Literary Terminology:Alphabetical list of Literary Terms with explanations and samples
Handbook of Literary Terms by Holt Rinehart (interactive PDF):
Organized by Type:
Rhetorical Schemes: figures of speech that deal with patterns of words like word order, syntax, letters, and sounds (as opposed to the meaning of words, which are tropes) Tropes: figures of speech with an unexpected twist in the meaning of words, as opposed to schemes, which only deal with patterns of words. |
Additional Info on Classroom Topics:
The Rhetoric of 9/11:
1998 Interview with Usama bin Laden (on a PBS website) 9/11 Timeline (on www.AmericanRhetoric.com) Interactive 9/11 Timeline (on 911Memorial.org) Biotechnology / The Great GMO Debate:
Cotton - a blog by Janice Person, who works for Monsanto (linked with permission of the author) |