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Goal 2 - Take a  second every couple of pages and imagine the scenes that had just happened

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Goal 2 - Take a  second every couple of pages and imagine the scenes that had just happened

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I'm choosing this as my second goal because I noticed that when I was working towards my last goal, I didn't really imagine anything or understand everything because I was trying to speed read. Even though I was able to stay focused and got most of the information I needed, there was more I would have liked to have imagined in my head. So after every 15 pages or so, I will stop to imagine and understand what had just happened.

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Ever since Danika died Bryce was like this shell of a person. She stopped dancing, partying, smiling, laughing, etc.. She pretty much stopped living. There wasn't very many things she could do without thinking of Danika. Until she meets Hunt. Now, at the start, Hunt and Bryce did not get along. Hunt thought that Bryce was a careless party-princess. Bryce thought that Hunt was a stuck-up annoyance. They slowly started to get along and formed this sort of friendship. Over the time of them working together, Hunt showed Bryce what it felt like to be happy again. To enjoy life. In the text it says, "Fury didn't stop her prep. "Bryce was a ghost for a long while, Hunt. She pretended she wasn't, but she was." The helicopter finally pulled into air. "You brought her back to life." This shows how Bryce has changed because of Hunt. Even her friends are noticing it.

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I didn't read today since I finished my book but I was able to add in most of my annotation questions scenes and at least 5 more windows and mirrors. I was able to stay focused the entire time.

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Window - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A window in this book is that Bryce is an only child. I am not an only child and counting my step-siblings, I have 5 siblings. 2 step-sisters, 2 step-brothers, and 1 biological brother. I will never relate to Bryce have piece and quiet her entire childhood and I am jealous.

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Since Danika died, Bryce has never allowed someone to comfort her. Until Hunt comes along. In the text it says, ""I've got you," he murdered. "Sweetheart, I've got you." He'd never said it like that before - that word. It had always been mocking, teasing. She'd always found found it just this side of annoying. Not this time. Not when he held her hand and her gaze and everything she was. Riding out the pain with her." If it was anyone else, she would have told them to get lost, she would have done the same to him if she had met him before Danika died. But now, she knows she needs someone, him. She is finally admitting that you can't always do stuff alone and that sometimes you need someone to help you get through it all.

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After Connor died, Bryce never let herself love anyone because she felt like her owed it to him to never forget about him, that is, until Hunt comes. Hunt changes Bryce because he shows her that it is okay to fall in love with someone else and still honor Conner's memory. She has never allowed herself to care, until now. In the text it says, "She'd typed out a dozen different replies to that not-Hunt message. Please tell me everything is okay. Type 1 if you need help. Did I do something to upset you? What's wrong? Do you need me to come to the Comitium? Turning down an offer of dumpling soup-did someone steal this phone? On and on, writing and deleting, until she'd written, I'm worried. Please call me. But she had no right to be worried, to demand those things of him." This shows that despite everything, Hunt changed Bryce in the sense that because of him, she remembers what it feels like to care for someone other than herself.

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Before Bryce had even met Danika, she felt out of place. Until she met Danika. Danika made her feel safe and happy. This was a change to how Bryce felt before she met Danika. In the text it says, ""I know people don't get it. It's just... a light went out inside me when it happened. Danika wasn't my sister, or my lover. But she was the one person I could be myself around and never feel judged. The one person I knew would always pick up the phone, or call be back. She was the one person who made me feel brave because no matter what happened, no matter how bad or embarrassing or ------ it was, I knew that I would have her in my corner."" The explains right now that Danika made Bryce feel that way. Danika caused a change in Bryce because she met Danika, she felt happy and brave and like she was on top of the world.

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Sabine tells Bryce something about Danika

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Sabine tells Bryce something about Danika

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Bryce has never let anyone get to her because she has just always been confident. She has never let Sabine get to her. Until now. Sabine's hatred towards Bryce has never affected Bryce like it has now. Sabine causes this change in Bryce because Bryce has never doubted Danika's decisions until Sabine pointed out that Danika wasn't as honest as she seemed. Not once has Bryce questioned Danika's actions until Sabine said something. In the text is say, ""Danika didn't steal anything didn't steal anything," Bryce whispered, cold lurching through her. Only Hunt's arm around her middle kept her upright, his body a warm wall at her back." It then later says, "Hunt didn't realize just how badly Sabine's bombshell had hit Bryce until the next morning. She didn't run. Nearly didn't get up in time for work. She drank a cup of coffer but refused the eggs he made. Barely said three words to him." Bryce has never allowed herself to believe anything Sabine ever said but because of Sabine's choice to tell Bryce the truth, Bryce doesn't know if she actually knew her best friend the days before she was murdered.

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After Danika died, Bryce never allowed herself to love someone again. She never let anyone see her true self and never allowed anyone to see her as weak. She kept her head up high and ignored anyone. She never let anyone see her in a vulnerable state. Until now. Hunt has caused change in Bryce because he broke down one of her walls. Bryce is allowing him to see her in a vulnerable state because he makes her feel safe and like her won't judge her. In the text it says, ""Nothing is important. She said the words with enough quiet that he watched her carefully. "You all right?" "Yeah." Definitely no, then. She admitted. "The quiet bothers be sometimes."" Bryce has never told anyone that, ever. Not since Danika. Hunt makes Bryce feel safe enough to allow him to know her weaknesses and that isn't something Bryce has felt in a long time.

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Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A mirror in this book is that Bryce has a friend that starts to act all shy around guys and then teases her about it. I can relate to this because one of my best friends acts all sweet and shy around boys and the second they leave I start to tease her relentlessly.

