Sunday, October 25, 2009

science fiction

Science fiction is fiction based on scientific, and/or future ideas. Some famous science fiction authors are Jules Verne, H.g. Wells, Damon Knight, and James Blish. Some of the famous settings are In New York, Space, and the future.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bradbury's writing style

1. -"I'm antisocial, they say. I don;t mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what you mean by social, doesn't it?" (p.29)

2. Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but it felt no rain; over which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow.

3. "Burn all , burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean"Page 60

4. "My family is people. They tell me things: I laugh, they laugh! And the colors!" page 73

5. "Does your 'family' love you, love you very much, love you with all their heart and soul, Millie?" page 77

Bradbury's words seem to be repetitive. He also uses a lot of metaphors.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

banned books

The general reasons books are banned is because of the language used, sexual content, the use of God's name in vain, degrading a certain race, and more. This shows that people can't really face reality. Situations in these books really do happen, so what's wrong with reading about it? I've only read three of the books on the list, but knowing that so many books are banned makes me want to read them, and see what the controversy is all about. If I didn't read the books that I read, my education would be affected because they are all very great books that opened my eyes wider to the world.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

1. The heading goes in the upper left hand corner. The student, teacher name, subject, period, and date go in the heading.
2. The monkey flew over the fence, he landed on a trampoline.
3. The difference between a comma spice and a fused sentence is a fused sentence has no punctuation between each sentence
4. Two uses of commas are while listing, and before a conjunction while combining a sentence.
5. the semicolon is used for a stronger pause.
6. all number from ninety-ninety and below should be spelled out.
7. yes, plays are underlined
8. affect means to change, influence while effect means the result
9. there- location
their- used for other people
they're- replaces they are