Throughout this quarter I have learned a lot. I've learned more than I probably did in the whole year of 8th grade. A lot of this new knowledge has come from English, with this knowledge comes important skills and ways of writing. Among these skills the one that has stood out and taught me most would have to be the twist method of analyzing pieces of literature.
Through the use of twist we are able to decorate our Christmas tree of literary knowledge with the gorgeous ornaments known as tone, word choice, imagery, style and theme. Tone is like the kind of tree you pick out and how big, small, ugly or pretty it is. Tone is very important to writing so that the author can get there point across through feelings and emotions that the reader decodes in the writings. Word choice is like the ornaments that stand out on your tree, word choice is also very important because when describing something you want to be as descriptive as possible. Imagery is like the tinsel of the tree, it's what you use to make a picture of what you are writing about so that the reader can become more involved and see the meaning behind the words. Style is what you put on under the tree to really show what you like and what your about, style shows the authors use of metaphors, similes, personification and much more! Theme is what you put one top of your tree to be deciphered among your many house guests on to what it means. Theme is the authors method of giving you a lesson about life that you should follow.
All the class work we did with twist has helped me have a better understanding of what authors put into literary works. It has let me become more aware of whats in a passage besides just words. Twist has let me become a better writer and has helped me analyze what poems mean to me.
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