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Lumen: A Short History of the Early American Novel

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article is a brief history of the Early American novel with citations.
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Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Approaching Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on the how to approach the analysis of poetry. It provides a series of student activities such as having students read and compare a draft and the final version of William Blake's "Tyger" which is...
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Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Literary Terms: A Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a guide to poetic literary terms such as meter and an explanation of several types of meter, types of stanzas, types of rhyme, etc.
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Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Literary Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to write a literary criticism, the different theories and approaches to literary criticism, and their standard format.
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Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: How to Analyze a Short Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on analyzing a short story including all of the elements of a short story such as setting, plot and structure, and characterization.
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Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Free Verse

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses free verse including defining it and discussing its beginning.