Literature

Fiction: Literary Elements Link
Definitions of many literary elements in fiction

For good suggestions for books to read, click here.

Unit 1 :Reflections

Great Site to Learn about this author

A Gary Soto website

Jack London Could Write!

Unit 4 : Short Stories

SHORT STORIES

Understanding Short Stories

Learn more about sea eagles.

This author wrote Jungle Book among other well-known works.
Learn about his life here.

This famous author wrote "A Day's Wait" based on an incident with one of his sons.

Daguerreotype courtesy of the Library of Congress

 "Rip Van Winkle"
was written by this author.
Do you know who he is?

This author's first novel was award-winning and has never gone out of print!

Writing

Choosing a topic for a Research Paper?

Tips on how to choose a topic

Plagiarism:
What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

Examples of how to avoid plagiarism

Grammar/Vocabulary

A piece of cake!

Check out these idiomatic expressions!

Sentence Diagrams

How to diagram sentences

Interactive Grammar Fun Site
You choose beginner or advanced level!
(This site does have many pop-up ads, though!)