Sunday, April 13, 2014

(3rd tri) Locking into the magic of Legos


Lots of things tend to change throughout the years, but kids will always love Legos. One quote from the article that stands out is, "Along, almost invariably, with a bright yellow bag of purchased Lego products. Like sparklers and hugs, Legos are things a child can never have enough of." The quote I picked impacts the reader by showing that kids love for Legos will never grow old. The diction in this excerpt is low/informal diction because most of these words everyone knows. There is also concrete diction in the line, "bright yellow bag of purchased Lego products." The syntax in the excerpt I picked is inverted order because where it says "Legos are things a child can never have enough of." This is inverted order because you could also say; children will never have enough of Legos.

The sentence length of most of  the sentences in Ramsey’s writings are long because they have more than five words, but there are also examples of short sentences such as, "The result" (from the first column), "Keep bothering" (from the second column) and "This is vaguely possible." (from the column I picked). I would ask the author three questions. First, why didn't you use alliteration, similes, or metaphors? Second, why did you decide to start the career in writing and when did your love for writing start? Lastly, what is your favorite topic to write about?


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