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Reading Response 6 - Response 2 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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Reading Response 6 - Response 2 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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In the story, there are multiple conflicts in this book. Since the reader gets two different point of views there are definitely more conflicts that are noticeable. Hunt and Bryce are the two narrators and they both have really messed up pasts so there is definitely more internal conflicts individually. The 2 overall external conflicts is that there is demon that is killing everyone and Luna's Horn in missing and that is what the demon is after. But the internal conflicts of the characters seem a little more important to me than the external conflicts. For Bryce, after seeing Danika and the Pack of Devils dead and torn apart, she was so broken and wouldn't do anything. She shut everyone out and this caused a problem when it came to working with Hunt. She wanted to bad to ignore him and to be alone but she couldn't and that caused a issue between them in the beginning of the working together. For Hunt, he is literally an owned person. He isn't free and is forced to do Micah's dirty work. Hunt is forced to kill people who are on Micah's hit list and is not allowed to talk back because then he might never be free. This caused a lot of trouble when it comes to him beating himself up because he doesn't want Bryce to think of him as a monster because he has to kill people. Another internal conflict for Hunt is that he mentally beats himself up for the fact that he is slowly falling for Bryce. Hunt's former love was killed and he has also thought that he would love her forever until he met Bryce. Bryce makes him forget all about his pain and makes him happy and he hates himself because he allowed her to make him feel that way. But anyways, there are multiple conflicts given the fact the besides the external conflicts, when there are two point of views, there are usually double the internal conflicts.

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I was able to stay focused and went back in to read the part of the book where I didn't have any mirrors or windows and found at least 5 more windows and 4 more mirrors.

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Window & Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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Window & Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A part in the book that is both a mirror and a window for me is that Prince Ruhn is almost just about forced into being in an arranged marriage. This is a window for me because since I'm am not royalty and my mother has taught me to believe that she always wants me to marry out of love. But I have learned that it can be awful to be in a loveless marriage. But, it is a mirror because I relate to how Ruhn felt. The thought of being in a arranged marriage sounds like my version of the worst life on Earth. I relate to Ruhn's distaste for an arranged marriage.

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Reading Response 5 - Response 7 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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Reading Response 5 - Response 7 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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I think the main theme of this book is that one can overcome anything with love. This is shown pretty much throughout the entire book. For example, in the beginning when Danika was still alive, Bryce didn't care the she was spat upon for being a half-breed. Didn't care that she probably wouldn't get very far because of it. And didn't care that no one would ever see her as Danika's equal. She didn't care because she was surrounded by people who loved her and would encourage her to never stop fighting. She kept going and didn't let anyone walk all over her because of the love she was being given. In the text it says, "Bryce and Sabine had hated each other from the moment the Alpha had sneered at her only child's improper, half-breed roommate that first day at CCU. And Bryce had loved Danika from the moment her roommate had offered her a hand in greetings anyway." Another example is after Danika dies. Bryce was so broken and lonely and never thought she would be normal again, until Hunt comes along. He showed her that she can overcome her sadness by showing her love and affection in either a friendly way or a romantic way. For example, in the text it says, "Fury didn't stop her prep. "Bryce was a ghost for a long while, Hunt. She pretended she wasn't, bit she was." The helicopter finally pulled into the air. "You brought her back to life."" This shows that it was because of the love that Hunt showed Bryce that she finally realized how good it felt to be happy. It was like she had a giant hole in the middle of her heart and Hunt patched it back up. The overcame this unbelievable amount of grief because of him and the love he showed her. Then, one more example, which I think is the most obvious to figure out the theme is that the sentence , "Through love, all is possible," is repeated more times than I can count in this book. It's even part of the big plot twist and towards the end when Bryce is just about ready to give up, she repeats it like she is a broken record that is stuck on that very line. This all proves that the theme is that one can overcome anything with love

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Before, Danika died, Bryce used to love to dance and was actually pretty good. But then after Danika died, she stopped. She stopped doing a lot of things and dancing ended up being one of them. In the text it says, ""It didn't matter to you before Danika died. Just go to the class. It's not an addition-it's literally just a class for people who love to dance. Which you do." "Which I did." Junipers breath rattled the phone. "Danika would be heartbroken to hear you don't dance anymore. Even for fun."" This shows that the event of Danika's death impacted Bryce enough for her to stop doing what she loved.

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Bryce isn't known to be a violent person. That is, until she really had to be. When Bryce and Danika were in danger, Bryce gladly did what was needed to be done to protect them. Danika gave Bryce a reason to never stop fighting. Bryce showed change because of Dankia because she made Bryce realize that she would do anything for the people she loves. Even if it means killing another. In the text it says, ""You ever use any outside of practice?" I love you, Bryce. Close your eyes, Danika. "When I had to," she rasped. Not that it made a difference when it mattered.

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Bryce doesn't return any of Ithan's texts

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Bryce doesn't return any of Ithan's texts

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After Danika died, Bryce shut everyone out. She couldn't face anyone. She was usually quick to respond and before Danika died, she craved other people's presence. She was constantly around people and she loved that. It was a real change when she started to ignore everyone. She always answered Ithan. Always. Until Danika died, and so did Connor (Ithan's older brother. Also Bryce's almost boyfriend). In the text it says, "She'd never written back, never sought him out. Hadn't been able to endure the thought of facing him." Before, Bryce would have done anything in her power to make sure Ithan got the answer she deserved but now, she wants nothing to do with anyone.

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Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A mirror in this book is that Bryce refuses to admit that she would make the Drop for a man. She thinks that Hunt doesn't deserve the satisfaction of finding out sh chose immorality to spend forever with him. I relate to this because the raging feminist in me would never want to give a man that satisfaction even if I loved the guy.

