WORDS CAN INSPIRE. AND WORDS CAN DESTROY. CHOOSE YOURS WELL.

8/30/2016

Post a quote to the wall that you feel conveys a powerful message. Analyze the author's use of language (word choice, figurative language, syntax) and how it affects the meaning of the quote. Why are you moved by the quote?

*NOTE: You cannot repeat a quote already posted, therefore you must read through your classmate's choices before posting your own.

Once you have posted yours, comment on the quote of a peer that you like best. This doesn't need to be lengthy, just a quick "I love this" or "great one!" will suffice.

54 Comments

Andrew Fernandes

8/30/2016 12:51:36 pm

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_inspirational.html
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Andrew Fernandes

8/30/2016 12:57:49 pm

A word that the author uses multiple times is best. This affects the meaning because the author is trying to tell the reader to be the best they can be. I am moved by this quote because i want to be the best i can be.

Andrew Fernandes

8/30/2016 12:58:53 pm

Great one

Steven bioski

8/30/2016 12:51:56 pm

"lifes a garden dig it" ~joe dirt

Jon Soda

8/30/2016 01:01:05 pm

cool duuuude:)

Dylan pudelka

8/30/2016 01:02:16 pm

Good one

Andrew Fernandes

8/30/2016 01:02:42 pm

Dig that garden

steven bioski

8/30/2016 01:04:05 pm

I'm moved by the quote because it is comparing life to a garden it grows good things and in the end when things go bad u gotta re dig a whole to plant something new and alive to replace the bad you have to add more good.

Matthew McGuire

8/30/2016 01:05:19 pm

Nice

Andrew Peck

8/30/2016 12:53:49 pm

If you are doing what everyone else is doing, your doing it wrong. Casey Neistat

Andrew Peck

8/30/2016 01:06:07 pm

The author's use of language explains that a simple use of language can have a greater meaning than if they use a longer more complex quote. This quote moved me because if you should not follow a crowd and this quote explains that in a simple way.

Alissa Mineo

8/30/2016 01:06:45 pm

Great quote! Very inspiring

Lauryn Tuttle

8/30/2016 12:54:01 pm

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all" ~Hellen Keller

Lauryn

8/30/2016 01:04:34 pm

What the author was trying to explain in this quote was how you should live your life to the fullest with no regrets and to take on difficult challenges throughout a lifetime. This quote was used metaphorically because she was comparing how life can be a daring adventure to life being nothing. The word choices "daring adventure" and "nothing" made this quote so powerful because it brought out the true meaning of life. This quote was so inspirational to me because it shows how life should be lived to the fullest and happiest moments rather than regretful.

Jon Soda

8/30/2016 12:55:09 pm

"sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself' -some quy

Jon Soda

8/30/2016 12:57:42 pm

travis pastrana

steven bioski

8/30/2016 01:05:44 pm

good quote but Travis Pastrana did not say or own that quote

Andrew Fernandes

8/30/2016 01:03:55 pm

good quote

Dylan Pudelka

8/30/2016 12:55:40 pm

"It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile winning's winning".
By, Dom Toretto

Aimee

8/30/2016 12:55:58 pm

" I'm not sorry that I'm not who you thought I'd be, I'm sorry you had high expectations." ~ Aimee b.

Earl Curnan

8/30/2016 01:10:21 pm

I love this quote omg Aimee!!

Matthew McGuire link

8/30/2016 12:56:34 pm

"I think I was born with the drive for success because i have an certain gene."- Trump

Matthew McGuire

8/30/2016 01:03:48 pm

Because it shows how confident he is in himself .

Ryan Burch link

8/30/2016 12:56:55 pm

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."(Jaws)

Patrick Devine

8/30/2016 01:02:56 pm

Nice I like the quote

Ryan Burch

8/31/2016 12:12:58 pm

Analyze: The word choice is going to be danger, it makes the reader assume that there is something coming down the road. The literary device is foreshadowing because the reader believes something bad is going to happen

Sarah Kassery

8/30/2016 12:56:56 pm

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil." - Jerry Garcia

Sarah

8/30/2016 01:08:26 pm

Jerry Garcia took the popular phrase "choose the lesser of two evils" and changed it so that it was more meaningful and deep. He took the phrase literally and made the point that if you're actually choosing between two things that are bad or "evil", the choice your making is a bad one. This changed the meaning of the quote by saying that maybe you should choose not to choose. This quote means a lot to me simply because of how deep it is and how differently it can be interpreted by anyone.

