Figurative Language and 2.2

Figurative Language and 2.2

English 8 began a three-day overview/review of figurative language before we begin our next unit next week. We read “The New Colossus” to see examples of similes, metaphors, allusions, and alliteration — some of the basics of poetry. This corresponds...
Tenor, Vehicle, and Chapter 6

Tenor, Vehicle, and Chapter 6

English 8 students went through chapter six of Nightjohn today. We’ll finish it up tomorrow and have a discussion about it, looking at how the author pulls some interesting tricks. English I students worked on figurative language, looking specifically at the...
Tenor and Vehicle

Tenor and Vehicle

We began by looking at the first question for the new article of the week. Early in the piece, there is a challenging sentence that we went over: I have become consumed with an alarming possibility: that neither the polls nor the actual outcome of the election really...