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Reading Response 4 - Response 3 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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Reading Response 4 - Response 3 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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The story is mainly through Bryce and Hunt's point of view with some occasional chapters where it is from Ruhn's point o view. But the two main narrators of the story are Bryce and Hunt. Bryce and Hunt are both very alike, they are arrogant, cocky, lonely, realistic, and they both have a lot of trauma and a messed up life. Bryce does a lot better at hiding it though. They are both pretty well written characters and I love both of their perspectives. I can connect with them both to a certain extent. There are more windows than mirrors in this book because both of them are not human, one is 25 years old and the other is over 200 years old, one has lost a lover and the other has lost a best friend, etc.. This book is also not set in the real world. I find that I relate more to narrators that are written to live in the real world. There are a couple of moment that I can relate to though. I would relate more to them if they were closer to my age or it was at least in this word.

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Sabine (Danika's mom) and Bryce have never gotten along. Sabine spat upon Bryce because she was a half breed who just happened to be Danika's best friend. After Danika had been killed, Sabine started saying that she would kill Bryce and that she hated her and that Bryce should have been the one that died. Bryce and Sabine try there very hardest to say away from each other until now. Since Bryce and Hunt are put on a task to find Danika's murderer, Bryce must visit Sabine and her pack. Sabine and her pack like to insult Bryce and would love nothing more than to kill her and Bryce knows that fact. Bryce never wanted to see any of them again but, she would for Danika. In the text it says, "Hunt had offered to do it himself, but she'd refused. She had to come here - had to step up. For Danika." This is a change in how she had acted before she was put on the case. Bryce tried so hard to stay away from Sabine but now, she would step up and stop letting Sabine scare her. It may have taken her 2 years to realize it, but she would do anything to make sure Danika had justice.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and was able to finish my book today.

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Reading Response 3 - Response 5(Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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Reading Response 3 - Response 5(Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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I love the authors writing. Ever single one of her books are amazing and I love them all. In this book specifically, the author has done very well at world building and writing character development. The author is really great at coming up with amazing plots and creating just amazing worlds. I love how she wrote the mystery part of the book. The author does an amazing job at keeping the reader at the edge of their seat until the very end. Sarah J. Maas also did a phenomenal job at creating a very shocking plot twist. The dialogue is pretty good. There are a some pieces of dialogue in which have no point in even being the story but I just read past those lines. I love the authors word choice for everythign excpet choosing words to replace said. I swear, her vocabulary for said consist of the word 'said' and the words 'growled',

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Bryce hasn't been openly nice to Hunt or really anyone at all since Danika died. She seemed to have rather been alone than with people so she was never really nice. That is, until Hunt comes along. Before, Bryce would have never thought to do something nice for a fallen angel. But, she did. Hunt had wanted to watch a game on TV but Micah had forced a mission on Hunt which meant her couldn't watch it. But Bryce wanted to make sure that if he wanted to watch it, he would. In the text it says, "Even across the room, he could feel her questions. But she said softly, "I recorded the game for you. If you still want to watch it."" Bryce is showing signs of being more comfortable around him and is visibly more open to the idea of working with him. This is a total change from the beginning since when they first started working together, she told him to leave her alone every time they were in 10 feet of one another.

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Bryce has never been known to be smart to think things through. To everyone, including Hunt, she is just some insane party girl who is depressed because she lost her friends. She has also never really cared to even bother to prove them wrong. But now, it's is almost like she has this desperate need to prove Hunt wrong. In the text it says, "His brow furrowed. "What's this?" "My list of suspects," she said, letting him glance at the names before she snatched it away. "When did you make this?" She said sweetly, "Last night. On the coach." A muscle ticked in his jaw. "And you were going to tell me this when?" "After you'd spent the whole day assuming I was a dumb, vapid female more interested in getting my nails done than solving this case."" The whole conversation goes on to Bryce proving to Bryce that was actually is smart and it interested in solving the case. Bryce has never really cared about what people thought of her but now that she is working with Hunt, it's like she craves validation from him. Like he is the only person in which whom she doesn't want to see her fail.

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Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A mirror in this book is the Bryce wants to do anything possible to save the people she loves even if it means sacrificing herself for them. Now, even though I have never been put in that situation, I would have had the same mindset as her. I relate to her in the sense that if needed, I would do anything necessary to save the people I love.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and was able to read 81 pages in the 40 minutes.

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Window - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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Window - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A window in this scene is that Bryce's father hates her. I don't know what that is like because I was fortunate enough to have a father who loved me and my brother more than anything. But from her feelings about it allows me to understand that not getting the love you deserve from a parent can be kinda traumatizing.

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Window - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood 

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A window in this book is that Hunt betrays Bryce. I don't know what it is like to feel betrayed but from how Bryce described it, it sounds awful and that it would lead to a lot of trust issues.

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Window - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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Window - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A window in this book is that Bryce loses her best friend. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose my best friend. From the way Bryce felt after Danika died, I can understand that it is almost like losing your other half. And that even though I don't know what it feels like, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and was able to read 84 pages in the 40 minutes. I was able to reach my goal for the third and final time.

