Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...

Literary elements are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: allusion, antagonist, dialogue, flashback, imagery, protagonist, symbol, dialect, hyperbole, idiom, irony, parody, pun, sarcasm,...

Students will analyze such literary elements as plot, cause-effect relationships, sequence, and prediction in Jan Brett's The Mitten. Students will enjoy predicting upcoming story events and retelling the story from a dialogue that shows...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Often characters are a driving force behind the plot. In this lesson, students will learn how complex, multilayered characters contribute to the development of a story's plot...

This is an online study guide for the western novel Shane by Jack Schaefer including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel Candide by Voltaire including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel Native Son by Richard Wright including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide for the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

Students will hear and read different versions of a familiar fairy tale and identify what elements a story must have (character, plot, setting) for the story to be interesting and make sense. Using a Venn diagram, students will then...

Contains plans for seven lessons that use Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" to teach the literary elements of plot, theme, and character to high school learners. It also teaches about psychoanalytic criticism concepts such as the Id, Ego,...

This is an online study guide for the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, act-by-act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

This is an online study guide/notes for the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.