PowerPoint Exercise

MEETING
SAMANTHA
ALEXANDER
• I AM AN ENGLISH MAJOR WITH A
FOCUS IN CREATIVE WRITING AT
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. I
WAS BORN IN GERMANY
BECAUSE MY DAD WAS
STATIONED THERE FOR THE ARMY,
BUT ULTIMATELY GREW UP IN
GLENDALE, ARIZONA. MY
FAVORITE BANDS ARE TWENTY
ONE PILOTS AND THE FRONT
BOTTOMS. MY FAVORITE BOOKS Photo taken by me on January 18, 2019.
ARE EXTREMELY LOUD AND
INCREDIBLY CLOSE, AND THE
PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.
 CREATIVE
WRITING
• I STARTED WRITING WHEN I WAS
AT LEAST SEVEN. I STARTED WITH
SONGS. THEY ARE HORRIBLE.
• I CONTINUED WRITING FOR
SCHOOL AND TEACHERS OFTEN
TOLD ME THAT I HAD TALENT.
• WHEN I BEGAN WITH POETRY, I
READ IN A FEW OF THE POETRY
SLAMS AT MY HIGH SCHOOL AND
PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID
THEY LOVED MY WORK AND THAT
I SHOULD GET IT OUT THERE.

Photo taken by Drew • FROM THERE, I GREW A

DEDICATED PASSION FOR
Coffman on July 19, 2010.
WRITING AND ULTIMATELY
https://upload.wikimedia.org DECIDED TO MAJOR IN IT.
/wikipedia/commons/7/76/
Writer%27s_Block_I.jpg
 THE FRONT BOTTOMS

• I HAVE LOVED THE FRONT BOTTOMS SINCE I WAS INTRODUCED TO THEM BY MY

FRIEND BEN.
• THEIR GENRE IS CONSIDERED TO BE FOLK PUNK / INDIE ROCK.
• I HAVE SEEN THEM LIVE TWICE AND HAVE LOVED IT MORE EACH TIME. THEY ARE
ONLY GETTING BETTER WITH THEIR MUSIC, AND I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEIR
SONGS.

Photo created by Laura Luz on July 26, 2014.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d
/d4/The_Front_Bottoms.jpg
 EXTREMELY LOUD AND
INCREDIBLY CLOSE
• EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE WAS WRITTEN BY JONATHAN
SAFRAN FOER, ALSO THE AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, A
BOOK I INTEND TO READ SOON.
• I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RE-READING BOOKS I LOVE INSTEAD OF
LOOKING INTO NEW ONES. I HAVE READ WITH BOOK TWICE AND I AM
CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF MY THIRD READ.
• IT IS A NOVEL BUT IT IS SO POETICALLY WRITTEN AND REPRESENTS
EVERYTHING I ASPIRE TO BE AS A WRITER.
• P.S. THE MOVIE DOES NOT COMPARE TO THE BOOK AT ALL, ALTHOUGH
TOM HANKS IS IN IT, SO OBVIOUSLY WORTH THE WATCH.

Photo taken by Steven Coutts on January 3, 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecoutts/424304
2997/in/photolist-HxRwA-7sWGRK-9nCaLT
Photo taken by me on
January 28, 2017.

KEIFER AND
DOUGLAS
• THESE ARE THE NAMES OF MY DOGS.
KEIFER IS A BIG OL’ GOLDEN RETRIEVER
WITH A LOVING HEART AND A
GENUINE SMILE. WHEN WE USED TO
GO CAMPING, HE COULD FIND US
KIDS EXPLORING AND THE WOODS
AND LEAD US BACK TO CAMP.
• DOUGLAS IS A LITTLE CHIHUAHUA
MIXED PUP, MIDDLE AGED. MY DAD
BROUGHT HIM BACK FROM A TRIP TO
Photo taken by me on
MEXICO AND NURSED HIM BACK TO
December 20, 2018.
HEALTH. HE IS VERY SPOILED, BUT HE
LOVES MY DAD, AND ON THE RARE
OCCASION THAT HE GIVES ME
ATTENTION, IT IS AN HONOR.
 Photo taken by
me on March 3,
2018
RANYA SHELESH

• RANYA HAS BEEN MY BEST FRIEND SINCE SOPHOMORE YEAR.

Photo SHE JOINED MARCHING BAND AS A FRESHMAN THAT YEAR,
taken by AND WE DO THIS CEREMONY WHERE EACH VETERAN PICKS A
me on FRESHMAN TO WRITE A LETTER AND WELCOME THAT
Photo taken by me on January FRESHMAN INTO THE BAND. I PICKED RANYA BECAUSE EVERY
December 17, 2018 19, 2119 TIME SHE WAS STRUGGLING (BAND IS AN EMOTIONAL
ELECTIVE), I WOULD ALWAYS BE THE ONE THERE FOR HER AND
VISA VERSA.
• SHE IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART AND HAS BROUGHT LOVELY
FORMS OF ART INTO MY LIFE WITH THE MUSIC, DRAWING,
AND CRAFTS WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER.

Photo taken by Jasmine Myers on February 6,

2018. Permission of use granted.
 Photo taken by me on
January 12, 2018

JUSTIN YARBROUGH

Photo taken by Amber

• JUSTIN YARBROUGH IS MY OTHER BEST FRIEND AND ALSO MY
Yarbrough on December
BOYFRIEND.
26, 2019. Permission for
• WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR OVER TWO YEARS. I HAVE use granted.
GROWN VERY FOND OF HIM.

• WHILE I AM ATTENDING ASU, HE IS OFF BEING AMBITIOUS AND

SUCCESSFUL IN THE ARMY.

• I SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND I PLAN TO VISIT

HIM OVER SPRING BREAK.

Photo taken by Michael

Yarbrough on January
Photo taken by me on 2, 2019. Permission of
April 7, 2018 use granted.