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"Yes // you can type up // what I wrote // about my yellow dog // but leave off the part // about the other dogs // getting killed dead // because that's too sad __ And don't put // my name // on it // please __ And maybe // it would look good // on yellow paper __  And maybe // the title // should be // YOU COME TOO" (Creech 28 - 29).

This evidence caught my attention because in the begining of the story, Jack did not want anyone to see the poems he wrote. He thought that only girls write poems and he wasn't so confident about how his poems were. Instead of feeling proud about his work and creativity, he hides it from people and never wanted anyone to see his poems. Later in the story, Jack felt more self-confident and wants people to see his work. Although he doesn't want his name to be on it, he wants his work to be displayed and he wants his work to be shown in the best way possible. This shows that throughout the book, his attitude about his poems and his talents has changed because he used to think he was bad at poetry but now his is more brave to express his creative side.

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"Yes // you can put // the two blue-car poems // on the board // but only if // you don't put // my name // on them" (Creech 10).

The stansa adds to the poem by showing he has mixed feelings about his work. He is proud of his work because he is willing to have it put on the board to show a class, but not proud enough to let anyone know he wrote the poems. He is starting to enjoy writing poems more, but he might still be embarrassed of his poems. I hope by the end of the book he is not embarrassed of his poems, and willing to let the teacher write them on the board.

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" Yes
you can type up
the yellow dog poem
that looks like a dog
but this time
keep the spaces
exacly
the same
and maybe
it would look
really really good
on yellow paper"(Creech 38).

This passage made me think why does it talk about yellow everything? I thought about it and i know why they said yellow dog and yellow paper maybe because the cover of the book is yellow. And i know the dog on the front cover is black because thats how its outlined. But really hes yellow because they never colored him in any color. So the passage really stood out to mean because there's a good meaning behind it.

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"At both ends
of our street
are yellow signs
that say
Caution! Children at Play!
but sometimes
the cars
pay no attention
and speed down
the road
as if
they are in a BIG hurry
with many miles to go
before they sleep" (Creech 33-34).

Does this imply that they are playing at night? This word choice is confusing because it says "before they sleep." And the kids are playing in the streets. I see it as meaning they are playing at night or at least evening. This adds to the story overall because; 1) it may foreshadow Jack's poem about Sky dying by getting ran over and, 2) it may show Jack's personality as reckless.

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" My brain was pop-pop-popping
// when I was looking at those poems"(Creech 35).

The passage adds up to the poem because he is just finally realizing that he loves poems. Because in the beginning of the book he didn't get the point of writing them and why you have to explain what you think about poems. This was an example of a metaphor and personification because a someones head can't just pop. Also they are eg saturating a lot about his brain popping.

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"So much depends
upon
a blue car
splattered with mud
speeding down the road"
(Creech 4).

This allows the reader to understand that he thinks of himself as a rusty blue car speeding down a road. Maybe he thinks poorly of himself and writing poetry might soothe his pain. He might be connecting himself to speeding because he can't stop/brake (Like speeding) because he has anxiety. Maybe he might think of himself as splattered with mud because he thinks hes not as good as everyone else.

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"Like the one about an apple// that was shaped like an apple// and the one about a house// that was shaped like a house" (Creech 35).

The author is trying to teach us about different formats of poetry because he is subtly trying to slip different types of poetry in the book. As the character, Jack, is learning about poetry, we are too. The whole book is about someone learning and writing about poetry.

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"Yes, you can type up
what I wrote about
my dog Sky
but dont type up
that other secret one
I wrote ---
the one all folded up
in the envelope
with tape on it
that uses to many of
Mr. Walter Dean Myers's
words
and maybe
Mr. Walter dean Myers
would get mad
about that"(Creech 49).

This contributes to the story by telling more about jack's character, and showing that he wants people to see the things he makes himself and not just a template of someone else's work. This also shows how considerate jack can be by showing that one reason he doesn't want to use the second poem is so he doesnt steel the work of Mr. Walter Dean Myers and make him angry, considering how he might feel if someone did that to him.

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"(And what does anonymous mean?// Is it good?)(Creech 11)

The character doesn't want his poem on the board because he thinks that his poems are that good.

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"My brain was pop-pop-popping // when I was looking at those poems" (Creech 35).

This passage adds to the story because he is finding how much he loves poems. This is also an example of personification. The personification is when his brain goes "pop-pop-popping" because your brain can't actually pop. He was describing how poetry changed him as person and opened his mind to new things.

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"That was so great
those poems you showed us
where the words
make the shape
of the thing
that the poem
is about" (Creech 35).

This shows us that although Jack has trouble coming up with good and interesting poems to write about, he is also so interested in the many different ways that people have writen poems such as the the one where you write out the shape of what you are writing about. Jack even tries to write in that way and in his own way he suceeds in doing so, meaning slowly but surley he is getting to be a better writer when it comes to poems.

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"My brain was pop-pop-popping // when I was looking at those poems" (Creech 35).

This is an example of personification and metaphor because brains can't pop-pop-pop, and it doesn't use like or as. It makes me visualize Jacks thought process, and him as he realizes that poetry can be funny. I think the author added this to help the reader better understand Jack's thinking, and to show why he is liking poetry more and more.

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"My brain was pop-pop-popping // when I was looking at those poems" (Creech 35).

This is an example of personification because the brain cannot actually go pop-pop-pop. However, it makes you visualize his brain working and liking the poems. From this, you can tell that Jack is liking poetry more and more, and that he wants to write more poems, especially ones like this. Later, on page 37, he writes one of these about Sky, and how Sky was a good dog that made everybody happy.