Sophia: Identifying Plot Devices

This lesson explains how to identify plot advancement (actions or events that move the plot forward) in fiction writing. [5:44]

This lesson introduces common plot devices in fiction writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

The second interactive in a series of 10 introduces young scholars to character archetypes, archetypal plot patterns, and archetypal motifs, including the use of color. Learners read passages explaining the term and study examples from...

This lesson explains how to identify the setting in a work of fiction. This tutorial lesson shares a screencast with the lesson's content. [15:59]

This PDF lesson plan prepares students for multiple portions of the AP Language and Composition exam (specifically, the multiple choice section and the rhetorical analysis prompt) by analyzing a brief text which students will be able to...

This tutorial focuses on symbolism in literature and how it reveals a deeper meaning. It provides a slide show that discusses what symbolism is, why and how it is used, how to identify it, common symbols, and classic symbols.

This tutorial focuses on describing an author's style. It explains the five main elements constituting style: syntax, diction, punctuation, sensory details, and literary/rhetorical devices. It lists nine common writing styles and gives...

This tutorial focuses on transitions including transitional devices, lists of common transition words and phrases, transitions between paragraphs with examples, and separate lists of transition words for descriptive, narrative, and...

Learners explore plot structure, conflict, setting, and mood. In this literary elements lesson, students read Rosa Parks, My Story and complete the provided plot outline worksheets. Learners discuss the text elements of non-fiction...

Under construction, this lesson focuses on Canto Familia, a collection of poetry about Gary Soto's experiences growing up in California's Imperial Valley. Representative of the experiences of many Latinos, the poems also address themes...