To Alexis

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Title

Subject

Description

This artifact is an 8 page declaration of love taken from a middle schooler who was checking the love letter for grammarical correctness before she let Deante give her friend Alexis the letter. The letter details exactly how much he loves Alexis and everything he loves about her. He ends the letter with 4 large hearts.

Creator

Deante

Source

JT

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

Language

English

Identifier

Coverage

2000-2024

Letter, Message, and Announcement Item Type Metadata

Genre

letter

Material

lined spiral notebook paper, pen ink

Circulation

Person to Person (Analogue)

Linguistic Text

This love letter describes Deante's feelings towards Alexis. He mentions songs that makes him think of her and how he wants to be with her forever. He mentions the way everything seems to be in slow motion around her and how he can't wait to be with her again when summer ends. He describes everything he loves about her including how nice, caring, sweet, and cute she is. He then goes into extensive detail about his family, where he lives, and how he wants to be a football player or cop one day.
Other text includes the grammarical corrections made by Alexis' friend in red ink.

Visual Text

There are multiple hearts drawn throughout the letter and four big hearts drawn on the final page

Dimension

8 sheets of standard notebook paper

Addressee

Alexis

Uploaded

JT 04/14/18

Files

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Citation

Deante, “To Alexis,” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed May 1, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/783.

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