotatively) and human nature. Please follow up and keep an open mind when the project is at it's high point.

Lit Terms #4

interior monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; the recording of the internal, emotional experience(s) of an individual; generally the reader is given the impression of overhearing the the interior monologue

inversion: words out of order for emphasis

juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of a paragraph to contrast with another nearby

lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings

magic(al) realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with marvelous or magical

metaphor *(extended, controlling, & mixed): an analogy that compare two different things imaginatively

-Extended: a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it

-Controlling: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece of work

-Mixed: a metaphor that ineffectively blends two or more analogies

metonymy: literally "name changing" a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the unusual name of a thing

Mode of Discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition

modernism: literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology

monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem

mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece

motif: a recurring feature (name, image, or phrase) in a piece of literature

myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to mysteries of the world

narrative: a story or description of events

narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story

naturalism: extreme form of realism

novelette/novella: shorty story; short prose narrative ,often satirical

omniscient point of view: knowing of all things, usually the third person

onomatopoeia: use of the word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning

oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combine to produce a rhetorical effect  by means of a concise paradox

pacing: rate of movement, tempo

parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth

paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas

Life is a Hyperbole

I'm probably a complaining, over thinking little bitch who gets frustrated over the little things (depends). I do think life is unfair and I always get the idea that my life stops right there. What I mean there is that I set aside life with the goals I intend to achieve. Sometimes that goals turn their back on me or it's my fault I'm not pursuing them. I exaggerate my mind that the future will hold good things. It's false.

There are twists and turns in everyone's life, but right now, I feel this year doesn't feel different like last year. Conflicts keep arising. Twists rule me out of the equation. Is this really adulthood or is it just me slacking off on things? I think I keep things in order, in check, but it's not that simple. I hope for the best outcome possible, so of course I have to reach those conclusions. That's why I asked my BIG QUESTION. I'll summarize it for you, when is life ever simple? Think about it and ask yourself it. It curses me somehow, but is it a true fact? Does it apply to others? What constitutes a simple life and a complex one? These questions build up my BIG QUESTION.

There are things that are ironical in what I set for myself. There are also things that I don't even know could be paradoxes. I know the very thing I can do now is continue my masterpiece in the right direction. I feel ashamed telling my true (mini frustration) story here, but the time will come and you might think that it's not the end of the world when you hear it initially. Just think of the possibilities because we all set high standards for ourselves. It's a good thing and that's what we call goals. Setting our standards out low for once actually gets me and probably many others hooked. Those are the reasons why we keep going. We do the everyday stuff, the low standards. They make the biggest differences in our lives.

DO WHAT YOU DO TODAY AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE YOU IN THE FUTURE.

Write Your Signature

Play this song while you read:



Self-realization is vital for our well-being. What I mean is to acknowledge the work you've done. You don't have to realize it now, but getting a glimpse of it should be considered an accomplishment. I should acknowledge who I am too. We change in the course of life. Some of us want to imprint our ethics and devotion in work and people. So it's a good thing to find something to leave behind that represents us.

There's a special place, person, moment, experience, etc. we hold dear in our hearts. What we have to achieve at this point (and it may differ), is to acquire it. I'll make it happen, friends will make it happen, family will make it happen, influential figures will make it happen, and all other connections will make happen for sure. Contrive ideas into concepts. Write your signature.

Always the G (#ForBree)

I'm probably late saying this when all of this happened on that Friday night. As soon as I woke up and saw this Facebook post about that one special person, I said, "No way, it couldn't be." Once I saw your name, my heart skipped five beats. I just asked myself inside my head, "Why does fate have to take her away?!?!?" or "This was out of the blue, she shouldn't be taken away by God."

Then it hit me hard. I remember the good times you had with all the people you cared about. Selling slutty brownies, smiling every morning, making comments with retort about the teachers and school work (which always made people laugh), college trips, befriending everyone, integrating a second family called AVID, and all of which shined your future.

My memories flashback to me on the day I last saw you and the last time I heard you spoke. "Awww, Erica! You beat me on Trivia Crack. Rematch!" as you said while hanging out in Dr. Preston's class. I'm glad I could say 'Thank You' one last time during Mr. Nesper's Test Corrections session, even if it was a request for a book. I'll keep that true to my heart. I'm also glad I had a tiny crush on you in sophomore year, but what's not to like about you. Four years that I've known you were the best of times.

We also won't ever ever ever forget the whole Senior class (during the taking of the class picture of 2015) cheer you on when you ran to take the picture with us.

Bree, hear us out. I know you wouldn't leave your comrades and family behind. We won't ever forget your wondrous voice and gracious smiles. There are things you still have to do and you carried over that mission onto us. We're going to represent you by wearing your favorite Rasta colors. Our AVID class is going to be heart wrecked when we start and finish that university banner we were supposed to do. We're going to design your banner, finish your masterpiece, graduate with us, come to the AVID Senior Party, and stay by your family always. You're a memoir to us in our hearts. You inscribed all the joyful and positive vibes in our mind and soul.

Breanna Rodriguez, rest in paradise and make that paradise an ever growing one.

"Personality is the most beautiful thing"