Thanksgiving Break Extra Credit

     Annotating seemed pointless. Just a few sticky notes with literary vocabulary. How was this going to help me? At first it seemed like a drag. I didn't feel the need to have to stop reading to write something down. Then it started to be something that I did without thinking. I would automatically have a pad of yellow sticky notes and a sharpened pencil sitting next to me while I read. Tone, diction, characterization, setting, word choice, and imagery would pop into my head and I would jot it down. After analysing an entire book, it gave me the well needed practice about how to recognise different types of tools that authors use in their writing to make it more appealing to the reader. In turn, this has allowed me to think about how I could apply different literary devices to my own writing to improve it. What seemed like a pointless, boring assignment at first, has actually helped me the most.