A brief organizer in which students can analyze a given selection's writing style. Includes sections on diction, figures of speech, images, and sentence structure.

As students become more aware of text complexity, an understanding of the formal properties of literature becomes more important. This is an excellent examination of the kinds of choices writers make that change the way readers receive...

Use the activities on this site to review an understanding of synonyms and practice alphabetizing.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will practice using terminology critical for comprehension, interpretation, and analysis of poetry, drama, and fiction.

Rcognize how literary devices such as character foils can create complex characters in a short story.

Discover how authors use figurative language to enhance their writing and explore the differences between similes and metaphors in this animated video [3:37] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their...

Students learn about the differences between words with similar meanings by placing them in the right column of a graphic organizer.

This is a teacher demonstrating and discussing teaching students poetic elements: learning the literary terms, their definitions, and how to apply the information when analyzing poetry.