Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Final Assessment

I think the best post I did with voice is: Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry (Zombie book). For my voice I tried to type it as I was saying it which is a little weird but it helped me. For example I did this,  "The only bad thing is that I'm trying not to become attached to any of the characters much because they could die at any second so it's kind of like The Walking Dead". I actually said this outloud when I typed this. I also used this, "so it's kind of like..." to make it sound like someone talking. I know I say that a lot when I talk with my friends. I also believe I use a lot of commas. Becuase of my writing you cna infer that my personality is mostly laid back. For example I don't use a lot of elevated diction because I never use it. but I do use commas because I don't stay on topic for a very long time.

For my diction I used a lot of casual diction becuase that is how I talk. If I used informal it wouldn't sound like me. I know I used "so it's kind of like..." becuase that is how I talk without thinking. For syntax I used a lot of declarative syntax, "There have been a lot of tricky situations that thinking wasn't possible so the characters had to think fast and go with it". For syntax patterns I used moslty 3 patterns; Simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentences. A typical sentence I used in this post would be this, "I just finished the book and let's not waste time, it was awesome". This is a compound sentence and it is how I talk.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Before Reading Flesh and Bone by Jonathan Maberry

I am going to start reading the 3rd book of this series and I am really excited to read it. There was a cliff hanger at the end so I wonder how it will start. I can infer that this book will hav a lot of more poeple vs. zombie rather than people vs. people based on the summary of this book. If it is people vs. zombie I can also infer that the syntax to the story will have a lot more staccato structure and lots of short sentences. I can already feel it getting intense. Hopefully none of the characters I like will die. I also have a lot of questions too like: What will happen when the group finds what they're looking for? Will the characters become stonger or weaker? If they don't find what they're looking for, what will happen next? Maybe the book will answer the some of my question. So here is my question for you. If you are reading a series right now, how did your book start? Did you like it?