ashley responce

Ashley Response

1) How does the writer use the hook (“three blonde heads”) to grab the reader and set the tone for the essay? 
It was a “showing” sentence; I imagined how it would look for them to turn around.
2) Re-read the paragraph starting “The first time I actually became aware…”
Specific detail:
“ One kid thought it was so funny his chubby face started turning red and I could see a tear gradually making its way down his face.” showing not telling.
“ Like a volatile vial of glycerin, into peals of laughter.”
3) Why does the writer use the example of the pencils? What is she trying to show? 
She’s explaining to us how her name was never on one of the pencils, and that made her feel left out, and not like her name.
4) How does the writer turn it around? What anecdotes and information does she give to show that she has regained her pride for her name?
 The writer turns it around by telling us that when she went back to her home country, her cousin told her what her name really meant. Her name stood for “to rule without force.” She took pride in the fact that her name meant something meaningful.
5) What advice would you give the writer to make the essay even better? 
I think that it would have been better is she “showed” us a little more about how she felt when her name embarrassed her.