Life Metaphor

Life is a play on stage,
everyone has a role to play.
No matter whether you like the role
you are being assigned to or not,
you still have to finish your role.

As the play goes on,
you may feel tired or too stressed out.
Your role on stage will end one day,
and the curtains will fall.
That is the end of your life.

Roald Dahl's Ten Short Stories - The Hitchhiker

This story is very interesting because at the beginning of the story, the author did not reveal much information so making the reader read on to get more information. In the story, the author kept on guessing what is the job of the hitchhiker but did not guess correctly. Then near the end of the story, there was a twist and it turns out that the hitchhiker is a pickpocket but he insisted that he is not a pickpocket but a professional fingersmith. The hitchhiker also helped the author by taking the policeman's black notebook so the author would not get charged for speeding. The hitchhiker helped the hiker because he wanted to return the favour as the author helped to bring him to London.

The Mosquito

Just by looking at the title, I think that
1. Different species of mosquitoes
2. Someone who gains something by taking it without permission
3. Someone who follows other people
4. Mosquito's experience

These few sentences caught my attention
1. lake of blood
2. By side we, murderer and murdered
3. lulled by my blood

The figurative language in the poem
1. Aliteration
subsides, side
murderer, murdered

Groups of words
1. it contains water
lake,river,reservoir

The pattern is that the poem has a slow rhythmn.

Guesses of what the poem may mean
1. The mosquito is trying to suck the poet's blood but in the end it died

The poet is "speaking" the poem.
It is "spoken" to the general public.
The speaker's attitude to the audience is serious and angry.
The poem is organized in that way because the poet wanted to make the audience feel that it is like a war.
It makes the reader understand the feeling of someone preying on a victim.

I think that the poet hoped that the poem would make the reader understand the feeling of being preyed on.

Learning Reflections

In term 1, I learnt about the methods to write a narrative composition. We did some practices like making the ending of " The Lady or the Tiger". I think that it was quite fun as we can show our creativity and also read each others' ending. In term 1, we also did some comprehension practices and learnt about the SEE format.

In term 2, we had our Literature Test on Lamb to the Slaughter and also on Village by the Sea. We also learnt how to write a formal letter after understanding the letter structure and format.

In term 3 , I learnt how to identify poems and also learn more about figurative language. I learnt what is assonance, alliteration, personification and many more. Term 3 is very fun as we can read many poems and uncover the hidden meanings.

Three or So

Just by looking at the title, I think that
1. The poet is young
2. The quantity of an item
3. Recalling back memories
4. Counting something
5. It is in the afternoon

These few sentences caught my attention
1. The real soul of her - fled long ago
2. Has gone/As if they had never been
3. Is that child in the snapshot me?
4. I've forgotton the little girl, three or so
5. She's someone else now, to be wondered at

The figurative language in the poem
1. Personification
" I can hear the scream and shush of the train."
" And the whoosing of traffic on the road."
2. Onomatopoeia
" I can hear now the drone of those bikes."
" And the howl of the tomcats on their prowl"
3. Assonance (1st paragraph last two lines)
run, sun

Groups of words
1. Sound words
howl/scream/buzz/drone/whooshing/shush
2. Means of transportation
bikes/train/motorbikes

The pattern in the poem is that each paragraph states that the poet was feeling lonely and sad

Guesses of what the poem may mean
1. The poet is poor
2. The poet feels lonely and recalled the time when she was young and felt that she had changed a lot.

The poet is "speaking" the poem.
It is "spoken to the poet himself (reflective)
The speaker's attitude to the audience is sympathetical and sad.
The poem is organized in that way because the poet wanted to emphasize on some words to make the poem more effective.
It makes the audience know his inner feelings and thoughts.

I think that the poet hoped that people will cherish their childhood days.

Parody

Hickory dickory dock,
A mouse ran up the clock.
A cat ran up,
the mouse ran down,
Hickory dickory dock.