ERWC Padlet Portfolio by Isabella Jimenez https://padlet.com/isabellaj2023/dk31qoy3t4zuzsds en-us 2022-11-18 16:44:18 UTC 2022-11-18 19:45:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f919.png Soliloquy isabellaj2023 https://padlet.com/isabellaj2023/dk31qoy3t4zuzsds/wish/2390187233 To spend my money or not spend my money
This Is always a question I ask myself
Do I buy this thing or leave it on the shelf?
Christmas is coming up and I need to spend
I have enough money but scared to lend
See I want to buy my friend expensive shoes
And was really tempted when I heard the news
That he’d be so happy if I gave him the gift
I needed to now and couldn’t resist
Yet spending large, I feel guilty and sad
But seeing my friend happy makes me feel glad
Though my bank account would risk from this decision
Going from old to new shoes made for an exciting juxtaposition
]]> 2022-11-18 16:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellaj2023/dk31qoy3t4zuzsds/wish/2390187233 Soliloquy Reflection isabellaj2023 https://padlet.com/isabellaj2023/dk31qoy3t4zuzsds/wish/2390188037
  • The topic I chose to write about was the struggles of spending money even though it's for a good cause (gift giving).
  • I knew that I wanted a smooth flow of words and something catchy so that is why I decided I wanted to use rhymes. I also knew it would be more of a challenge and space for my creativity to flow.
  • I connected my figurative language in an interesting way. Rhymes are words that sound the same. However, I thought about how money always fluctuates and changes. So I wanted to write it in a way that the flow and rhyme of words are the same, but the struggle and content are always opposite. It's essentially ironic. It's inconsistent (your bank account is inconsistent). I also thought about how rhymes connect to each other. They make sense because the words flow generously and gift-giving is generous.
  • There was definitely a sense of tension in my soliloquy. For instance, in my 5th line, I say “I have enough money but I'm scared to lend”. The tension is myself wanting to be kind and generous but my mindset is making me second guess myself. Do I spend or should I settle for something less expensive but with a thought that counts? That's the tension.




    • ]]>     2022-11-18 16:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellaj2023/dk31qoy3t4zuzsds/wish/2390188037     Analysis Paragraph isabellaj2023 https://padlet.com/isabellaj2023/dk31qoy3t4zuzsds/wish/2390188403 Hamlet's tension is debating whether he should exist or not exist. Hence, “to be alive” or “not be alive” hints to commit suicide. Hamlet uses a lot of metaphors and even some repetition. One of his metaphors is “ to take arms against a sea of troubles”. This is a metaphor for how contemplation is so deeply rooted in him, it's overflowing his life, and a sea of water that is drowning him in these thoughts. Another thing I noticed in this section is that he used repetition in two lines. Specifically, in lines 4 and 9 he says “to die, to sleep”. Hamlet’s basically saying that death is just sleeping. But he is also using sleep as a metaphor for death. I think the metaphor for “arm against a sea of troubles” is describing his troubles, and his contemplation to go through with his plans. The repetition he uses connects to his tension as well because he is emphasizing how his death could be a peaceful, sleep. Eventually, in line 10, Hamlet mentions a dream. Ultimately changing his idea of death from a slumber to a dream. That could be how he is now contemplating what happens after humanity.

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