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Reading Response 2 - Response 1 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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Reading Response 2 - Response 1 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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I think that something is going to go down between Micah and Bryce next. The last time Micah had seen Bryce was when Bryce found out Hunt had been working behind her back and had betrayed her. That last interaction that Micah had seen between Hunt and Bryce was Bryce telling Hunt that she never wanted to see him again. Now a lot has changed since then. The most recent encounter Bryce and Hunt had was Bryce was trying to buy Hunt's freedom or take his place so that way her would be free. But even though Micah was not there for that last encounter, he knows that Hunt and Bryce mean more to each other than they care to let on. Micah and Hunt are no longer on good terms as Micah has sold Hunt to Hunt's enemy as punishment for working against him. But I would not be surprised if he would hurt Bryce to punish Hunt. In the text it says, "Hunt flinched, his chest aching. "Micah won't go after her to-" "No. You're lucky as ----, but no. He won't crucify her to punish you. Though don't be naive enough to believe the thought didn't cross his mind."" Now even though it said Micah wouldn't hurt her, he isn't known to keep his word. And now, after Micah said Bryce wouldn't have to deal with him or any of his people anymore, her randomly shows up at her work. Bryce also seems to be quite scared of him because she just found out a piece of information she bet he would kill her for. In the text it says, "Micah folded his wings, and turned to her. "What I'm looking for?" "Yes," she breathed. "I-" He pinned her with those icy eyes. "I'm looking for you." Again, Bryce was told by Micah that she would never have to see him again but now, she knows something about an object that he wants very badly to possess. I think that he is going to try and kill her for whatever information she has.

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Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A mirror in this book is that Bryce's mom doesn't like to lose in a fight and that is something that Bryce has grown to do to. In the text it says, ""I've never seen my mom back down from a fight. It rubbed off, I guess." Me and my mother bicker about a lot of stuff and neither one of us like to lose an argument. I relate to her in that sense.

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Mirror - Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood

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A mirror in this book is that Bryce lost someone she loved very much. I know what it feels like to lose a loved one and I can relate to her pain and sadness. Bryce lost Danika, a person she loved one of the most in the world and I lost my father. I understand her pain.

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Bryce's biological father is the Autumn King, her disowned her when she was 13 and they keep up a facade of being uncle and niece. They day after Danika died, Ruhn (Bryce's half brother) was ordered by their father to tell Bryce to stay out of trouble. Bryce obeyed that rule until Hunt came along. Since Hunt and Bryce are now forced to work together by Micah (the mayor/archangel) Bryce is changed in the sense that she no longer cares about her father's order. This shows change in her which was caused by Micah. In the text it says, ""His father set down the prism, his lips curling. "I told you to warn that girl to stay quiet."" Mind you this is 2 years after the warning was given. This shows that Bryce did obey her father for the time being but now that Micah has forced her and Hunt to work together, she no longer cares about what he warns her about.

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Bryce is known to be a party girl. She was known for that among a lot of people. No matter whether they were High Fae, Vanir, human, etc.. But after Danika died, she stopped partying, she stopped dancing, she stopped doing the things that made her feel most alive. It is said that there wasn't a single type of alcohol Bryce wouldn't drink. But now, Bryce doesn't even stomach the thought of drinking. The last time she did it was the night she found Danika and her pack dead. In the text it says, "He snorted, letting go of her wrist and grabbing her glass. He lifted it to his lips, holding her stare over the rim as he said, "At least tell me you have good taste in-" He sniffed the liquor. Tasted it. "This is water." Her fingers curled into fists on the table. "I don't drink."" Before Danika had died, it would probably have been actual liquor but now she doesn't drink.

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This event really changes Bryce because before, Bryce was known to be a party girl. She was careless an happy and fun. But now, she rarely goes out anymore, she doesn't smile or actually seem to want her life anymore. It's like all of a sudden all the light from her life just disappeared.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and was able to read 39 pages in the 20 minutes. I didn't meet my goal but I was super close.

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Reading Response 1 - Response 6 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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Reading Response 1 - Response 6 (Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood)

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So far, I am really enjoying this book. It's really well written and the whole world that is presented to you in this book is absolutely amazing! I love the main female protagonist. I aspire to be her. I love the kinda romance that is being presented. And I really love the mystery that is happening in the book. The mystery is honeslty my favorite part. It's interesting and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I love Sarah J. Maas's books. They are always amazing and this is now one of my new favorites of hers. I especially like this book because of how the author wrote about all of the character's trauma. Many authors write in that characters have such awful trauma but then describe it in a way that is almost insulting. The characters are more down to Earth than almost any other book I've read. And again, I absolutely love Bryce (the main female protagonist)! I love that she is strong and not just some damsel in distress. I love that she can hold her own and doesn't let a man push her around and control her. The only two bad things I have to say about this book is that there were some moments where I had no clue what was happening because of all of the information the author was giving. And the last thing, which is my biggest annoyance in books, is that the only words she used after someone spoke was 'said', 'snarled', or 'hissed'. I HATE when authors do it and I feel like their editors really failed to mention it to them because it was sentence after sentence and after a certain point, I'm going to just start laughing because it is so bad. But anyways, I would recommend this book to anybody who loves LONG fantasy books. This book is 799 pages so you would have to be a fan of a very long book with the patients to sit through 799 pages. But again, the book is amazing and the world it's set in is awesome and I would kill to even be there for a second.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and was able to read 61 pages in the 30 minutes. I did meet my goal for the second time.

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I did get a little distracted and ended up only reading 41 pages in the 30 minutes I was reading. I didn't meet my goal this time.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and was able to read 79 pages in the 30 minutes I spent reading. I did reach my goal with 19 pages ahead of what was needed in order to accomplish it.

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Goal 1 - read double the pages than the minutes spent reading 

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Goal 1 - read double the pages than the minutes spent reading 

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I would still like to work towards accomplishing goal 1 because even though I did accomplish it 3 times, it wasn't at a very continuous rate and I usually only accomplished it with 1 page more. When I did accomplish it, it was mostly out of luck because every time I actually tried to accomplish it, I never did. I hope to accomplish this goal by training myself to speed read and still be able to understand all the words and imagine all of the knowledge being given.

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I was able to stay focus the entire time and read 52 pages in the time that we were reading.

