Chloe Laughlin's Writing Portfolio by Chloe Laughlin https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh Chloe Laughlin's poems, essays, responses, and creative writing pieces. en-us 2021-11-12 18:44:32 UTC 2022-04-09 06:18:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Where I'm From laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/1887323855 "I am from a small dusty apartment with the scent of smog.
from a row of fluffy stuffed toys that was created after a few years of collecting.
I am from the jars of spicy kimchi my grandma made.
I am from Amber, Alice, Lydia, and Aileen on Wilton St.
I am from a busy city with terrible traffic that makes us gain patience.
I am from sketches and paintings of still life and wildlife."
Where I'm From Narrative
]]> 2021-11-12 18:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/1887323855 Writing About the Future (quickwrite) laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/1887430968 "The year was 2091 and every person you know, everything you do, everything you say, was tracked. Yes, it does sound as a matter of fact very very creepy and terrible, because it is. The government was trying to do this system to reduce crime rates, but as much as the internet tries to hide it, the crime rates have increased significantly. The government made people complete the same task at the same time so they can pick out the outlier of the millions of people in America."
Writing About the Future]]> 2021-11-12 20:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/1887430968 Fear Story laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131478943 "I went behind a tree and started building a snowman. A few minutes later I saw an eight-legged creature that looked around 9-feet tall. The legs were so hairy and big and its beady eyes looked straight at me. The walk of the animal made barely any sound but it was terrifying. I was running away from the creature and stopped behind another tree thinking I lost it, but then I heard the strange footsteps against the fluffy snow. I was going to start walking back home, but as soon as I turned around the supersized tarantula and I were looking into each other’s eyes, and I felt the moist breath of the hairy spider on my nose."
Fear Story Narrative]]> 2022-04-05 21:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131478943 Chains Focus Question Response - Part 3 laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131485115 Focus Question: Each chapter of Chains is prefaced with a historical excerpt from a primary source. Choose one of those excerpts and analyze its connection to that chapter or to the story overall. Why did Anderson choose that particular excerpt? What does it say? What do you think she is trying to emphasize with that choice? (You may choose any excerpt from any chapter.) Use simple page number citations for each quotation.
Response/Answer (summarized):
I think that the historical excerpts as a primary source was in each chapter of Chains was to engage the reader and make them feel like they are a part of the story. On page 130, at the beginning of chapter 21 the historical excerpt was of a slave auction and helps the reader to understand what slave auctions were like and how they worked. An important part about this excerpt is that the prices of the slaves were different based on experience, age, background etc. This is important in Chains because Isabel thinks that it’s terrible for people to treat her like an object as they did in the excerpt of the slave auction. Anderson may have included this excerpt because of the way Isabel and her family was treated.
Chains Topics and Symbol Trackers Part 3]]> 2022-04-05 21:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131485115 Animal Testing Argumentative Essay - conclusion laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131490670 Animal testing is negative because of high death rates, torture, and inaccuracy. The cost of researching animals is overwhelmingly high, and there are more reliable methods of testing that are much more clear, concise, and provide additional information. Most importantly, animal research is unethical because of the dangers for not only animals but humans as well. While publicized experiments already show how the animal research industry could care less about animals’ lives, peoples’ lives are also in danger because of how they could potentially use products toxic to them. In conclusion, animal testing is unreliable, expensive, and kills millions of animals worldwide annually.  
Animal Testing Argumentative Essay
]]> 2022-04-05 21:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131490670 Propaganda Informative Essay - introduction laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131493326 For centuries people have been using propaganda to bring attention to themselves or to draw attention away from them. Propaganda is the spread of ideas, information, or rumors and is used all around the world to promote a cause of some kind or harm a certain group. Governments use propaganda to create a false idea about “the other” by creating a good reputation for themselves and using a propaganda tool called transfer when referring to the opposing side.
Propaganda Informative Essay]]> 2022-04-05 21:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131493326 Letter to FDR persuasive narrative laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131496003 Does it make sense to suddenly get taken to an unknown destination with people you barely know and conditions you never lived in? I don’t think so. Anyway, that brings me to my final reason why we shouldn’t get this treatment, nor should any American. The living conditions of the camps are much worse than where I used to live. I used to live in a decent house, to say the least, with a few bedrooms and nice furniture but now, we have to live in stark and dirty barracks where we are threatened to be shot if we try to leave.
Letter to FDR]]> 2022-04-05 21:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131496003 Secret Annex POV Scrapbook - Margot Frank Entry laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131498753 Anne is someone I can’t feel bad for. As cold, heartless, or mean as that may sound to someone, that is something I firmly believe. She thinks that because she shows the side of her that talks back to people to Mother and Pim, that is the reason why people hate her and why people love me. Well, that’s what they say. I think they give me compliments and such to let me know that I’m recognized. but I feel like Anne’s shadow or something. Growing up, Mother only talks to me if she wants me to help her with something, not asking how I’m doing. As sad as it may sound, I’ve gotten used to it. That’s why I don’t talk back. Anne is lucky though she doesn’t know it. Mother does talk to her about chores a lot too, but she tries her best to understand Anne to the best she can, unlike me. On top of everything, Anne has a passion and something exciting to wake up to every morning. Me? I’m just like a housemaid or something. I don’t want to give Mother a hard time, but I wish someone would understand that I’m not perfect all the time. Sometimes I make a lot of mistakes. But, everyone is too busy with their own lives to even look at me. Everyone says that I’m a role model for Anne even though she’s nothing like me.
Secret Annex Scrapbook POV
]]> 2022-04-05 21:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2131498753 Two Perspectives - excerpt laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2133409223 As we were walking out of the lunch line I noticed a puddle of apple juice someone spilled. “Look where you’re going.” I said to her. It was clear she didn’t hear what I said. “Watch ou-”, but by that time she fell to the ground. She stood up looking around, but I didn’t know what she was so conscious of at that moment. We were surrounding her. I don't know how anyone else would’ve seen her. It was a short moment and I didn’t realize that even then people were still looking.
Two Perspectives
]]> 2022-04-06 20:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2133409223 Metaverse Literary Analysis Essay laughlinc232 https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2137194146 The metaverse is labeled as a place where we can be our “true selves”, but how true is that statement? After analyzing pieces of literature such as The Machine Stops and Ready Player One as well as “The Articles”, a pattern that we constantly see with the metaverse, is a battle with peoples’ identity. Even though the metaverse is a virtual world to escape from reality, it affects people both physically and mentally. The effects of the metaverse on personal identity can be due to the creation of online avatars, limits to their imagination, and disconnection from reality.
The Metaverse Literary Analysis Essay]]> 2022-04-09 06:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/laughlinc232/1vvzcr58bxn6jsjh/wish/2137194146