Literary Device Of The Week: Epic

Epic- 1) a story or poem; usually of great length
2) Pertaining to a hero or something greater than life; majestic
3) In great size or mass

Examples of Epic in Iliad

- line 61..."For nine days the God's arrows rained death over the camp": This is a great example of epic because it show how a force that was greater than life (a god) rained death on an army and practically took them out over the course of just nine days. It was very heroic.
- line 33... "Prophet or evil, when have you ever said good things to me. You love to predict the worst!": This is an epic because they call him a prophet of evil referring to someone who reads dreams that the Gods have sent down. Something greater than life itself.
- line 90..."Take courage. State what your powers tell you... No violent hand will raise against you": This is an epic because he is being Heroic and telling the prophet to not be afraid, because he will protect him against Ammegetons rage.




This picture represents the word Epic perfectly. I think that this picture shows someone of higher power greater than this life heroically saving someone. I think that there must be someone who is able to show us love and steer our lives in ways that overrule destiny and fate. I would typically call it a super power... however the only supernatural God that has been revealed is Jesus Christ. Therefore I am showing a picture of him going against nature and saving this mans life.

Public Hero

Invisible to Shallow eyes

Not all heroes are given a rightful title by the shallow eyes that watch them. Instead of looking around, shallow eyes choose to listen and conclude ideas from what they hear. Shallow eyes are blinded by bias words and cannot see to the truth of solution in front of them.
“Increased Gas Prices Due To War” Stamped to the headline of the newspaper. Shallow eyes see a problem and find blame before solution. Some blame the democrats, others the republicans, many shallow enough to blame the president, bearing in mind the fact that he is the one who has kept the united states safe from terrorism, since 9-11-01.
However it is only the eyes of the deepest that can ignore the shallow admonishment, understand the rude rebuke and do what no one else can to make peace in other countries. George W. Bush was chosen to lead the United States, not Australia, Russia, Pakistan, China or any other country. He was chosen to lead America because we are the country of freedom and peace. We are the country who instead of fearing evilness, demolishes it. “Four women in Iraq caught with adultery, stoned to death” Printed across the television news screen. Shallow eyes deny the fact that we should help them with many excuses “well its their culture”, “its not our business to save them American has enough problems as it is”, “Ok four women, that’s nothing compared to the thousands of soldiers that have died”. Shallow eyes complain about our president trying to make peace in a young boys life across the world, they complain about us sending good hearted Americans over to help him so that he and his family can be free is free. Shallow eyes are not filled with rage to annihilate evilness, they are filled with fear.
America was fashioned with freedom and goodness, As Americans it is in our blood to fight for what is right. George W. Bush was chosen as our president to fight for others freedom. He remains able to do what no one else can in order to stand up for the founding fathers that raised America. He will not give up out of fear.
His sacrifices have made his heroics invisible to shallow eyes. Not all heroes are seen.

30 Things You Dont Know About Me

1) Im the only girl washburn in 7 genorations by blood

2) Im sort of obsessed with Devendra Banhart

3) My biggest desire is to have a super power

4) and yes I do believe that they are out there

5) I HATE the word debree

6) I stole from chucky cheese once

7) I appreciate european art

8) I am 1/8 indian

9) I have a joint on my rib cage

10) Im related to the doctor that fixed the broken leg of the man who was trying to escape after shooting Abe Lincoln

11) I have no desire to drive

12) I find interest in creepy things

13) My stomach doesn't

14) I was in speech for 5 years because I had calusus on my vocal cords

15) I would definatly be a shape shifter if I could

16) I wake up at least 2 times every night

17) I dont eat anything that has artichoke in its title

18) I prefer a cloudy day over sun

19) Im a dry eater

20) I get really addicted to things until I am so sick of them I cant stand it

21) I typically am not passive

22) My favorite song forever and eternally is Lover by Devendra Banhart

23) I crack and pop my fingers every morning

24) I appreciate poems that had really deep meanings

25) I might seem dumb sometimes, but Im actually pretty smart

26) I jump of cliffs on a regular basis

27) I hate watching the same movie twice

28) I live right next to bird rock in ocean beach

29) I recently found out that my name doesnt actually mean fairy princess (my dad lied to me when I was little)

30) I think life is too normal and something absolutely miraculous needs to happen before I die or it will all be for nothing

Resilience

Our reslience project was directed towards coparing faous resilient figures fro the past to our everyday life friends and families. We had to write an essay about the as well as write a poem or piece of art with an artist satement. enjoy!





