Resources
Below you will see a series of links to resources (TedTalks, Handouts, etc.)
"How Language Shapes the Way We Think": Lera Boroditsky gives a TedTalk looking at how language, the words we use, impact the way we think. After viewing, consider how language, the way you have used it, and the ways others have used it with you, have impacted meaning for you.
"Mining Literature for Deeper Meanings": Amy Harter provides an overview for why we read and what we hope to develop in the coming years.
Below you will find a handout of commonly referenced literary and rhetorical devices to be utilized throughout the year.
Below you will find a link of commonly referenced allusions to help expand your reading comprehension