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It's Just One Night
It’s just one night. It is your first night sleeping away from home. It’s just one night, You convince yourself as you roll out your sleeping bag. It’s just one night. You try to distract yourself by watching a movie with friends. It doesn’t work. So you tell yourself, It’s just one night. You retreat to the bedroom to sleep around midnight. It’s just one night. All your friends are asleep within minutes. It’s just one night. You stare at the ceiling for what feels like hours, hoping sleep will overtake you. It’s just one night. That is your last thought as you finally drift off to sleep.
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For this set piece, I wanted to try using repetition. This means that the reader will notice the phrase “it’s just one night” being repeated over and over again throughout the piece. I liked this literary device and the way I used it because I felt like it made the situation more relatable. I also used the second person point of view, which means instead of using the word “I”, I used the word “You”.