Monday, May 23, 2011

25 Ramdom Facts

Konnor Drewen
5/23/011
25 Random Facts
1.      People call me “The Doctor.”
2.      There is actually a story behind why, but it is too long to explain.
3.      I do not actually have a medical degree.
4.      I have thirteen pets.
5.      Eleven of the previously said pets live in my room.
6.    I play the piano.
7.    I play the bass guitar.
8.    I play the harmonica.
9.    I am a Republican.
10.  I have been to the bowels of my middle school and explored.
11.  I dream to one day purchase my middle school with my friend, Max, and turn it into the greatest paintball arena in the country.
12.  I love, ne, I adore suits.
13.  Suits are my favorite type of clothing.  
14.  I have my own tailor.
15.  My favorite type of suit in a British suit.
16.  That is followed closely by the Italian suit.
17.  I think of ties as neck relaxation devises.
18.  I often Suit Up with my friend Max to go out on the town.
19.  My favorite sport in Wing-Maning.
20.  I hope to one day to get degrees in biological and mechanical engineering.
21.  I hope to become a Weapons Engineer for the U.S. Government.
22.  My true dream is to be remembered after I have left this world.
23.  I have already drawn up floor plans for my future house.
24.  I wish to build it in Nevada.
25.  I want to start my own pharmaceutical company after I am done working for the government that creates vaccines and other things of the like to help people, and weaponry for the U.S. military.    


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Character Profiles

1. The name is Jesse and he is the brother of Kate and Anna, son of Brian and Sara.
2. He is about 19-20 years old, no physical discription.
3. He is an arsonist as a profession.
4. Angry, suicidal, and unorganized is how I would discribe him.
5. Arson, making moonshine in his room, and smoking are some hobbies.
6. Quirks: He likes setting things on fire.
7. He is closest to himself and Anna; Anna because he thinks that now they are in the same metaphoical boat since she is sueing for medical emacipation.
8. Jean Nate Bath Splash ignites, did you know that? (Page 93)
9. Other then the arsonist part of him there is not much else interesting about this character.
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Figurative Language

Simile - a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “ she is like a rose.”
Metaphor - a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our god.”
Simile

1. I realize its wearing one of those red vests, like a St. Bernard that might carry rum up a snowy mountain. (Page 62)
2. He was talking about my little girl as if she were some kind of machine. (Page 66)
3. He's asleep, curled like a braided rug to the left of my desk" (Page 117)
4. It comes out in a thick clump, like a small blizzard. (Page 67)
5. They'll watch the gibbons swinging around like Olympic gymnasts and just start talking about what happens at home. (Page 110)
 Metaphor
1. Is this coldhearted man the one who will lead us through this war, our general, our white knight? (Page 60)
2. As if she were some kind of machine: a car with a faulty carburetor. (Page 66)
3. Brian and I watched the doctors hover over Kate's  feverish body, bees over a field of flowers. (Page 69)
4. I weave in and out of traffic, sewing up a scar. (Page 93)
5. He gets to his feet, a schoolboy caught in an indecent act. (Page 115)