Search This Blog

Kaylee Flem's Blog

Kaylee Flem is currently a senior at William Mason High School. Kaylee spent a majority of her freshman and sophomore year participating as a member of the talented Mason Marching Band. She’s very passionate about reading and writing and is currently a member of the writers’ block club at Mason High School. Kaylee plans to attend a college in Ohio after high school. She currently plans on majoring in criminal justice.

Post # 15: Ted Talk - Kaylee Flem

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

- May 09, 2019

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Post #2: Design Justification

- August 19, 2018

I chose a simple layout for my blog because I don't like when things look busy and complicated, I like when things look simple. I chose the dark forest background because I generally gravitate more towards dark colors and since my favorite color is black I decided that the creepy forest background is a good fit for my style. I chose white for the body of the blog because I like the way the posts bleed into the body of the blog since both are white. I also wanted to create a nice contrast to the dark background and the white makes it look nice and clean. I chose the courier font for my description because I've always thought it was a pretty font and I love the way it looks like it was typed on a typewriter and I chose a simple font for my blog title because I feel like anything else wouldn't have matched well with the font of my description. Works cited: “Color Meaning and Symbolism: How to Use the Power of Color in Your Branding – Learn.” – Logo by Trevagne McCluskey, ...

Post #5: Prose Benchmark Essay and reflection

- September 13, 2018

Prompt: The following interchange, excerpted from an 1852 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, occurs when two characters who have been living on the Blithedale farm-a community designed to promote an ideal of equality archived through communal rural living-are about to part ways. Read the passage carefully. In a well-written essay, analyze how Hawthorne portrays the narrator's attitude towards Zenobia through the use of literary techniques. My Essay: In his 1852 novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne creates multiple attitudes towards Zenobia from the perspective of the narrator. To examine the narrators perspective on Zenobia, Hawthorne provides detailed examples of the narrators overall attitude of Zenobia. He does this by using strong diction and dramatic tone shifts throughout the passage. Multiple tone shifts are seen throughout the passage. Towards the beginning, the narrator has obvious infatuation with Zenobia. He is taken away by her. The very firs...