Exercise 3

Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard
Black Boy White School by Brian F. Walker
Dead to You by Lisa McMann

The intro provides a short background needed to understand the rest of the novel, which commonly includes a quick overview of the main point leading to the climax. From there it digresses to focus on a major plot point that occurs. The conclusion analyzes the overall book, including the characters, plot, and how the story can be connected to real-life.  The conclusion also gives insight to how well the author did at portraying the topic and ideas.

Exercise 2

Weaknesses-
"Inside a metal chute" gives a chaotic touch to the style while evoking a sense of innocence by naming the bull "Little Kisses." This is quickly shunned away by the foreshadowing of the danger soon to come as he "slapps his face forcefully, bringing adreneline roses to his cheeks."

The author enhances the stress by throwing the reader straight into the action.

She gets so unfocused writing her book that she "is about to BASH her little sister's HEAD IN." This infers that Roberta is easily distracted and can be gruesome. 


Strong Exercise-
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters

Exercise 1

Lynda Barry's "Cruddy" portrays a harsh and immature tone which evokes a sense of rage and rebellion. Taking place on a "cruddy street on the side of a cruddy hill in the cruddiest part of a crudded-out town," the repetition of the the word "cruddy" stresses the narrator's bitterness towards the current situation she is placed into. The excessive capitalization within the passage emphasizes the childish diction and fosters the thought that the author is perhaps an adolescent. The bold tone of this passage screams with emotion to enhance the author's overall distress and alludes to an omen of future vengeance.