Grammar and Literary Elements Included in this Course
Grammar:
Adjectives/Adverbs - To Kill A Mockingbird
Apostrophes - Of Mice and Men
Capitalization - The Scarlet Letter
Colon/Semicolon - Little Women
Commas - Up From Slavery
Conjunctions - The Outsiders
Dashes and Hyphens - Fahrenheit 451
Quotations - Slaughterhouse-Five
Punctuation of Dialogue - The Call of the Wild
Subject/Verb Agreement - The Great Gatsby
Literary Elements:
Allegory - Little Women
Allusion - The Scarlet Letter, Slaughterhouse-Five
Author's Purpose (Non-Fiction) - Up From Slavery
Conflict - Fahrenheit 451
Diction and Tone - Up From Slavery
Foreshadowing - Little Women, The Outsiders
Four Writing Styles - Up From Slavery
Imagery - Of Mice and Men, The Call of the Wild
Juxtaposition - The Scarlet Letter
Motif - Slaughterhouse-Five
Personification - Little Women
Plot Arc - The Great Gatsby
Point of View - Of Mice and Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Outsiders, The Call of the Wild
Simile and Metaphor - To Kill A Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451
Writing Projects:
Allegory - Little Women
Character Analysis - The Scarlet Letter
Comparison Essay - Of Mice and Men
Conflict Essay - Fahrenheit 451
Fiction Story - To Kill A Mockingbird, The Outsiders
Motif/Theme Essay - Slaughterhouse-Five
Personal Essay - Up From Slavery
Theme Essay - The Great Gatsby
Freewriting Essay - The Call of the Wild