Decipher elements of the plot arch, setting, narrative, character development, Point-of-View, and more.

Accurately identify the author’s point of view in a story.

Adequately identify and explain the use of allegory and satire in novels.

Achieve clear understanding of figurative language, form and perspective.

Develop skills to evaluate materials for accuracy and discussion techniques.

Read between the lines and notice subtext, worldview, and implications.

Learn to track a plotline from the inciting moment to the climax and denouement.

Explore the meaning of the author’s voice, choice of narrative and POV, and use of character development.

Use different traits for writing, including organization, content, voice and word choice.

Use figurative language to compose their own poetry.

Develop and support ideas with specific examples, and citing information from reliable sources.

Formulate appropriate questions and paraphrase problems.

Identify areas of improvement in their own writing.

Understand proper composition skills.

Avoid plagiarism and accurately give credit to whom credit is due.

Understand and apply the proper grammar rules in their writing (pronoun-antecedent, apostrophes, etc.)

Recognize run-on sentences, and sentence fragments and avoid them.

Successfully diagram sentences.

Subordinate clauses

Participle phrases

Relative clauses