Acknowledgements

__**Acknowledgements**__ I've never written an acknowledgement before and when starting a book I always skip over them too intrigued with the story to bother reading the boring acknowledgement so I'm not exactly sure how to go about writing one for this project. So thanks Dictionary.com for


 * ac·knowl·edg·ment or ac·knowl·edge·ment**

(āk-nŏl'ĭj-mənt) [|Pronunciation Key] n.
 * 1) The act of admitting or owning to something.
 * 2) Recognition of another's existence, validity, authority, or right.
 * 3) An answer or response in return for something done.
 * 4) An expression of thanks or a token of appreciation.
 * 5) A formal declaration made to authoritative witnesses to ensure legal validity.

confusing me with all that. I figured the 5th was the only choice remotely relative to writing an acknowledgement, but even that didnt help me write one. I figure it's basically just a thank-you-for-inspiring-me kind of thing right? So with that, let's wing it, here goes:

When Mr. Masson first told us we were going to do a month long project, first thing I thought? Eww. When he told us we could choose our topic? Instantly I began to feel gratitude towards the one man who basically just said, take your education into your own hands, and report back with something well researched and interesting. So thank you Mr. Masson. I chose my topic two years ago, and now I have the excuse and resource to actually do it. I got my first dose of Arthurian Legend when I read Avalon High by Meg Cabot; my favorite author. It was a story of a girl (with two professors for parents, specializing in Medieval times; whom persistently impressed upon their daughter all kinds of "neat facts" about their careers) moving to a new school and realizing that an increasing amount of her new life and new friends seemed to be like a modern version of King Arthur and the other characters from Camelot. Immediately I fell in love with this line of Myth. So thank you so much Meg Cabot. After reading and loving the story I started talking to my dad, who knows a fair amount about Arthurian Legend himself. His explanations only furthered my interest into all the characters. So thank you dad. Since this isn't exactly a topic of common interest to people my age I figured leisure books would be few and far between. With Arthurian Legend on the back burner, my next trip to Barnes & Noble turned out pretty well when I found Here Lies Arthur, by Philip Reeve; his recount of legend. (a fictional take on fiction?) So thank you Philip Reeve. Mrs. Bailey also found me three books from our school library that were in various amounts of depth the original plot lines. When it comes to completing my genre's these will be great references. One was in old english, which will be helpful in a few of my genre's. So thank you Mrs. Bailey.

and with that, my acknowledgements are finished. I've nothing left to say.

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