Antithesis

Antithesis: The term used to refer to an author's use of two contrasting or opposite terms in a sentence for effect. The two terms are set near each other to enhance or highlight the contrast in opposite meaning.

Antitheses are used to strengthen an argument by using either exact opposites or simply contrasting ideas, but can also include both. They typically make a sentence more memorable for the reader or listener through balance and emphasis of the words.

When he became the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong said that it was a "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

My Example:
"It was the best experience, but the worst experience."
"He was the best player in the team but also the worst player in the team."

Anaphora

Anaphora: In writing or speech, anaphora is the repetition of the first part of the sentence to create a more artistic effect.

Anaphora hooks your readers or listeners in. It draws people in because they know what's coming next and they become more interested of the point you are trying to get across.

Examples of Anaphora:
"I want my money right here, right now, all right?"
"Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better."

My examples of Anaphora:
"Tell them to be good, tell them to be respectful, and tell them to follow the instructions."

Source: https://literarydevices.net/anaphora/

I, Robot Review

I thought the movie was good. The plot of the movie was a bit basic because it was just robots betraying their creators but I think it was still a decent plot to have. In terms of how the robots looked, I thought they looked a bit simple. I think they could have had a better design. But the overall aesthetic of the movie looked decent and there were only a couple scenes were it looked cartoonish. At the end of the movie it was the protagonists who saves the day as always and maybe they should have had at least one of them die. For example, in the end scene they should have just let the girl die so sunny the robot should have been the one to inject the thing to kill Viki. Then the it would have made things a bit sad and darker. But to me I still liked the movie. It was cool to seeing all the futuristic things and robots that were it in. I would rate it a 7/10.

English Learning Goals

My goal this year for ESOL is to improve on my vocabulary and grammar.
I also want to improve my listening and reading skills. I want to pass and get credits.
I will behave and do every work that needs to be done.
I will do my best to get my work to the highest standard.

Fixed and Growth Mindsets

There are two different types of  mindsets. Fixed and Growth mindsets.

These two mindsets are very different to each other.

Some people have fixed mindsets and some people have growth mindsets.

People with fixed mindset think that there is no room for improvement.

They think that you can’t learn and that you either have it or don’t.

Their mindset are essentially fixed into thinking that you just can’t improve because you were made the way you are.

Growth mindset on the other hand is different.

People with growth mindset think that everyone can always get better and improve at everything.
They think that if you just work hard you will improve and learn overtime.

So in conclusion, these two mindsets are very different.

Fixed mindset is where you think you can’t improve and growth is where you think you can improve as long as you put in hard work.

And that’s what these two mindsets are all about.

Passion Project

My passion project is sports recreation.
My group is doing 3 on 3 basketball for year 7 and 8. So far we have done the planning and now we just need an approval to use the gym for our tournament. For our next step, once we get the gym we will start the tournament. We have already our planning and getting the gym is the only thing that we need so we can start it.

Treaty Of Waitangi

This my Post about the Treaty Of Waitangi