Ryan Burch

8/31/2016 12:13:32 pm

Nice job

Earl Curnan

8/30/2016 12:57:08 pm

"The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique" (Disney)

Earl Curnan

8/30/2016 01:09:42 pm

This quote gives a very powerful message to the readers. An example of why I believe this is true is the word choice. I admire how Walt used the words "yourself" and "unique". With the word unique this word is not a word of hate, but a word of difference that displays acceptance. Walt uses yourself because its something you need to love and accept in order to be unique and successful. This quote affects me because I'm a very unique person because of who I am and quotes like this make me learn to love myself.

Peter

8/30/2016 12:57:20 pm

Aim for the sky,
And you'll reach the ceiling.
Aim for the ceiling,
And you'll stay on the floor.
-Bill Shankly

Cassidy Gawitt

8/30/2016 12:57:35 pm

Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see – Mark Twain

Cassidy

8/30/2016 01:04:16 pm

The author chose these words because saying blind people can see kindness and deaf people can hear it is showing how kindness goes a long way & that you dont need to be able to see or hear it, just the action itself has enough of an impact

shannon searles

8/30/2016 01:05:50 pm

its beautiful

Lauryn

8/30/2016 01:06:19 pm

I like this quote

Sarah

8/30/2016 01:09:09 pm

Nice quote!

Andrew Peck

8/31/2016 11:21:21 am

Great one.

shannon searles

8/30/2016 12:59:12 pm

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new"-Albert Einstein

shannon

8/30/2016 01:05:09 pm

Einstein chose these words to create a broad spectrum of people by saying anyone he is creating the image of every person who has claimed they have not made a mistake has not tried new ways to accomplish things.

matt

8/31/2016 01:12:15 pm

Great motivational quote by a great guy

Patrick Devine

8/30/2016 12:59:28 pm

"Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them" [Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars]

Patrick Devine

8/30/2016 01:04:53 pm

Not everything u see is true and u dont have to trust them. Your mind might see one thing and your eyes might see another.

Alissa Mineo

8/30/2016 01:00:25 pm

"Stop wishing, start doing." (Bernard Roth).

Alissa Mineo

8/30/2016 01:05:38 pm

This quote means that you should take charge and start doing what you are wishing for. For example, if you want to start getting better grades you should study more and do it instead of wishing that you want better grades. I chose this quote because this is a quote i live by every day.

Dylan Pudelka

8/30/2016 01:00:46 pm

This quote mean a lot to me. the reason i like this quote so much is because everything i do has to be a competition and i hate losing so when i win and they complain i say "winning's winning".

Peter

8/30/2016 01:03:47 pm

Same lol

ariana figueroa

8/30/2016 01:01:41 pm

" Life is a living, daring confidence in Gods grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."
Martin Luther

Ariana

8/31/2016 12:06:59 pm

This quote that I have chosen sends a message that have full confidence every day in your life. This quote means to me is that I should always live my life with confidence everyday no matter what.

anthony pelaccia link

8/30/2016 01:03:22 pm

"It seems impossible until its done"
Nelson Mandela

anthony Pelaccia

8/31/2016 12:07:33 pm

this quote that moves me because some people think that something is impossible but ever even attempt to try. I even think that i have thought that something is way to hard but i ended up succeeding

justin

8/30/2016 01:09:16 pm

"just because i can't see it, doesn't mean i can beleve it" (a nightmare before christmas)

matt

8/31/2016 01:13:42 pm

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Ghandi

Matt

8/31/2016 01:16:27 pm

This is a great quote saying that "an eye for an eye" meaning any sort of revengeful thinking will "make the whole world blind". Not that we will literally be unable to see but that if we live life trying to get back at something you won't get anywhere

WORDS CAN INSPIRE. AND WORDS CAN DESTROY. CHOOSE YOURS WELL.

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