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[chewlito]

Lucretia Simile-- Her eyes are glossy from the tears, like a window frosted over in the middle of winter. Metaphor-- Her shame is a word she cannot cough up. Alliteration-- Her face falls flat with sorrow Hyperbole-- The tiny dagger created a gaping wound. Personification-- The dagger weeps in the shadows Onomatopoeia-- The blood gurgled from her abdomen Lucretia's eyes are glossy from the tears, like a window frosted over in the middle of winter. Blood oozes out of her abdomen from a self-inflicted wound. Her shame is a word she cannot cough up, standing in silence as her life slips from her one free hand. The dagger weeps in the shadows of her right hand, sorrowful for what it was made to do.

Lucretia is holding a small, gray dagger in her right hand while she grasps a curtain rope with her left. There is blood on her white and gold gown, presumably from the dagger she holds. Her face is sad and swollen from tears.

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Board Three | 2/2

My writing process kind of just comes to me, especially when I do it for fun. I typically keep a journal on me or the notes app on my phone open to jot down ideas when I think of them. I write and illustrate my own short stories but my memory is very bad, so I have to have a place to write something down so I can go through those ideas. When it comes to school, I have to be in a comfortable setting (i.e. my bed, coffee shop, etc.) so I can focus entirely. I will often write multiple drafts of essays before settling on one, working through each section thoroughly until I find something I am happy with.

I think I could improve my writing process by setting aside more time for my writing. I tend to push it off until later on, not giving myself enough time to look through my drafts and edit what I think needs improvement. That usually makes me submit assignments for the sake of submitting it when I know I could have done better if I took a little more time.

The two pieces of advice I’m going to use from the Effective Tips list by Joe Bunting are to write just five sentences when I feel overwhelmed and to write the body before everything else. I tend to get overwhelmed easily, especially with heavy research essays, and don’t know where to start. So mapping it out by writing out a basic outline straight away. Writing the body of the essay is going to be easier in creating an introduction because using what I already have written is going to make crafting an introduction much easier.

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Board Three | 1/2

He cannot focus without the sounds from outside of his head. Where there is peace, his thoughts will overload and make it impossible to complete the reading. It is easier to create space from noises that he is unfamiliar with rather than his own train of thought. He’ll sit with the book open wide, a mug of tea, and whatever music preference the barista on duty has. His eyes will glaze the words while his hand cups his forehead, a physical reassurance to stay on track. He won’t recognize he is hunched over until the knot of pain forms in his upper spine, forcing him to straighten up and take another sip of tea before returning to his assignment. His phone will buzz and he will react, leading to a conversation with a friend or a doom scroll through Tumblr discourse. It will take him minutes to get back on track, minutes it could have taken to complete the reading for good.

I think I could do better with putting my phone on Do Not Disturb, or just turn it off completely. I am distracted easily by my electronics, so when I get that notification my brain wants to go for it. When my phone is off, I could read complete novels in one sitting.

Benjamin Percy panics as he receives his first reading list at the start of the semester and reads all of them way too quickly. Unfortunately, he didn’t give himself the time to really understand the books and what it meant, how it was constructed, how it was meant to be perceived. He comes to realize that it is important to read like a writer, constantly deconstructing the material and looking at it in different lights, creating more clarity for yourself, the reader, just as the author was trying to do for you. I think being the slowest reader is one who takes the time to understand the material and connect with it. I think being a slow reader will apply to the essays I read during this course because I am reading these essays to learn. I absolutely want to milk every ounce of wisdom or knowledge out of the assignments so I can become a better writer.