Dialogue

The sun was shining and the skies were clear. A girl walks across the parking lot and spots a friend out for a smoke.

There’s the prettiest girl I know! How are you pumpkin? He says as she gets closer.

Oh, I’m here I suppose. That’s about as good as it gets. How are you? She asked as she comes up to give him a hug.

I’m pissed to be honest! I found out that my instructor lost my portfolio and I have to reprint all of my work. And I’m not the only one that has an MIA portfolio either. It’s just annoying, she saw it I don’t want to have to reprint everything!

That’s why I save all my work on three different drives. That’s unfortunate though…and frustrating. About as frustrating as the male population is to me right about now.

            Yeah we are pretty stupid. Unless you hit us over the head with a brick we really don’t know what we’re doing. What happened?

            Oh you know, a guy thought pulling a disappearing act counted as relationship ender.

            A disappearing act? Like…

            Like just stopped hanging out, stopped talking…the whole nine yards. The thing is, it’s not quite the same effect as a man leaving his lover in a movie to fend for her life because I can still find him at breakfast and then he gets all uncomfortable and practically runs away.

            HA! He runs away from you? What ever did you do to that poor boy? No, I’m teasing, and I don’t mean this offensively but that’s what I hate about girls, they always think it’s their fault and it’s not. We’re just stupid!

            I’m noticing more every day!

            Well, I’ll tell ya, my wife and I dated in high school and then I went on to college. We agreed that I would finish college before marriage ever came to be an option and I went to school and kind of pattered off and one day she asked me if I was ever going to ask her to marry me. I asked her if I really had to ask? Dumbest question of my life!

Test Prep #2

Similes, Metaphors, and Oxymorons

A simile is A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

A metaphor is A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

The above clip is from the movie Renaissance Man starring Danny DeVito. I absolutely love this movie and this scene and it works well to describe similes, metaphors, and oxymorons :) Most of us should already know these terms pretty well but just in case you don't, this video might help!

What type of figurative language is used in the movie title Little Big League?

1. Hyperbole
2. Oxymoron
3. Simile
4. Metaphor

The "Sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique? Personification Simile Oxymoron Paradox The darkness was a blanket that both smothered and comforted. Simile Personification Irony Metaphor

Test Prep

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Which of the following is the best example of hyperbole?

1. The sky is as blue as a robin's egg.
2. I am freezing to death.
3. The daffodils dance in the breeze.
4. She runs like a gazelle.

"I have died every day waiting for you, darling don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more," is an example of:

1. metaphor
2. hyperbole
3. personification
4. simile

Howl Imitation

I see a generation of critics lacking common sense

A generation that thrives on judging to perfection and ignoring the exceptional

An artist lip syncs for the inauguration out of respect that the day is for the president and not her

Critics and fans call her a fake and question her ability to sing until proven

I see a generation that fails to consider another person’s views or feelings

Shouts of opinions and no rest given until the other concedes to being wrong

A generation that bullies when they are supposedly threatened

Threatened by ways of life that don’t impact their own but no other way is allowed

I see a generation that kills the hopes of the dreamer just because their idea is not “in”

A generation that claims to be independent but wastes dollars and time to be accepted as the same as those around them

The latest fashions, the newest songs, the coolest dance moves, the most recent social network, party trends, diets, alcohol schemes

So much effort to wonder why nobody sees your uniqueness and beauty when it is hidden behind layer after layer of makeup and false masks of personality

I see a generation that is confused and lacking of the impeccable and the sincere

Horses

Grazing nonchalantly in green pastures
Presence of calm and understanding made flesh

Thirteen Ways

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Water

I.
 My fingers dance in the water
Flowing from the faucet
A gentle rush, not too cold and not too hot.

II.
Hands come together
Cupped tight to keep the water in
A tickling trickle down my wrists
An overflow of fresh.

III.
Quickly splashing up
Before it runs out dry
Not so graceful as a Neutrogena commercial
But enough.

IV.
Day old makeup running rampant on water trails
Down my face and down the drain
The day's stress is washing off
A new mask ready to be painted revealed

V.
Bubbles and whistles sound
Water dancing in a tea pot close by
Jumping excitedly.

VI.
A tea bag ready to steep
Ready to darken and spice
A sigh of relief made tangible in a mug.

VII.
A deep breath of liquid air
The steam dancing upward to skin so bare.

VIII.
A light breeze blows
There's rain on the air
The musty yet clean smell engulfing my senses

IX.
Sitting on a swing
Toes tickling the waves
Lapping up onto the sand still warm from the day's sun.
Ebbing and flowing
Caressing the Earth to sleep.

X.
The pulse of the lake
Beating in time with the heart.

XI.
Body, mind, and soul
Calmed inside and out
Refreshed, renewed, and spiced with life.

XII.
This lake has your tears
Water droplets always finding a way to get
Back to each other.

XIII
Water holds your joys and secrets
And calms the body, mind, and soul.