Favorite Sentences

1.

5/17/10

This I Believe:

My Beliefs of Summertime

CM We all share the enchantment that casts us into this spell of friendship.


I chose this sentence becuase I thought this sentence sounded like it came from a fairytale. 

2.

5/6/10

The Ugly and the Beauty:

Beauty Lies in Everything

CM My eye would only know where these certain gems of beauty would lie.


I chose this sentence because I thought that this sentence had the meaning of "rare" because gems are rare and some people know where certain ones are.

3.

5/1/10


Friendships: The Everlasting Fondness That Completes Everything

Through the summer,

‘O the days we lay beside each other tanning on the beach in the heat of the sun.

I chose this sentence because people don't usually have a sentence that says " 'O " because it seems so old fashioned.

4.

1/13/10

Mystery:

What Lies Beneath the Surface

TS Mysterious thoughts happen lead to mysterious events.

I chose this sentence because I liked how I repeated mystery two times to give the reader the idea that the subject is mystery.

5.

4/8/10

Music:

A New Perspective on a Love Story

1. Music is a thing of beauty that accompanies everyone differently.

I enjoy this sentence because when you read the word "accompanies" it made me think of a duet and music being the person's partner in life.

6.

3/10/10

Forgiveness: There Is Only so Much Forgiveness a Person Can Give Out

TS Some people can't change who they are, they can't change their looks, they can't change their personality, and they can't change their actions (tricolon).

This is one of my favorite sentences because the special affect of a tricolon really did leave a small piece of gold in this piece of writing.

7.

4/27/10

Family: 

A Complicated Puzzle

TS Love lies in the light air that never consists of loneliness (alliteration).

I chose this sentence because it was a nice alliteration and some alliterations can be overdone but I believe this is perfect.

8.

3/4/10

The Gentlemen and Ladies of Maycomb:

Manners Taken Too Seriously

CM The people of Maycomb recognize her for her etiquette behavior: "Aunt Alexandra was one of the last of her kind: she had river-boat, boarding-school manners-"(Lee, page 172).

I chose this sentence because I thought it was a good use of a quote and also I thought the word etiquette was a good choice of a thesaurus word.

9.

2/25/10

Forgotten

I want, you want, we want, everybody wants to be remembered by their unique characteristics.

I chose this sentence because this is a good use of purposeful repetition and i thought it was meaningful line.

10.


12/4/09


Irony:
The Little Impurities of Life


CM This incongruity happens to some of our main highlights of our lives.


I chose this sentence because it was from one of my earlier essays and really shows how well my writing has developed.