SciShow
Why Do We Rhyme?
Rhymes might seem frivolous, but there's scientific evidence for why we like them so much.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read Sylvia Plath? - Iseult Gillespie
Explore the haunting and intimate works of poet Sylvia Plath, who digs into issues of mental health, trauma and sexuality in works like “The Bell Jar.” -- Under her shrewd eye and pen, Sylvia Plath turned everyday objects into haunting...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What makes a poem a poem? - Melissa Kovacs
What exactly makes a poem - a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read “Fahrenheit 451”? - Iseult Gillespie
Ray Bradbury’s novel imagines a world where books are banned- and possessing, let alone reading them, is forbidden.The protagonist, Montag, is a fireman responsible for destroying what remains. The story raises the question: how can you...
Curated Video
Write and Recite Poetry
A video entitled "Write and Recite Poetry" which explores using expression to perform poetry.
Curated Video
Use of Poetry and Color Themes in The Great Gatsby
"The Great Gatsby," is a short novel that is rich in language, F. Scott Fitzgerald aimed to create a work that not only captured the essence of the Jazz Age but also transcended it through poetic beauty and intricate patterns. Drawing...
Curated Video
Against Smoothness
Intellectual historian Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge, describes how, to a certain extent, one can say that the famous literary critic F.R. Leavis wrote in a deliberately difficult way, in an effort to make his readers think and...
Curated Video
Divining the Date
Classicist Richard Janko, University of Michigan, relates how scholars have dated the Derveni Papyrus, found half-burned on the remains of a funeral pyre in 1962, to roughly 350 BCE, while he believes instead that the first version of...
Curated Video
Prose Poetry
This video discusses the definition of prose poetry and provides an example from the genre.
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Powering Through Prose - 'Big Picture' Questions in Prose Fiction Analysis (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Welcome to the first lesson on Powering through Prose! This lesson will explore the ‘big picture’ elements of analysing prose fiction. Find out about narrative purpose, structure, setting, perspective and characterisation. You’ll...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Destroying Drama - Essential Techniques for Analysing Drama (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
In this second lesson, we’ll dominate the essential techniques in theatrical drama. Our main focus will be on how playwrights create characterisation, use staging and the conventions of genre. The lesson includes quick revision of basic...
Oxford Comma
Poetic Devices Explained: LINE BREAKS (Definitions, Examples, and How to Use Them).
The third video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at how poets use line breaks to create meter and music in their poetry. We'll also examine how to write about them as well as a clever usage from early pop-punk music.
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Powering Through Prose - Narrative Style, Techniques & Figurative Language in Prose Fiction (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Our second lesson will zoom into the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll tackle narrative style, techniques and figurative language. You’ll discover a writer’s number one rule – show, don’t tell. Soon enough, you’ll have all the tools...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals – Analysing Visual Techniques and Text (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
In this second lesson, we’ll venture deeper into visual techniques. Take a closer look at the nitty-gritty of images and how composers arrange visual elements to create certain effects. Build your confidence with important techniques...
Curated Video
A Christmas Carol Goes to Court: Charles Dickens in Chancery
National Archive: A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 is one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved works and did much to create our image of an archetypal Victorian Christmas. But its success immediately caused its author trouble,...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Destroying Drama - 'Big Picture' Questions to ask in Dramatic Analysis (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Join us in our first lesson on Destroying Drama. We’ll explore the world of plays and playwrights, starting with information flow – how do we figure out what’s going on in a play? We’ll also break down a common play structure with the...
Advocate of Wordz
POEM vs PROSE! - Poetry Defined
Mortal Enemies or Immortal Kinsmen? In this video, we put poem and prose side by side for 3 rounds. There is also a twist towards the end. I forsee a rematch later this year.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Tolkien's first, 'undeniably darkest' prose to be published
CLEAN : Tolkien's first, 'undeniably darkest' prose to be published
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Cigar rollers work their hands, and their minds
VOICED: Cigar rollers work their hands, and their minds
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Publican la primera obra en prosa de Tolkien
VOICED : Publican la primera obra en prosa de Tolkien
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Cigar rollers work their hands, and their minds
CLEAN: Cigar rollers work their hands, and their minds
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Merkel, abucheada en centro de refugiados
VOICED : Merkel, abucheada en centro de refugiados
PBS
Resurrecting Zora Neale Hurston | American Masters: Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston, her life, her work as an anthropologist recording the customs and speech of southern Black people, and her novels would have remained largely ignored if not for the efforts of Alice Walker. An American Masters video...
Yossarian the Grammarian
English Composition Manifesto: Normal Prose
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the different types of sentences in prose. [8:59]