Love is Free!

By: Shaelyn Washburn

Dedicated to the wonderful women who have changed live forever as we know it by showing love to the lost

Loretta Stermer& Ellen Johnson Sir-Leaf



From dirty ditches to filthy riches, from awful health to incredible wealth there were two young caterpillars in the process of spreading their beautiful wings and shining there incredible love on the earth. These woman also show that no matter what the situation in life there is always happiness in reach, though too many people are busy digging through there problems to find happiness that if they just looked in front of them they could reach it. Happiness is where ever you see it.


Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was one of the few humans who had too much love in her heart to sit and watch her people get abused and mistreated. She did not have resources, riches, or even reliable help. Though that did not stop her from accomplishing what she believed to be her destiny. Ever since Ellen was a small child she had big dreams. She studied hard and got a partial scholarship in Harvard University where she waited on tables every second of her spare time in order to afford the fees. Once she came back to her home country she spent long years of political activism where her economical ideas became serious considerations in the country. Major leaders of the country at the time saw not only her great mind but her great passion for her country. They knew that she would not just preach her ideas but she would practice them as well. Ellen after many years became so experienced that she was elected president of Liberia as the First African Woman president in the world. “It means that I have a great responsibility to meet the expectations of Liberian and African women. I'm humbled by the challenge. I will be under the microscope all the time: whatever I do and say, how well I am able to move the Liberian development agenda, how I am able to promote peace and reconciliation. I'll have a lot of detractors who would want to see me fail, not only because of my long years of political activism in Liberia, but because they aren't really convinced that women can be leaders.” She stated at an interview with Time Magazine. Not many have a love like Ellen, but there are still a great amount of people, especially one girl thousands of miles away back in the deep country of Virginia.


Loretta Stermer was not even gave lemons to make lemonade, she ways given a hand full of dirt and a few rocks. Her mother Carrycough had her at the age of 15. Carrycough was not nearly ready for the title of mom, so Carrycough’s mother (Loretta’s Grandmother) raised the child while she sent her daughter away to boarding school to go live a completely different life of freedom. It was almost a perfect plan, Loretta had lived with her grandmother for several years not knowing her true mothers identity when one day her grandmother got awfully sick. A few months passed and Loretta was without guardian. She was sent to a farm for foster care where she worked vigorously for a few more years. Her foster parents used her more as a employee then a child. She was given back to the program when she go sick. One of her lungs collapsed. She didn’t have to money for treatment and neither did the foster home. She was ready to meat her maker when an incredibly generous doctor offered to perform an operation on her just barely saving her life. She lied in bed for almost nine months thinking to herself “If I were to die today in this hard bed in this cold hospital, not a single soul would mourn over my death” She was only 10 years old when her life was already headed straight for the gutter. She ended up living through the difficult times and went back to the foster home. She got a basic education as did most children but hers was with a pack of harsh un-loving rude nuns. All of the children heated the nuns because they hated the children. My grandmother finally survived childhood and went off to a close college for a four year degree in nursing. She was living poorer than poor as a nurse when she met the love of her life… Robert. Robert couldn’t stay away from her. They met at a bus stop when the bus was 5 minutes late. If the bus wasn’t late Robert wouldn’t have caught it in time and thus for they would never have met and created a superior line of genes. Within two months of there meeting, He proposed. They were in a deep love for the rest of there life. Robert was a scientist and could well afford to pay for a family on his alone salary, though Loretta loved to help nurse people so much that she continued her job for the next two decades. Stories around our family go on about the great love of Loretta. How much she has fixed fights of the family and how much she has made the last remaining moments of peoples lives happy just by shining her light on them. Loretta was never shown any love but somehow and some way she still had love in her heart, free to give to all whom seek it. Loretta survived such difficult times without love and she says that she doesn’t ever want anyone to go without love again. With these priorities in her life she put the Stermer family to a great name. I am sad to say that Loretta passed away on January 11th many years ago due to lung failure. We are sad of her death but even sadder about the incredible decrease in love we feel now that she is gone. We can see how much of a difference she made on our lives. And she is our inspiration of giving out as much love as humanly possible.


