Article discusses the history of English dictionaries over a five-hundred-year period. Includes selections from Samuel Johnson's dictionary of 1755 and the Oxford English Dictionary. With useful comments about the origins of words,...

An analytical discussion of Johnson's use of literary technique in his dictionary. It includes notes and bibliography.

This site explains the differences between the Shakespearean English (Elizabethan English) and the Modern English of today and offers a list of common words used by Shakespeare and their meanings.

Critical analysis of Johnson's use of literary sources in his dictionary, and his contribution to the development of modern English. Includes extensive notes and bibliography.

This article focuses on a variety of key literary terms used in high school English including their definitions. These terms include flashback, genre, irony, parody, satire, setting, subplot, tone, and symbol.

This article focuses on spelling in the 8th grade including applying standard English conventions to unfamiliar words, how to practice spelling words, and a link to 8th-grade sight words.

This article focuses on teaching articles and determiners to native and non-native English speakers. It suggests beginning with articles (a, an, the), then moving to determiners (my, her, his, this, that, these, those); it also suggests...

A critical analysis of Johnson's commentary on the period later called the Renaissance by Jack Lynch. In-depth article with extensive notes and bibliography.

Literary analysis of Johnson's writings in relation to Edmund Spenser. Features extensive notes and bibliographical info.