Blog Assessment #1

Some specific phrases that show my writing voice would be “That made me think about how when we are kids, we dream about becoming this great person when we get older and we want to be able to do things that older kids do. But once you're growing up, it's a trap.” This shows my personality as a writer because I really like to look deep into the meaning behind what the writer is trying to show and how it’s impacting the characters. So in this case, when Alaska talks about her name and how she got it, it made me think about how life works and how you’re getting older every second. My personality relates to this because I like acting like a little kid again and once you grow up, you’re stuck. You can’t go back, so you have to embrace it while it lasts.

An example of diction that I included in my blog is, “Even though them just meeting doesn't mean they are going to be "best friends" you can already sense a feeling of them being close in a way that can't be described. Hopefully as the book continues the sense of strong friendship increases.” This is an example of informal diction because it represents the plain language that is used every day like strong friendships being made. An example of syntax that I included in my blog is, “This situation seems wrong to both Alaska and Miles, but Alaska is the only one to actually stand up for him, acting like a sister to him.” This is word order/ sentence structure because Alaska isn’t actually his sister so saying “like a sister” is a simile talking about their relationship in the story.