Literary Devices: Ambiguity
One crucial literary device, frequently used in any variety of text, is ambiguity. Usually, when we are reading a work of literature, each word takes … Read more
Literary Devices
Literary Analysis of a Passage from Albert Camus’ The Stranger
Passage from The Stranger by Albert Camus: At the same instant the sweat in my eyebrows dripped down over my eyelids all at once and … Read more
A Comparison of the Philosophies of Plato and Aristotle
Certainly Plato (c. 428 BCE-c. 348 BCE) and Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE) have a great deal in common. They are the two most influential figures … Read more
Poetry of E E Cummings
The poetry of e.e. cummings is marked by its distinctive quality of being contemporary, while maintaining a traditional appeal. By doing this, cummings writes poetry … Read more
Examining Toni Morrison’s Writing Style in Beloved
The highly acclaimed narrative Beloved by African-American writer Toni Morrison takes place in Cincinnati, Ohio, from the 1850s to early 1970s. The story centers mainly … Read more
Analyzing Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1837. In the allegorical tale, Dr. Heidegger experiments on four of … Read more
English Literature Lesson Plan: Tragedy and the Tragic Flaw in Literature
Lesson Plan Objectives 1. Having begun an English Literature Unit on tragedy, students will analyze their conceptions about tragic flaws and will be able to … Read more
How to Write an Award-Winning Book Report
Why do teachers assign book reports? Having taught high school English, I can reveal the secret here. The real reason teachers require students to write … Read more
John Donne’s “Break of Day”
The speaker in the poem is a woman. She wakes up in the morning with her lover. She is upset that he must rise and … Read more
Lesson Plan: Literary Devices in The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Time: 47 minutes (one class period) Setting: Classroom (desks in a horseshoe shape to enable/encourage class discussion) Objective: After this lesson, students should be able … Read more