Style Academy #5

             For this last style academy exercise, being so close to the end of the semester and yet so busy, I had to do something fun to keep my attention here on this activity.  And honestly, it's probably the most productive style academy exercise I've done because I had fun with it.  I chose to make an attempt at rewriting song lyrics.  I chose to use "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.

            So here it goes:

I'm waking up on the floor again.  It's time to get back into bed.  In the morning I'll realize the price which my floor so graciously paid.  Hopefully I only slept traveled to the floor and back to my bed.  I guess I'll find out in the morning because for now I'm just an individual with a passion for sleep.

I've found this happens so much and without interruption, I'll need to modify my desire for attention.  While I shouldn't let go of previous success, I'll need to argue my case in order to avoid getting shutdown.

It must be my appetite.  It's the excitement of the struggle.  It keeps me climbing back up to the comfort of my bed.  I'm the only recognized individual who hunts for that recognition in the evening.  And I'm studying all of you with my appetite.

Ok.  Yeah, sort of creepy, I'll admit.  Hey, it's just what happened this time.

            I really enjoyed this exercise.  It was super fun to use an existing idea to structure my own around.

Style Academy #4

             I chose to take a look at the active vs. passive voice video and exercises on the style academy website for this style academy assignment.  Overall, I found it very helpful.  The video was helpful in providing examples both visually and audibly.  It was helpful to hear examples of passive sentences turned into active sentences even within the video instruction itself.

            I took a look at the two exercises during and after I watched the video.  It was definitely helpful to take a look at multiple sentences and combine them in multiple active ways.  I also took the same sentences and combined them in multiple passive ways.  Looking  at the difference between the two types, it was interesting to see when certain types work better than others in certain situations.  I should be able to more actively recognize the two different types of sentences throughout my daily reading after participating in this exercise.