Winter GirlsThe book I would like to introduce is "Wintergirls". This book is a power and touching story. It's about a girl named Lia whose best friend died recently. Lia and her bestfriend Cassie, had gotten into a fight and haven't talked for months. When Lia heard the news, she decided to listen to the voice mails Cassie had left her before she had die. These messages haunted her, and made her feel as if she were the cause of her death. Devestated, Lia finds herself deep into depression and continues to carry on their pledge. Even if it may kill her.
Anderson, Halse Laurie, Wintergirls, New York : Viking, 2009
1.Identify five elements of your novel.
- Conflict
- Plot
- Suspense
- Foreshadowing
- Setting
- Suspense.
- Plot.
- Setting.
- Conflict.
- Foreshadowing.
3. Describe how the element is used.
I believe the element of Suspense is used a numerous of times throughout the whole book. It was effective and It got me hooked. It was used mostly whenever she was depressed or alone. The element of " Plot " has been used quite well in this book. I find that the story was easily to follow because of the plot. The plot of this book is quite interesting, different, and I enjoyed reading it. The element of " Setting " was used wisely. The author chose lots of unique and different areas to give the story the feeling we were all to expect. " Conflict " was used a numerous of times as well. Lia found it was hard to get through life without her friend Cassie. She was depressed, and ran into many problems. The last element is " Foreshadowing ". I noticed that this element occurs mostly when Lia goes to do things that would hurt herself.
4. Use a quote from the book as evidence.
....When I was a real girl, with two parents and one house and no blades flashing, breakfast was granola topped with fresh strawberries, always eaten while reading a book propped up on the fruit bowl. At Cassie's house we'd eat waffles with thin syrup that came from maple trees, not the fake corn syrup stuff, and we'd read the funny pages...
(Page 7)
I chose this quotation to represent Suspense even though it does not seem like it holds much suspense. After reading this book, this book holds alot of meaning once you think about it. To know how much pain and suffering Lia and Cassie had been through. This shows me suspense, as to where you know later on in the story Lia and Cassie are heading into danger.
When citing a quote, you do not put the citation at the end of your blog post. Instead you put the qoute then in brackets (Author, Title of the book, page number) right after the quotation. As well, if you have already mentioned the authour and the the title of the novel, you only have to put the page number in brackets.
ReplyDeleteI would have to say the overal layout of this post and the colour changes really interested me when reading your blog post. I encourage you to continue with the colour changes and cool layouts.
ReplyDeleteI think you should have chosen a different citation of the book. As you said, for the ones who haven't read the book, it does not pass the feeling of suspense at all.
ReplyDeleteOveral I think you did a pretty good job on this blog post. You just need to put your quote in quotation marks and the citation beside the quote in brackets. Other then that I thought this blog post was really good!
ReplyDeleteGreat layout with the font colour and book cover! Srry to be that guy but ninth line in the first paragraph says "before she had die." All around though, good post.
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