ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
This lesson plan deals with the process of analyzing a variety of literary texts from poetry and letters to diary entries and works of fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and...
Quia
Quia: Elements of Literature: Rags to Riches
Answer the 15 questions in this game about literary elements for the prize of fame and fortune. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Rags to Riches: Literary Elements
Show off your knowledge of literary elements by playing this game. Just answer 15 questions correctly, and be the big winner.
PBS
Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Literary Movements: Modernism
Background on the literary time period known as Modernism, including characteristics of writing at this time as well as a list of important modernist authors.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
In this lesson plan, students listen to and discuss poetry that pertains to the study of astronomy and write their own poems to enhance their learning of the subject. As a final project, students use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Collaborating, Writing, Linking: Use Wiki to Tell Stories Online
This lesson has students create stories that reflect wiki kind of reading. Students begin by reading untraditional books that use fragmented storylines, multiple perspectives, and unresolved plots. They apply these same types of...
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Elegy
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "elegy" poetic form. Example included.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Epics
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "epic" poetic form. Short examples included.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Epithet
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a general description of the word "epithet." Content also includes a literary example.
University of Victoria (Canada)
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.
Other
National Writing Project
The National Writing Project site offers online articles as well as abstracts and reviews of books on such topics as teaching writing, teaching reading, encouraging writing, being a writer and standards and assessment.
Other
Concepts and Practices for Writing Courses: Interpreting Literature
This tutorial surveys the way readers should interpret literature or text in symbols, syntax, meaning, and the like. The article features a Literary Toolkit for Analyzing Literature.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Elements of Literature [Pdf]
A PDF glossary listing and defining literary elements.
Other
Georgia Perimeter College: Learning and Tutoring Center: Communications Handouts
This index provides links to educational resources on various English topics. Some topics included are related to punctuation, parts of speech, usage, different types of writing, and analytical questions for various genres of literature.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Developing a Definition
Not sure what a definition paper is? This is a great site from the Capital Community College to help you with developing a definition. Includes a sample essay and guiding questions.
TES Global
Blendspace: Literary Terms Resources
This Blendspace provides assorted references for literary terms and brief literary terms assessments. This blendspace is designed to support all secondary students, including those who will be taking AP literature courses.
Other
Write4 kids.com
This site provides a great deal of information on writing children's stories. Contains "Advice, instruction, insider tips, insight and inspiration."
Other
Kids Lit: Poems by Kids
Student poets have contributed their poems for publication on this site. Read through the poems and contribute your own.
TES Global
Tes: Prose: Short Stories
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this downloadable learning module, students will write a short story. Students will refer to the grading rubric to help them self-assess their writings. Students will revise and edit
Tom Richey
Slideshare: Introduction to the Elements of Fiction
A slide show with twenty-two slides about story elements. Includes definitions, information, and examples of character terms, setting terms, plot terms, conflict terms, and more
TES Global
Tes: Analyzing & Comparing Non Fiction
[Free Registration/Login Required] Resource notes to aid students as they analyze different types of nonfiction. The GAP (genre, audience, and purpose) acronym is provided to use when comparing nonfiction texts.
Other
Kintespace: The Art of Poetry
This site is an analysis of rhythm, imitation, style, tone, and technique of poetry. References to imagists and their works are also included
Other
Biographical Dictionary
Students are able to connect to a search engine containing a dictionary that "covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to present day."
Caro Clarke
The Art of the Unspoken: Saying More by Describing Less
This is the thirteenth article in a series that was developed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on how good descriptions aren't necessarily connected with a lot of words, good descriptions are clean and to the point.