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Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - 11/29/21 - 12/9/21

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Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - 11/29/21 - 12/9/21

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The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller - 11/15/21 - 11/18/21

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The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller - 11/15/21 - 11/18/21

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A mirror in this book is that Esperanza lost a family member. I know what it is like to lose a family member and I know the pain of feeling like you didn't have enough time with them.

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"A home in the heart. I see a home in the heart." (Mango Street, pg. 64)

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"A home in the heart. I see a home in the heart." (Mango Street, pg. 64)

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Denotation - a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people.
Connotation - the feeling of warmth, comfort,  happiness, love
The use of the word 'home' creates a positive mood to the story. The author used the word 'home' to show that Esperanza's home won't be an actual place, but instead it will be a person or a thing. Just someone or something that she holds dear in her heart. This shows that Esperanza isn't the type of person who needs an actual building for something to feel like home.

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"The mother's feet, plump and polite," (Mango Street, pg. 40)

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"The mother's feet, plump and polite," (Mango Street, pg. 40)

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The author is using personification because she is giving feet the living characteristic of being polite. This phrase with figurative language is effective because it gives the reader a clear representation of what the mother's feet are like. By using the word polite the reader has a good understand that the mother's feet are probably small and pretty and are nicely put together. Most if not all of us know what being polite is like and the author used our knowledge to give a clear representation of what her feet looked like.

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Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, learning out my window, imagining what I can’t see” (p. 73).  

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Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, learning out my window, imagining what I can’t see” (p. 73).  

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I think she means that she is sick of having the only way to get what see wants has to be imaginary or all in her head. I think she wishes for her dreams to become a reality and she is tired of only being able to dream and not experience.

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (p. 73). 

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (p. 73). 

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Lois seems to be the type of girl that uses mostly her looks to get by in life. She seems to lack common sense as well as street smarts. As for Esperanza, while she may value being pretty, she counts on her smarts to get by. Esperanza does have some common sense and has some street smarts.

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When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, “Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart” (p. 64). Explain what you believe this means. 

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When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, “Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart” (p. 64). Explain what you believe this means. 

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I think that this means that Esperanza will find a person or a thing to be her home. I think that Esperanza may find comfort and warmth like you would in a house, in person like a friend. Or she way find that feeling in writing, for example. I think this means that Esperanza's home won't be a specific place, but instead a person or a thing whom she cares about very much.

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The witch lady sees jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza’s cards. Why do you think these showed up for Esperanza fortune? 

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The witch lady sees jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza’s cards. Why do you think these showed up for Esperanza fortune? 

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I think the witch lady sees jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza's cards because she has showed many times that she wants what every other child has. She wants to be one of the "special kids, the ones who wear keys around their necks". And I think there was sorrow in her cards because Esperanza is going to be hurt when she sees everyone else get great opportunists while she doesn't get any.

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Describe the characteristics of each character (Lucy/Rachel, Esperanza, and Nenny) based on this chapter. Have they changed since we first met them? Use evidence  

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Describe the characteristics of each character (Lucy/Rachel, Esperanza, and Nenny) based on this chapter. Have they changed since we first met them? Use evidence  

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Lucy seems to be a very teasing type of person. She joked about a couple things. For example, in the text it says, "I'm saying your mama's ugly like . . . ummm . . . ... like bare feet in September!" Obviously she is kidding and Lucy joked a lot about other things as well. Esperanza seems to be very protective of her family. She was quick to defend her mother after Lucy jokingly insulted her. In the text it says, "My mama? You better not be saying that, Lucy Guerrero. You better not be talking like that. . . else you can say goodbye to being my friend forever." This shows that Esperanza can take things very seriously and can be very protective. Nenny is curious. She was so interested in the clouds and seemed like she wanted to know everything. And Rachel, Rachel is teasing as well. She has a very fun personality is seems as she also jokingly got mad at Esperanza. In the text it says, "Nenny, you better tell your sister she is really crazy because Lucy and me are never coming back here again. Forever." Rachel obviously didn't mean that. In all, they are all very comfortable with each other to joke around like that and that is a big difference than how they were in the beginning because it seemed that in the beginning they were all a bit awkward around each other but now they are good friends.

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Is the name ­calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence. 

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Is the name ­calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence. 

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No, the name calling isn't serious. I don't think it was serious or meant to hurt each other's feelings because they were going back and forth saying stupid things. Then at the very end it says, "Your mama's frijoles. Your mama's ugly toes. That's stupid. Bebe. Blanca, Benny... Who's stupid? Rachel, Lucy, Esperanza, and Nenny." This shows that they weren't actually trying to hurt each other's feelings they were just joking around with each other to get a rise out of one another. If they were trying to insult each other they would have said stuff that were a lot meaner.

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Dream #4 - To have passion for gymnastics again

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Dream #4 - To have passion for gymnastics again

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What inspired this dream is that my mom always talks about how good I was at gymnastics and how she wished I had stayed in it. There was once a time when gymnastics was my life and I would like for it to be important to me again because I remember loving to do it.

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What inspired this dream was that I have seen so many pictures of when my mom went to Scotland. It always looks so pretty and I would love to see it for myself. Also because I have heard of many different places to see in Scotland and I would love to see them and I think that they would be very cool to see.

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What inspired this dream is that so many people my age have already seen so much of the world when I have only ever been to Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida. The first three are in a kinda close driving range so they don't really count in my book. I want to see the world for myself, not just in pictures. I have never even left the country and I don't have a plan to until I graduate high school.

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What inspired this dream was how I always hear about how people want to change the way they look and how people pick out their insecurities more that they do what they like about themselves. I also hear about how a lot of plastic surgeons will do any surgery for the money even if it is unsafe for the patient. I want to be a plastic surgeon because I want to help people feel better about themselves as well as be the type of surgeon who cares about the patient more than the money.

