... told his idea to his class. He announced the group, and he had a pretty good turnout. They called the group that wave and they made a handshake, and a symbol. Laurie a girl in Ben Ross's class joined the wave at first and was in it for a while, but she saw that it was becoming way too serious. She decided to drop ... down the proper position. Ben Ross thought that his experiment was going really good. All the kids were really taking it serious and he was enjoying it too. Laurie who quit the group saw that everyone was in the wave and she was on the staff of the Gordon Grapevine the school...

• Word Count: 631
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... identity is the organised group of, "The Wave." "And everyone is going along with it like a flock of sheep it's like Night of the Living Dead or something." Laurie's argument with Amy states that there is a lack if individuality, as The Wave has taken over the original members, and the idea of the wave started by Ben Ross in ... his History class. The simile influences the reader to think about what is happening in the wave. The italics used for, "The Living Dead or Something," emphasises that Laurie believes that the class members now have a lack of individual thought about themselves,...

• Word Count: 530
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School