Hailey Rial - Blog Post 1

1. List at least two repetitions from Miller's article. 

• The word "teen" is repeated countless times throughout Miller's article, which relates back to the meaning behind the article as it relates to young adults.
• The term "Y.A." is repeated throughout the article also, as the article focuses mainly on Y.A. novels and how Y.A. dystopian novels can open a new way of thinking in the mind's of young adult readers. 

2. List at least one strand from Miller's article. This may have some overlap with your repetitions. Also indicate what connects these words together (i.e. polite, courteous, and decorous might fall under the label manners.) 

• Young readers, Y.A., and teen all fall under the label of Miller's targeted age group that this article is about.

3. List at least one binary from Miller's article.

• False Utopia and dystopia are binary terms.

4. Choose one repetition, strand, or binary from your list above and write a 2-3 sentences explaining a) why this concrete detail is significant and b) its significance in relation to the whole.

• In Laura Miller's "Fresh Hell", the strand of terms "young readers", "Y.A", and "teen" appear countless times. These words all relate to a specific age group, which helps create an easier understanding of Miller's article. 

5. You've established a significant pattern in step four. Now identify an anomaly - something that doesn't fit the pattern. This could be a previously unseen binary.

• A significant pattern in Miller's article is the strand of age group terms that she uses. However, the article is geared toward's adult readers. This helps connect both reader's of the article to both the writers of Y.A. dystopian novels and teens. Miller's article can help connect all of these people to a love of dystopian novel and in turn, the new way of thinking that these novels produce.