Motifs, Verbs, and More

English 8 students began looking at what a motif is (a repeating image or idea that appears throughout a literary work) as we began moving toward the question of what a theme is and how to determine it. English I Honors students went through verbs today after going...
Pronouns and Voice

Pronouns and Voice

English 8 students went over the final part of the voice and diction lesson, learning how diction (word choice) contributes to voice (the distinctive sound of an author or text). We looked at passages in Nightjohn in which Sarny, the narrator, “sounds like a...