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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Free Verse
A concise and thorough explanation of the term "free verse" in poetry. Provides a definition, differentiation from "blank verse," and an example from Walt Whitman.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Irony
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent description of the literary term "irony." Content includes a focus on dramatic irony, structural irony, and verbal irony.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Meter
"Meter" in poetry is defined on this webpage. The different types of meter are explained and examples are given.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Novel
This site provides a general overview of the novel, including its history and generic forms. Includes a few examples and related links.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Ode
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "ode" poetic form. Short examples included.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Sonnet
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "sonnet" poetic form.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Stream of Consciousness
A good definition of stream of consciousness. Includes links to related topics and references to literature and authors who utilize stream of consciousness in their writing.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Figures of Thought: Conceit
A definition of the term "conceit" as it applies to figures of speech. It further breaks it down into definitions of Petrarchan conceit and metaphysical conceit.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Figures of Thought: Symbol
Learn about symbolism in literature and view examples of this literary technique.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Sentence Fragments
This writing lab site defines sentence fragments and gives a tip to help determine whether or not a group of words is a fragment.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: The Structure of the Outline
Lists the proper way to develop an outline before writing a paper or an essay.
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Weather Watch: Water Cycle
Excellent discussion and illustration of the water cycle.
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Adjectives: Regular Comparatives and Superlatives
A helpful site concerning the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Includes definitions and practice exercises.
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Quiz: Regular Comparatives and Superlatives
An excellent interactive quiz on the adjectival forms of comparative and superlative. Provides correct answers and scores.
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University of Victoria: Regular Plurals of Nouns
Learn how to make nouns plural. This concise lesson explains the process and contains a chart with examples. Practice your new skill with exercises at the bottom of the page.
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University of Victoria: Study Zone: Adjective Order
Information and examples of how to make order adjectives within a sentence.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Character and Characterization
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent overview of character and characterization. Content also explores flat and round characters. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters.
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The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: The Statement of Your Thesis
Brief explanation of the thesis statement, followed by examples of faulty and improved thesis statements.
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University of Victoria: Index to Grammar Materials
This page is an index to a range of materials created for students of the University of Victoria English Language Centre regular and online programs. It includes grammar presentations, interactive practice exercises, and help pages for...
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Univ. Of Victoria: Some and Any: Indefinte Articles
This page contains a brief explanation of the use of the determiners "some" and "any" followed by a fill-in exercise. The exercise is self-correcting but can be discussed between teacher and student to expand the scope of the application.
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Skimming Exercise
Timed practice and multiple choice questions are this site's offering. First you skim, rapidly, then you answer the questions and get immediate feedback and a chance to continue practicing.
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Study Zone: Scanning Exercise
Test your scanning skills by racing the clock with this exercise.
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University of Victoria: Grammar Topics
A large collection of concise explanations of various aspects of English grammar and usage. All topics include exercises that can be done, checked, and corrected online. Solid resource for English language learners at the intermediate...