Andrew Fuoco's Thoughts and Ideas

  Prompt: Reflect on the simile and metaphor worksheet. Which topic challenged you the most when creating your figurative language, and why? In your response, explain what made that topic difficult and how you worked through the challenge (or what you might do differently next time). Prompt Response:  Metaphors are very hard to talk about especially with negative labels. I've experienced mean language used towards me and it made me reflect on how I treat others and I want to be treated. I need to be more creative when it comes to doing metaphors. I think I should take a break and refocus. Summary:we worked on our final draft today Reflection:   I need to work on identifying rhetorical devices. 

  Prompt:   Today you created similes and metaphors that reflect your struggles, growth, and resilience. In a well-developed paragraph, reflect on the process. What did you learn about yourself while writing your figurative language? Prompt Response:  Writing metaphors are harder to write than similes. I had to get more creative when coming up with new metaphors about myself. I learned that I need to be more open to new ideas about who I am and who I will be. Summary:we worked on a rhetorical analysis essay. Reflection: I need to get better at identifying rhetorical devices in literature.  

  Prompt: Describe how you spent your time, any activities, traditions, travel, hobbies, or moments that stood out to you. You may also discuss something new you tried, something you learned, or how the break helped you reset before returning to school. Keep your response appropriate for a school setting and focus on experiences you are comfortable sharing publicly Prompt Response:  I love to spend my time playing video games, I like playing lacrosse with my friends, I enjoy hanging out with my girlfriend and family. Doing these activity's help me reset and go back to school. Summary:we worked on a rhetorical analysis essay. Reflection:you need a lot of attention to detail skills to write a good rhetorical analysis.

  Prompt: If you had to describe how you show love using only three objects (for example: a playlist, a hoodie, a late-night snack, a long text message, etc.), what would you choose and why? Explain what each object represents and how it connects to your personality. I would choose a hoodie, text message, and dr.pepper. I could show love by sharing my hoodie with my girl friend when she is cold. I show love by keeping in touch with texts with the people I care about. I show love by sharing my Dr.Pepper, which is something that I love. Summary: you can show love without saying it. Reflection. we talked about our essays.

  Prompt: Now that you have completed the rhetorical analysis essay, reflect on your growth. Explain how this experience impacted your confidence as a writer and whether you feel prepared to continue analyzing complex speeches and texts in American Literature. Support your reflection with specific references to the writing process. I feel like I did pretty well on the analysis essay. I had never done an essay or analysis like this. I also think all of the practice on writeable helped too. Summary: The writing process takes a lot of practice and time. Reflection: we did our essay.

  Prompt: Today, you learned how to complete a rhetorical analysis planning guide step by step, from identifying the rhetorical situation to analyzing devices and effects. Reflect on one step of the rhetorical analysis process that helped you understand the process more clearly. Explain what you learned during that step and how it improved your ability to analyze a speaker’s message. Prompt Response:  identifying the rhetorical situation helped me look at the speaker more clearly and how the communicate to the reader. Summary: rhetorical analysis can help you understand the speaker better. Reflection:  we planned for our essay