You will learn how to analyze literary nonfiction, particularly speeches, by making inferences and drawing conclusions based on evidence in the text.

You will learn how to identify and understand an author’s choice of point of view, including limited versus omniscient and subjective versus objective.

You will learn how to compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms.

You will learn how to find the meanings of words through analogy and other word relationships.

You will learn how the central characters’ qualities influence them and resolution of the central conflict.

You will learn how playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays.

You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct spelling.

You will learn how to make complex inferences in a play and use textual evidence to support your understanding.

You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.

You will learn how to make complex inferences and use textual evidence such as imagery and figurative language to support understanding.

You will learn how to evaluate the role of media in focusing attention on events and informing opinions on issues as well as techniques used to create point of view, and how this impacts the audience.

You will learn how to use and understand the purpose of subordinating conjunctions.

You will learn how to use and understand the purpose of appositive phrases, and adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses.

You will learn how to use and understand the purpose of main clauses and subordinate clauses.

You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct capitalization.

You will learn how to evaluate graphics for their clarity in communicating meaning and achieving a specific purpose.

You will be able to evaluate connections between forms of narration (unreliable narrator, omniscient, etc.) and tone in works of fiction.

You will read and annotate paired texts in order to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

You will learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct capitalization.

You will learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct spelling.