EngageNY
Engage Ny: Determine Author's Purpose and Analyze Use of Rhetoric
Students participate in a Socratic seminar and demonstrate how to determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Epic Hero
A four minute video explaining and giving examples of epic heros.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Chosen: Analysis
This animation features a synopsis and interpretation of The Chosen by Chaim Potok and how it relates to deciding our own life path. 2:47sec.