Formal Diction

           It was my second period class, P.E., and for the last two days, my team had lost every volleyball game that we played. With every step we took to the next game’s designated court, our morale slowly dropped. Our team was the first to serve but nobody amongst us thought that that small detail would matter. The game began, the ball went up, Cameron’s hand made contact and the volleyball flew forward! Would we have luck, even if it lasted for only one game? Without any thought you can already guess what the answer was.    

Then, out of the blue, things took a change for the good! We had gained the serve again, and this time Veisel was serving. I watched Veisel send the ball soaring up and over the net and, just when we needed it most, we scored! It sent a spark to rekindle the team’s fire of hope. We were finally going to win! In what seemed like only mere minutes the game was tied and it was my serve! The entire team was depending on me. I swung my arm and hit the ball and it went over the net in a perfect arch, we were going to win! Then, all of my hopes collapsed, as the ball curved right and went out of bounds. Victory was so close, but I blew it. We lost by one point.

The Count of Monte Cristo

In my opinion, the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an absorbing story and is definitely one of my favorite novels. Despite being written in old English, this book had me from the first few pages. The book is large, but it reads fast and keeps you wondering what will happen next. This book is one that is harder to put down than others.

The characters of the novel are used to help you better understand the setting and mood of the novel. Anything that a character says or does can change the feeling of the setting. For example, when Dantes was thinking about all he had lost while he was in his prison cell, he was adding a dark, gloomy mood to the cell.

This novel has a few similarities with the novel Assassin’s Creed Renaissance. The major similarity is in the plotline. Both novels are mainly stories of revenge. Also, both of these stories take place in Europe and only have a short difference in the time that the plots take place in. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes is helped by an extremely intelligent man named Faria, which is much like when, in the plot of  Assassin’s creed Renaissance, Ezio is helped by the great Leonardo da Vinci, making the books even have a subplot in common.

So far, I have not given much thought of what I want to do for my creative project. I prefer to draw and sketch, so I might do something like one of the book covers hanging on the back wall. Of course, there are plenty of other fun and artistic options to consider and I have plenty of time to chose.