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A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer- 11/8/21 - 11/12/21

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A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer- 11/8/21 - 11/12/21

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"There are a million zillion kinds, says Nenny." (Mango Street, p. 35)

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"There are a million zillion kinds, says Nenny." (Mango Street, p. 35)

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The author is using a hyperbole because she is make an extreme exaggeration on how many different kinds of snow there is. "A million zillion" isn't even a number. This phrase with figurative language is effective because it gives us a clear representation of how many different kinds of snow Nenny thinks there are.

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"today pointed up because the world was full of clouds," (Mango Street, p. 33)

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"today pointed up because the world was full of clouds," (Mango Street, p. 33)

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The author is using personification because she is giving the world the human characteristic of being full. The world can't be full. This phrase with figurative language is effective because it gives the reader a clear representation of how many clouds in looks like there are. We all know how it feels to be full and the author used that to her advantage. When using the word full, the reader can understand that there were a lot of clouds. So mush clouds that you could barely see the sky.

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"Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star" (Mango Street, p. 30)

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"Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star" (Mango Street, p. 30)

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The author is using a simile because she is comparing how Angel Vargas fell to that if a falling star. This phrase with figurative language is effective because it gives a pretty clear image of how it looked when Angel Vargas fell. The author used this simile to give us a clearer image of what it looked like when they fell.

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“Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much trash in our yard today” (Mango Street, p. 37)

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“Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much trash in our yard today” (Mango Street, p. 37)

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Denotation - discarded matter; refuse.
Connotation - ugly, low-life, worthless, annoying,
The use of the work 'trash' creates a negative mood to the story. The author used the word 'trash' to show how Esperanza doesn't like people insulting her mom. It shows how she gets angry when people talk about her mom in a negative way. We learn that Esperanza feels pretty protective over the people she loves, especially her mom. We also learn that Esperanza can be pretty defensive and if someone insults her or her family, she will insult them back. If Lucy hadn't said Esperanza's mom was ugly, Esperanza would have never called her trash.

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A mirror in this book is that Darius doesn't like school. I relate to him in the sense that I also don't like school. School creates unneeded stress and I don't like it just like Darius.

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"clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes." (Mango Street, p. 21)

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"clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes." (Mango Street, p. 21)

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Denotation - living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated
Connotation - carefree, free spirited, untamed,
The use of the word clumsy adds a positive mood to the story. I do think it could also be negative in some sort of way but I think it is more positive than it is negative. The author used the word 'wild' to explain who Meme truly is. From the word 'wild' be learn that Meme (and his dog) are carefree and free spirited. They like to go do things normal people wouldn't usually even think about. That Meme doesn't like to sit still for very long. The whole mood of the vignette would have been a whole lot different if the author used the word 'tamed' or 'controlled'.

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"Or like marimbas only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb." (Mango Street, p. 20)

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"Or like marimbas only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb." (Mango Street, p. 20)

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Denotation -  take hold of something and quickly remove it from its place
Connotation - choppy, ugly, scratchy, bad sounding
The use of the word plucked adds a negative mood to the story. The author used the word 'plucked' to show how Esperanza thought how the old music box sounded. We learn that the music box doesn't sound pretty like music boxes are supposed to but instead this music box has more of a harsh sound.

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A window in this book is that Marin has her wishes and dreams but expects someone else to accomplish them for her. She also thinks that the only way to accomplish her dreams is to marry a good man.  I would never let a man or anyone else but me accomplish my dreams. That would make me feel helpless if I couldn't accomplish my own dreams. I have learned from Marin's point of view that some people fancy the idea of marrying away all your problems and letting someone else accomplish your dreams.

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"Past my house, sad and red and crumbly in places" (Mango Street, p. 16)

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"Past my house, sad and red and crumbly in places" (Mango Street, p. 16)

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The author is using personification because it is giving the house the living characteristic of being sad. A house can not be literally sad. This phrase with figurative language is effective because if gives a clear explanation on how the house looks. We all know what sad looks like and since the house it explained as sad, we can have a clear image of what it looks like. The author used this piece of figurative language because we it gives us something to relate to. We can relate to sadness so we know what sad looks like.

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"which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti" (House on Mango Street, p. 16)

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"which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti" (House on Mango Street, p. 16)

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The author is using a simile because she is comparing the bikes wobbly wheels to that of spaghetti by using the word 'as'. This phrase with figurative language is effective because it helps the reader understand how wobbly it is on the bike. Everyone knows what spaghetti is like and how unstable it is so the author clearly represents how wobbly the bike is. The author added this piece of figurative language to give a clear representation of what the bike it like with all three girls on it by using something we all have knowledge of. It gives us a better image in our heads.

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"She used to own a building big as a whale" (House on Mango Street, p. 12 )

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"She used to own a building big as a whale" (House on Mango Street, p. 12 )

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The author is using a simile because she is comparing a building to that of the size of a whale using the word 'as'. This phrase with figurative language is effective because it paints a picture in the readers head to explain how big the woman's building really was. It might be an exaggeration  but it makes it clear how big the building was. The author added this piece of figurative language to give a clear representation to how big the building was by giving us a general idea of something we already know. Most people know that a whale is huge and the author used that information to her benefit.

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“Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" (Mango Street, pg. 4)

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“Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" (Mango Street, pg. 4)

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The author is using personification. I know this because the author gave windows (a non living object) the living characteristic of holding their breath. It helps give a visual that the windows don’t allow much room for air to come through the house. Meaning it is effective because it explains how small the windows actually are. The author used the phrase "holding their breath" to give a visual everyone would relate to since everyone knows what it looks like when someone holds their breath.
My example: "The front door so big you’d think it grows every time you look at it."