These two women were and are an amazing contribution to the example of what the world can be if we could all just show a little love. They have changed my life because now I understand how important it is too feel loved and to give love and I think that many people will lead lives like them by simply being kind. These women made something out of nothing but love. Happiness is where you see it. Joy is where you feel it. But love, love is where you put it. And the best thing about that is that you can put it anywhere you want, because love is free!

my poem:

liberia, liberia, whatever shall we do. They sent you to this country after slavery was done with you. Ever since you came here you've known they always knew, that paying you for factory work could make them money too.

But then a leader named ellen saw factory companies abuse like a fellenso she used her tough love she gave oppertunities above all those factory workers who were smellin

she fought she behaved it was goodness she craved, in the end it was all worth her while. Now in the night she can rest for all days are her best as first african fenale president she will smile.

I also made a piece of art that included an artist statement about the design. It represented how alot of people sit and watch others help the earth and they need to get up and help it themselves to help the world. If no one makes a change it makes a difference.

Lord Of The Flies Reflection

For our Lord the flies trial I played the roll of the media. My job was to record the trial on film, take pictures of the process and evidence, also to edit our film into a law and order episode. Me and my partner Ashlee Barkley have made an episode commercial for law and order. I have done a great job on this project expressing the roll of the media and how they are biast usually to one side. I also did a great job interviewing, digging up feelings, and making points that will be made in the case. I have also made a one page writ-up like a resume that explains where I got my education, also personal hobbies, and lastly my goal and where I want to go with my job. My biggest challenge was the lack of editing time. I did my best but I could have had better cuts with the clips. I am very proud of the turn out of the media in this trial. To watch our episode I will soon be posting a video on my digital portfolio which is currently under construction.

Short Story Project

Title: From Boy to Monster
Author: Shaelyn Washburn
Genre: Sci-fi/horror
Pages: 5
Mentor Texts: My ideas were extremely original in this process but I got 2 ideas from mentor texts. The first idea was... How I should describe Jay as (the boy in the beggining of the story). I chose in the end to describe his character just like Danny Phontoms character.



Danny Phantom is the character of a boy who is a nerd who is constantly teased in real life, however he can turn into a ghost and become very powerful. My second idea from mentor text was the idea of the charcter Predator from the movie Predator.



The character of predator is a mean nasty one of a kind creature. Literally its name speaks for itself, it is a predator and humans and any other type of life are its prey. I got my idea for predrag (the creature that Jay turns into) from predator because I wanted predrag to be one of a kind and a unique powerful killing creature.

Audience: This book is directed towards mainly teenages interested in sci-fi or a kind or horror fiction. This book can also be read by adult with a broad imagination. Readers usually should be at least over ten to understand the story.

The Writing Process: During The writing process I began by brainstorming up a total of 3 unique fiction stories. After asking around to my piers and seeing which interested them most I chose the story "From Boy to Monster". I wrote up 3 drafts of this story, each time changing the story plot slightly and trying to figure out the best ending and I kept punctuating. After the story was completed at my best I brought it to my parents to look over and comment. After taking the comments into serious comsideration I took my story to my teacher and she reviewed it. After many days of very difficult work I finaly ended up with a 5 page story.

The publishing Process: The publishing process was particularly difficult in this situation. My story is a sci-fi/ horror and not alot of magazines takein that genre. After days of searching for a publisher I came across the website: sendstory.com. I created an acoount and I register my story to be viewed by the public. However first I find a disclaimer right so that no one could use my story. My disclaimer states: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. No copyright infringement is intended. Once the story was published with my disclaimer I am not awaiting anyone on sendstory.com the review and comment my story. To view my story and my story profile click here

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Short Story

My story is published on sendstory.com here is the link to view it

http://www.sendstory.com/viewstory.php?sid=7

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