Dangerously Alice
By- Madelyn Heikkila
The Cover of the Book
Theme of the Story
The theme of the story is be lucky for what you have because one day it will be gone. After the accident Alice realized that she was lucky to still have her parents with her. http://sweetclipart.com/multisite/sweetclipart/files/four_leaf_clover_4.png
Characterization
The main character, Alice, in the book Dangerously Alice, is brought to life in many ways through characterization. It shows how Alice gets nervous about a lot of things. An example is when she has to take big tests, and she asks her brother, "Give me some sample questions Les." Alice is also a little against her step mom. Here's an example. "Well," I said, picking up a magazine and flipping through the pages. "Whatever you want." In conclusion, the main character, Alice, in the book Dangerously Alice, shows who she is in many ways through characterization. http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/blamb/blamb1111/blamb111100034/11431473-a-cartoon-exam-with-an-excellent-mark.jpg
Dialogue
When Alice and her step mom weren't the nicest to each other some of their conversations were rude. Here's an example. "But not tonight, and I'm sick of arguing about it." She turned down the hall. I felt the blood rushing to my face, anger almost choking me. "And I'm sick of you!" I said leaping to slam my door. After that conversation they had there was a better one between them. "Oh, Alice," Sylvia said, her shoulders drooping with relief when she saw me. You're okay!" "Yes," I said. That shows how they care about each other even after the fights they had. http://scottboulton.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dialogue-boxes.jpg
Figurative Language
In the book Dangerously Alice, there are many examples of figurative language. One example is at the part where the author uses onomatopoeia. The author writes, "Every so often a log snapped or popped." This is figurative language because it tells sound words that sound like how they're said. I chose this example because it describes what the fire sounds like. Another strong example is at the part where the author describes the cat Annabelle by using imagery. In conclusion the author uses figurative language to describe, or show what's happening in the story. http://static.prometheanplanet.com/images/resources/resource-thumbnails/lg-thumb-nfireplace-png.png
Exposition
The main character in the book Dangerously Alice is Alice. She is a very outgoing and caring girl. She has red hair, and is very pretty. She likes to spend time with her friends, but she still works at her dads store every Saturday.
This story takes place at her home and at school. The school year just started so it's around fall, and that then leads into the winter.
The conflict in the story is Alice hasn't been around her parents a lot, so she spends most of her time with her friends. That leads to Alice getting into some fights with her step mom and dad. This conflict is external because it has to do with other people.
Rising Action
Alice's start to her junior year doesn't start out the greatest. Her step mom and her tend to fight a lot. Some of the reasons why are because her mom got a cat without asking her, and Alice didn't typically want a cat. Another reason why is because Alice was looking forward to driving her and her friends for a girls night out, and Sylvia wouldn't let her use her car for the night. Then one night she goes out with her group of friends, but unexpectedly some of the boys brought alcohol and got drunk. Then they drove out to a party and from then on it went down hill.
Climax
Alice is at the party with a bunch of her friends, and people she doesn't even know. Her friends Pamela and Liz get into the car with one of the boys who had some of the alcohol. At the end of the street Alice hears the sound of metal against metal, and is scared that Pamela or Liz got hurt. After that, police show up and take care of the scene. Then when Alice gets picked up by her dad at the police station she knew that, that could happen to her as well if she went in the car with her friends. It made her realize that her parents were important to her, so she decided to be more nice.