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p. #)

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p. #)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know.
Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture of understand?

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“As if she were a fancy chandelier” (House on Mango Street, p. 11) 

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“As if she were a fancy chandelier” (House on Mango Street, p. 11) 

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Denotation- a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles.

Connotation- valuable, elegant, delicate, expensive, desirable

Using the word chandelier adds a positive and sophisticated mood to this section of the story.
The author used the phrase fancy chandelier so we can learn how Esperanza's great-grandfather views her great-grandmother. We learn that he loved her and really wanted to marry her. He values her and sees her as a delicate, elegant, desirable woman. The message would have been significantly different if the author said, “As if she were a sack of potatoes.”

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p. #)

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What mood or feeling is being shown in this phrase? Is it positive or negative?
Why does the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?

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A window in this book is that Esperanza doesn't like herself and isn't happy with herself. I don't relate to her in the sense that I am happy with the way I look and the way I am. I have learned that not liking yourself really ruins your self confidence.

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A window in this book is that Esperanza is growing up in Chicago. I never actually grew up in Chicago but I did in the Chicago land area but never actually in Chicago. I have learned from her that living in Chicago is not super fun and can be crowded and loud.

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A mirror in this book is that Esperanza has a lot of siblings. I relate to her in the sense that I also have a lot of siblings.

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A window in this book is that Esperanza doesn't like her hair and seems to believe that everybody else in her family have better hair than she has. I have always liked my hair and I think that I have the best natural hair in my family since my mother is a fake blonde, my brother has the type of hair that make him look like a golden retriever, my step dad has like no hair, my younger step brother has boring brown hair, and my older step brother has the type of curls that make him look like he stole a poodles' hair and glued it to his head.

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A mirror in this book is that I didn't like my name for a while juts as she doesn't like Esperanza doesn't like her name.

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A mirror in this book is that there was once a time when I wasn't proud of the house I lived in because it was old and ugly in my opinion. I relate to her in the sense because she also wasn't proud of the house she lived in and didn't want to show people her house.

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - 10/15/21 - 11/17/21

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - 10/15/21 - 11/17/21

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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas - 10/13/21 - 11/13/21

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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas - 10/13/21 - 11/13/21

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A window in this book is that Edward and his family are super, super, super rich. I mean, his father has an estimated $36,200,000,000. Edward and his family get privileges and things that I could never have. But from Edward's thoughts, money isn't always a good thing because then people notice you more and you have to be really shallow to have money buy happiness.

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I mirror in this book is that it is said from Edward's thoughts that Bella is super clumsy. I relate to her in the sense that I am also very clumsy. I mean, I will trip over my own feet and I do it ALL THE TIME just liker her. I also relate to her in that sense because just as Edward teases her about her clumsiness, a bunch of my friends also tease me on my clumsiness.

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Reading Response 5 - Response 5 (Midnight Sun)

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Reading Response 5 - Response 5 (Midnight Sun)

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The author has written some pretty good dialog. There are a couple of weird lines she wrote in but the dialog is good none the less. She doesn't wrote a whole lot of suspense as the book doesn't seem to do any. But I will say that the author did do a good job at making sure we were invested in the story until the end. The author did write flashbacks into the book and she wrote them in a way that made it seem like it was all happening in the present. All of the flashback scenes she wrote gave a lot of background knowledge on Edward as a person and helped the reader understand better who he is as a person. The only bad choice I think she made is that she was very repetitive and basic when it came to finding better words for "said". She also wrote "'--------,' I chuckled" or "'------," I said." She wrote a lot of basic words as I said before, "said", "exclaimed", "whispered", etc.. These are good words but she just used the over, and over, and over again. And I swear she wrote that Edward chuckled at least 2 times every page. But other than that I think the author made good choices in her writing.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time and read a total of 88 pages in the 42 minutes. I was able to meet my goal for the third time.

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Reading Response 4 - Response 4 (Midnight Sun)

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Reading Response 4 - Response 4 (Midnight Sun)

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An interest topic talked about this book is the concept of forever. Living forever per say. In this book, Edward and his family are vampires, meaning they will the forever. They are immortal. Now, in the book, some characters love the idea of forever with the people they love and others hate the idea of living forever. The concept of forever in this book is described as either a blessing or a curse. Never both. I have learned that if you have someone to live forever with and you have purpose in your life, forever is a blessing. But if you are alone and have no purpose or meaning in your life, forever is a curse. I have also learned that ones mindset also plays a big part on how you view living forever. This topic impacted the story because Alice had a vision of Bella being a vampire which means she would live forever and Edward flipped out. Edward hates living forever and wishes there was a way he could end his "pointless existence." Edward never wanted Bella to live the life he's living because he's miserable and would never be able to live with himself if she felt that way too. It was because of Edward's views on living forever that caused him to want to keep Bella human and be with her at the same time. This impacted the overall story because if he had turned her into a vampire right away, there wouldn't have been a story to tell.

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Reading Response 3 - Response 6 (Midnight Sun)

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Reading Response 3 - Response 6 (Midnight Sun)

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This book was pretty good! I loved the books in Bella's point of view and had always wondered what Edward was thinking. I love how the author wrote how Edward changed his views on his life after he had fallen in love with Bella. I also really liked how she wrote Bella and Edward's love story. There are some things that I wish had been better or different per say. The writing was pretty good but it wasn't amazing. Don't get me wrong, Stephanie Meyer did a really good job with the writing but it just seemed like in her 15 years since she first wrote Twilight, her writing has not matured at all. Another thing I wasn't a really big fan of was the lack of representation in all aspects. I just wished there had been more of it. And the one thing that I ABSOLUTELY hated about this book was the the author added little insignificant things that absolutely disgusted me and thought that it was okay. For example, if any of the Cullen children "slipped up" and killed a human, they were forced to go to the funeral of the person that they killed. This bothered me because it's really just common sense that you don't allow the murderer of the person to go to their funeral. It just seems like that would diminish their memory. Another example is, the author romanticized sexual assault. Not by much but she did not do a very good explaining it and made it seem like, Rosalie (a victim of sexual assault), was completely fine after being wronged like that. That is usually not what happens, EVER. There are a bunch of other things but they are a bit too insignificant to talk about. But overall, the book was pretty good but the writing could have been better and I honestly believe that if the author wasn't so problematic, I would have loved the book a whole lot more.

