Blogger Reflection

The blog I chose was http://macysblogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-last-song.html#comment-form
           1. I think that the best phrase or words  that really shows my writers voice is th last phrase in my post which was "Will she play again ? WIll it be for her good or her dads?". This was an open ended rhetorical question. I chose to use rhetoric in my post because it really makes people think or in a way  kind of makes them use their brains and work to anwser the question. This phrase showcases my writing personality by saying that i am open to trying new and different writers craft in my writing to make it better than it was before. I thought that in thsi specicfic post it would be good to use a rhetorical  open ended question. With this question I think it made people want to read the book The Last Song because they would want to find the anwser to the question and the only way they would get the anwser is by reading the book.
         2.  The syntax I chose to use in this post was  Punctuation or sentence length. I had shorter sentences to speed up the post or accelerate the pace in a way, by using shorter sentences it makes the readers want to continue to read my blog and not get bored easily. The punctuation also helped, by using short sentences and periods frequently it increasing the tone and pace of the blog post. By using question marks at the end it showed questions and made the readers thinka bout the post. I think the syntax I chose as a writer to use really benifited my post and helped it become more interest in my blog post about the last song. One example is "She refuses to play the piano," by using a comma here it shows us that there is a pause in the post and wants  us to stop and think about it why would she refuse to do something she loved so much.
              The diction I chose to use was denotation i used the literal meanings of wrods and didnt say anything but them. But twoards the end i started to use conotaion by not really telling all of the stpry adn just asking quesions to make the readers think.  "Will she play again ? WIll it be for her good or her dads?".  Here i used conotaion and didnt really give thet meaning of teh sentence of phrase. "Her dad still palys the piano and enjoys it but Ronnie wont do it because her dad love it". Here i used denotaion and told the readers exactly what was happening and told them that the dad lopves to play and really wants Ronnie to play piano again.

Krista Ramsey Post

           The column I read  was about teachers having the responsibility to have a gun with them at school, which Is a very weird yet amazingly interesting. Teachers would have guns at the school to be able to protect themselves and the students if a school shooting was to happen. Like it has many times in various places and cities. I think in a way it would be good to have guns but then if the students or other knew about these then something could go wrong and in many perspectives I could see how it were to be bad but at the same time good and some what helpful.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/22/krista-the-very-poor-case-for-arming-teachers/5744065/
    "To ask them to conceal a weapon is beyond common sense or even professional respect." I think that this line is very persuasive and is written incredible well. I think Krista Ramsey is an amazing columnists and this is just one of the many lines that shows us that. I think that this line really try's and makes the readers go towards her side and agree with her. With this line she wants the readers to think that having guns in school for he teachers would be a very bad thing. I'm not 100 percent sure she really swayed my decision but I do think they are bad to have but in some ways I could see how people would argue and say that they are good to have in school. For protection  from students teachers etc."To ask them to conceal a weapon is beyond common sense or even professional respect." This line is kind of what makes me lean more towards against it because, that's true. People can't tell you that you have to carry a gun with you. Let alone at work in an environment where the kids are suppose to be "safe". How would the kids feel if the teachers don't feel safe and have to carry a gun. I think overall Krista is an excellent columnist writer and even the she leans towards one side I don't think people would get offended with her writing because she has evidence why and backs up her opinion and also its an opinion not a fact.

The Last Song

            I'm making my way through the book quickly now and I'm actually enjoying it. The setting of the book is starting to very. It used to just be Ronnie and her brother Jonah staying at the house or them going outside to the beach witch is practically their backyard. Now it is starting to have a more wide variety. From the beach, to different houses, the fair/fun events on the peer to the house and many more places.

           Also in the book we now  have a more wide spread variety of characters. Before it was only four characters inside the family, Ronnie's dad, mom, brother Jonah and Ronnie . Now it's them four plus Ronnie's new friend blaze her boyfriend, and then Wil a guy she meet at a volley ball court at the beach. In the beginning I wouldn't have thought that Ronnie would have made friends but as the story goes on she makes more and more friends and starts to open up to people way more. So as the story is progressing so is Ronnie.

Character change in Last Song

                 Ronnie the main girl character  in this book has really changed throughtout the story. In the begining she really was not opened to anythign, she was rude and seemed really selfish. Thorughout the 100 or so pages i have read Ronnie has really changed from quiet didnt really open up to anyone to really opened and is even starting a realtionship with a boy and is becoming friends with a girl named blaze.
            Jonah, Ronnie's little brother in the story really hasnt changed that much. In the begining he was really open to coming to stay with his dad for the summer because he hasnt seen him in a while and really missed him. Jonah is getting closer and closer to his dad and is really accepting his parents divorce. Jonah and Ronnie dont really have that close of a realtionship, i think throughtiut the story they will gain eachothers trust and get closer as they progress through their journey over the summer living with their dad.

The Last song

    So I am farther into my book and the more into it I get the more I find myself connecting to it and wanting to read more. Ronnie is now living with her dad and is noticing that there may be something up with him. I find that ronnie and her dad used to have a strong connection before her parents split and seperated. When her dad  moved to teh beach they lost touch and most importantly lost the special father daughter connection.
    Ronnie has a strong hatred for her dad at the moment and i think it has something to do with the seperation of her parents. She doesnt want to do anything that will make her dad happy like play the piano. As I use my contacts clues I infer that before her parents got a divorce her and her dad  a special bond over playing the piano. HEr dad still palys the piano and enjoys it but Ronnie wont do it because her dad love it. She refuses to play teh piano, and says she will never play again.

Will she play again ? WIll it be for her good or her dads?

Last song

        I just started reading the last song and so far its really good it shows great viziualization and really makes you think about how you treat people. Its about a girl Ronnie and her  little brother Jonah. Their parents are recently divorced and they live with their mom in the city. Over summer their dad really is wanting to see them so they are going to live with their dad on the beach for the summer. Ronnie isnt to happy about this moving choice. BUt her mom thinks it willl be good for her because Ronnie isnt really the best kid, with flunking classes and shop lifting on the weekends, ronnies mom thinks this will be a perfect get away just what ronnie needs.
   The setting of this book is so far the beach, it started out in the city with her mom but is now moving settings adn taking a turn to the beach. Ronnie, Jonah, wil who ronnie si soon to meet adn her dad are the main characters in the book. Throughtout the first couple pages you learn Ronnie is a stubburn, do it my way or the high way kind of girl. She doesnt really trust people and is always getting in to trouble. The real question is will she change or will she be this way the whole book. Many descions will come up in her way forcing to take the right choice or the wrong one is what we will have to wait and see. I am intriged to read the rest of this book even though im not much of a reader this one is good and i cant put it down.