TOPICS COVERED
This course covers the following topics:
- Basic Elements of Literature
- Elements of Literature II
- Literary Devices Introduction
- Grammar Review – The Parenthesis
- Story Structure
- The Plot Diagram
- How Authors Create
- Mystery, Tension, or Surprise.
- Grammar Review – The Colon
- Being an Active Reader
- Remembering What You Read
- Definition & Examples of a Theme
- Grammar Review – The Comma
- Inference: An Introduction & How To
- How to do a Close Reading
- How to Find & Use Textual Evidence
- Grammar Review – The Semi-Colon
- Elements of Drama
- Character Archetypes
- Character Development: Affecting Plot & Theme
- Grammar Review – Quotation Marks
- Assigned book – William Shakespheare- “Romeo and Juliet”