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Edward always believed he only had an "existence" as he put it. He never believed that he had a life because the word 'life' entails a certain concept of meaning. He thought that his life didn't have purpose or meaning, and to be fair, it didn't. That is, not until he met Bella and fell in love with her. She quickly became his purpose, his life. I mean, he actually said to her, "'You are my life now." Edward actually implied that he was actually living a life instead of existing. This is important to my annotation question because at the beginning of the book he never truly thought that he would have have a purpose in the world. But now, he does believe that he has purpose. This has shown change in his beliefs on himself and on his life.

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I mirror in this book is that Edward has a lot of siblings. He says that he hates them at times but in the end they are there for him and are always loyal. I can relate to that since I also have a lot of siblings. A lot of them are step siblings but they are still my siblings none the less. I can also relate to him and how he feels about them. I hate them a lot but I do because I also love them a lot. They are always there for me and I love them all a lot.

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A window in this book is that Edward was once a murder. Now, he did only kill people he believed deserved it such as murderers, rapist, etc.. Edward was once told that feeding off of humans was the highlight of a vampires life so he gave it a try and he found that it didn't satisfy him in the way it did other vampires. I have never murdered a person nor do I intend to ever but from Edwards thoughts I have learned that murder has a way of haunting you to a point you don't believe you deserve to live.

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Edward has always been lonely but he never truly admitted that he wanted someone to love. He always thought that he was content with his "existence" as he called it. That is, until he met Isabella Swan. Edward had never a real desire to be in love and call someone his own only because he never knew what it was like. He was also so stubborn in saying that he doesn't need love and that he is happy without it. But after meeting Bella, he realized that he really did desire love, her love. He had never been one for romance as he had never been in love but he was trying to be enough for her to ensure that she fell in love with him as he had fallen for her. Before Bella, Edward didn't believe he would ever find love, that is was an impossible thing for him. But after meeting her, he does believe that he is capable of being in love. That he is worthy of it. And after meeting her, he has finally realized that type of joy his family have felt for so long, and he has realized that he should have been with Bella sooner. In the book he says, "Could a frozen dead heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to." Again, Edward didn't believe he would ever find love and that he would be alone forever but now he has hope to be with her. Edward has never felt this feeling of happiness ever and he is finally realizing that he always wants to feel it. Always wants to be with her. This is a total change since in the beginning he was caught in the head space that he is going to be alone forever.

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A window in this book is that Edward was born in 1901. He was born in a time when women were still to be seen and not heard and in a time when men ruled the world even more than they do today (if that's possible). When he was born times were very different. Since I was born in 2008, I have no idea what it is like to live in that time period but I have learned that times were definitely very different and that the world was a lot less complicated.

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A mirror in this book is that Edward and his family have moved, a lot. He is constantly moving from one place to another so that no one will be able to realize that him and his family are not aging. I know what it feels like to move. I by no means no what it is like to move as many times as has but I have moved just as he has.

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I was able to stay focused the entire time. I was able to read 81 pages in 34 minutes which means that I did reach my goal for the second time.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas - 10/4/21 - 10/10/21

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas - 10/4/21 - 10/10/21

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Now that Bella is in danger and pretty much has a target on her back since another vampire is trying to kill her, Edward must protect her. Edward is used to having pretty much a god complex his entire life as a vampire and has never had someone to protect. He has never loved or cared for anyone he has ever wanted to protect. But now he wants to protect her above everything else in the world. He isn't used to feeling this way and before Bella, he would have just left a human alone if a vampire was trying to kill someone. In the text he states, "None of my family was vulnerable that way. Bella was my only vulnerability." As I said before, Edward has never had a sense of vulnerability. He has always had a god complex but now he does know what it's like to love someone and it has changed him in the sense that now he does have a vulnerability. He won't know what to do if he loses her and that's a new feeling for him.

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Reading Response 2 - Response 2 (Midnight Sun)

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Reading Response 2 - Response 2 (Midnight Sun)

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So far, the conflict main is that Edward is a vampire and desires Bella's blood more than anything in the world but he has also fallen in love with her and can't imagine leaving her. But there is another conflict. It's that Edward mentally beats himself up because of how much he loves her and knows that he should leave to make her safe but he can't. He doesn't think their relationship is going to end well. Edward doesn't trust himself around Bella. Both of these conflicts tie into each other as one would not be a conflict without the other. The main external conflict affects the characters, especially Bella and Edward. Edward wants to kill her but he also loves her so that is causing major problems in the sense that he isn't able to leave her even though he knows he should. As for Bella, she is head over heels in love with a man she shouldn't be. These are the only known conflicts so far but I think there is going to be other external conflict because there was talk of other vampires coming to Forks and since unlike the Cullens, they drink human blood. (The Cullens (Edward's family) feed off of animal's blood).

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A mirror in this book is that Edward doesn't always feel like he fits in with his family. I know what that is like because there was a time when my entire family was happy besides me. I felt like an outcast because I wasn't also feeling that joy that they were feeling. Edward was the only person in his family that was alone and unhappy and he didn't always feel like he fit in.