Blog #8 - Wordle Explained

The concrete poem using wordleI made for my last blog post was about the novel "Feed" by M.T. Anderson.

1. What is the purpose of your poem? What mood, message or point are you trying to make?

I tried to tell my readers about the key elements of the novel. The largest word is feed, which is the title of the poem, thus being the most important. The next largest words are unit and malfunction. These two words are what the story is all about. The characters are "units" and not entirely humans. Malfunctioning is a conflict for the characters throughout the poem. Other words are characters and parts of the setting. In conclusion, the purpose of my concrete poem is to display the key elements of the novel.

2. What did you do to create this purpose? Discuss your word choice and your decision on the size of particular words in comparison to other words.

I created this purpose by including as many words that reveal key elements as possible. The larger words are more important elements of the story. For example, the word Violet, who is one of the main characters of the story, is larger than the word moon, which is only part of the setting during a few chapters of the story.

3. Did you like using Wordle? Come up with other possible uses of Wordle inside and outside of English class.

Wordle is a fun site to use. Outside of English, it could be used to make images for Facebook, blogs, or other websites. It could also be used for finding the key points of presentations or discussions.

Concrete Poem Using Wordle.net

Blog #7 - Significant Characteristic

Setting
          I am currently reading "Martyn Pig" by Kevin Brooks. The most commonly used setting is Martyn's house, and the story takes place during the week before Christmas. I believe that the location of the story is in England, because currency is in pounds. Martyn's house is a dirty, lonely and dark place. Even when Martyn's father was still alive, Martyn was always lonely.

"I didn't smell of anything - no cigarette smoke, no stale beer, no whisky, no sweaty clothes..." (Brooks 141)

          Even though Martyn is saying that he doesn't smell anything, this quote proves that the house smells like cigarette smoke and the other things because Martyn is surprised that it doesn't smell like that. Martyn is surprised because the house is usually very dirty, smelly, and unwelcoming. This is significant because it makes Martyn feel lonely and sad, that he lives in this environment.

Character
"Alex said calmly, "why don't you let me call the police."" (Brooks 40)

          This quote shows a bit about Alex's character. She likes to take control, as seen when she asks if she can call the police as opposed to Martyn. This also shows that she is very kind, as she asks calmly. This is important because it makes the ending of the story more strange, because Alex turns on Martyn and tells the police about what happened. She seems like a nice girl but she tricks him.