style, literary

An introduction to the ways that authors form distinctive writing styles. Novel and short story excerpts and analysis help to explain the importance of rhythm and tone in writing.

An introduction to the ways that authors create scenes using words. Novel and short story excerpts and analysis help to explain the importance of strong sensory details in writing.

Introduces young readers to the figure of speech known as personification in which human characteristics or qualities are assigned to something not human.

Explores four important painting techniques--chiaroscuro, sfumato, incollato, and impasto--demonstrating how they are used to paint various literary works.

Looks at Shakespeare's unique use of language in both prose and verse, including the new phrases he coined, his word arrangement, and his use of puns and metaphors.

Explores a wide variety of caveats "language snobs" have with the way modern English speakers sometimes use or misuse grammar and offers a variety of anecdotes in which the author either argues with or agrees with the so-called "language snobs.".

A collection of paragraphs submitted as entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, an international competition that invites entrants to compose bad opening sentences to imaginary novels.

Text and annotated bibliographies show how picture storybooks can be used to teach elements of literature.