Kamari's English Blog

 Prompt Response: If I were to write a poem about my life right now I don't really know what it would be about. In this current point of my life I don't really know how to correctly describe my life. It feels like I haven't really been living my life. It feels like I wake up and then I go to sleep just to do it all over again. Summary: Took notes over rhetorical analysis. Reflection: I learned how to better analyze rhetorical devices. Gaining this skill will better help me as I progress throughout my academic career.

Prompt Response: When I am in a mood that I do not like I usually listen to music and read. I do these things because they work incredibly well at distracting me from my bad mood. Doing these activities also help improve my mood. Summary: Completed Common lit assignments. Reflection: I learned that people want to form relationships with other people. People want to form these relationships to increase their physical and mental health.

 Prompt Response: My personal approach to creativity is to let my body do things on its own. When I'm working on a project the steps I follow are to brainstorm ideas, procure materials based on the best idea and then complete the project. A project that I created and was most proud of was an original story that I created for a final project. Summary: Completed Writable assignment over vocabulary. Reflection: I learned that the word inveigh means to protest or oppose. Knowing this will better enhance my writing as I progress through my academic career.

 Prompt Response: A word that is significant to me is cerebral. This word is significant to me as I am seen by my family as an intellectual. Summary: Completed vocabulary lesson 7 exercises 3 and 4. Reflection: I learned that cerebral is a word relating to intelligence and matters of the brain. Knowing this will better influence my writing as I progress through my academic career.

 Prompt Response: A time that I didn't feel like myself was during Covid when it felt like I was disconnected from the world. I wasn't able to see any of my friends in person and it kinda just felt like I was drifting through life during that time. Summary: Worked on Rhetorical analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King JR. "I have a dream" speech. Reflection: I learned that rhetorical devices are used frequently in speeches to make them more persuasive. Knowing this will better help me as I progress through my academic career.

 Prompt Response: A place I feel most at peace at is my home. I feel most at peace when I am at home because it is a place that I can rest and just be myself without worrying about what other people might have to say about me. Summary: Completed exercises over the rhetorical devices Procatalepsis and Distinctio. Reflection: I learned that a Procatalepsis is a device that deals specifically with objections and does so without usually without asking a question. Knowing this will greatly impact my argumentative skills as I progress through my academic career.

 Prompt Response: A time I had to rely on someone else was during a group project where each person was given a different piece of the project and would come together to create a completed version of it. I was a little worried that my partner would not complete their part but they managed and I felt a sense of relief knowing that I was able to work with someone reliable. Summary: Analysed rhetoric found within Trump's 2019 border address. Reflection: I learned that there are multiple types of rhetoric and that some overlap with one another. Knowing this will help improve my understanding and usage of the different types.

Prompt Response: Some life skills I've learned are time management and communication skills. Skills that I think are essential for my success after high school are time management and good work ethic. Summary: Took notes over the types of rhetoric devices. Reflection: I learned that rhetoric is used in everyday conversation unintentionally. Knowing this will better help improve my writing and understanding of rhetoric devices.

 Prompt Response: A time that I took a hiatus from was playing video games. I took a break from playing games because my grades were beginning to drop and I needed to fix them. Taking that break ended up impacting me in a positive way because it helped me bring my grades back up and kept me from failing. Summary: Learned about more rhetorical devices. Reflection: I learned that a hiatus is a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process. Knowing this will better help me expand my vocabulary as I progress through my life.

 Prompt Response: Today's lesson was out of this world, It was just a comprehensive lesson on a simple tool to help me improve my writing by an incredibly large margin, nothing too serious. The lesson was not that difficult to fully comprehend either. Summary: Learned about the rhetoric devices hyperbole, understatement and litotes. Reflection: I learned that litotes are commonly used by inserting negations into statements. Knowing this will help improve my writing as I progress throughout my life.

 Prompt Response: I spent my Holiday Break spending time with my friends and family. It made me realize that I enjoy people's company.The first goal I hope to achieve in 2026 is getting my licence. This goal is important to me because I do not want to keep relying on people to give me rides. To achieve this goal, I will practice driving and study the meaning of the road signs. My timeline is to accomplish this by May 2026. The second goal I hope to achieve is to improve my fluency in Japanese. This goal is important to me because I want to visit Japan later in my life. To achieve this goal, I will practice more using apps that teach foreign languages until I can hold a conversation. My timeline is to accomplish this by June 2026 The third goal I hope to achieve is to work on my procrastination. This goal is important because I waste a lot of time on assignments. To achieve this goal, I will work on completing all assignments as soon as possible. My timeline is to accomplish this by...