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: The Incredible Power Of Inferring
: SOAPS
: Paragraph Pirates
: How To Annotate
: Hyperbole
: Figurative Language
: Alliteration (2016)
: Theme Dream
: Why Read?
: Who vs. Whom
: Protagonist vs. Antagonist
: Demonstrating Onomatopoeia
: Symbolism in Shakespeare (Ophelia’s Flowers)
: How to Be Inspired When Writing
: Text Evidence
: Homophones and Grammar
: The Five Finger Rule
: What It Means to Infer
: Comma vs. Semicolon
: The Funnel Approach to Intro Paragraphs
: Oxymorons
: The Difference between Fantasy and Science Fiction
: How to Take Care of a Book
: Into the Life of Dante
: Poetic Meter and Rhythm
: Literally.
: Symbolism and the Caged Bird
: How to Give a Ninja Speech
: Team Text Features
: Writing-Concrete Words and Sensory Phrases
: A Short History of Banning Books
: The Genre Genie
: Japan: The Same and Different
: Semantic Change
: Vocabulary Mystery
: The Antonyms Song
: Descriptive Writing: Show, Not Tell
: Cause and Effect
: How to Fail a Speech
: Onomatopoeias
: Poseidon
: The Author’s Purpose
: Prepositions

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: The Incredible Power Of Inferring
: Slice Not Loaf (Email Subject Lines)
: Citing Text Evidence
: 5 Finger Retell
: How To Get Unstuck With A Writing Prompt
: Nouns, Verbs, And Adjectives
: Comma Rules
: SOAPS
: Harry Potter and His Hero Journey
: Constructive Peer Feedback
: Paragraph Pirates
: How To Annotate
: Personification With Stickman
: Hyperbole
: Figurative Language
: The Proper Usage of Semicolons
: Alliteration (2016)
: Theme Dream
: Why Read?
: Who vs. Whom
: Protagonist vs. Antagonist
: Letter Formation: Skyline Letters
: Ophelia’s Death in Hamlet
: Symbolism in Lord of the Flies
: Research Tips
: Reading Shakespeare
: Formatting Quotations
: Create: The Power of Synonyms
: Analysis: Where to Begin
: Camus, The Stranger, and Absurdity
: Character Profiles
: Oxymorons: Some Examples
: Rhetorical Devices in Hamlet
: The Real Monster in Frankenstein
: Tips for an Awesome PowerPoint Presentation
: Anthropomorphism in Animal Farm and Zootopia
: Christ Figures: Simon from Lord of the Flies
: Commonly Missaid Phrases
: Foil in Hamlet
: Four Steps to Writing a Conclusion
: Frankenstein’s Creation: Monster or Human?
: Their, They’re, and There
: Three Steps to Convincing Your Son to Avenge Your Murder: Hamlet
: Weather Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
: Timed Writing Elements
: Lord of the Flies and Civilization
: Hyphens and Dashes
: Giving a Good Presentation
: Alliteration in Hamlet Part 2
: Alliteration in Hamlet Part 1
: Annotated Bibliographies
: Father to Son Relationships in Hamlet
: Hamlet Ghost Speech
: Misplaced Modifiers
: Presearch
: Rhetorical Devices in Shakespeare
: Three Types of Irony
: Typography Dos and Don’ts
: Writers Block
: The Relationship of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature
: Annotated Bibliography
: Commonly Confused Words
: Demonstrating Onomatopoeia
: How to Act
: Inferno: Canto XXXIV
: The Lion King and Hamlet
: Symbolism in Shakespeare (Ophelia’s Flowers)
: Beowulf and Religion
: Biblical Allusions in Literature
: Biblical Allusions in Lord of the Flies
: Etymology
: How to Read Shakespeare
: Understanding Literature Through Art
: How to Be Inspired When Writing
: Lower Case Cursive Alphabet
: Idioms (2016)
: Contractions
: Text Evidence
: Homophones and Grammar
: The Five Finger Rule
: What It Means to Infer
: Misconceptions about Black Cats
: Comma vs. Semicolon
: Theme of Isolation in Frankenstein
: Thematic Research Paper
: The Funnel Approach to Intro Paragraphs
: Oxymorons
: The Difference between Fantasy and Science Fiction
: How to Take Care of a Book
: Mary Shelley – An Original Song
: Into the Life of Dante
: Poetic Meter and Rhythm
: Literally.
: Symbolism and the Caged Bird
: Writing a Persuasive Thesis
: Homophones
: Steps for Preparing for a Literature Exam
: What Makes a Good Thesis?
: Integrating Quotes into an Essay
: Tutorial for Finding the Theme of a Story
: Similes and Metaphors in Shakespeare
: Components of an Introductory Paragraph
: Writing a Good Thesis Statement: The Hamlet Example
: How to Write an In-Class Essay
: Writing an Argumentative Thesis Statement
: Crash Course on Irony
: In-Class Essay Tips
: How to Identify Allusions
: How to Write a Sonnet
: Paradoxes
: How to MLA Format an Essay
: One Pointer toward Credibility with Sources
: Misplaced and Dangling Modifers
: How to Properly Integrate a Quote
: How to Write an Effective Conclusion
: How to Write a Thesis – Sugar Is Bad for You
: How to Write a Formal Email
: Types of Irony
: One Way to Annotate What You Read
: The Oxford Comma
: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: The Rhetorical Triangle
: Ethos, Logos, Pathos
: Pathos, Logos, Ethos
: Layout of Dante’s Inferno
: Telos
: Decoding Shakespeare’s Language
: Polysyndeton and Asyndeton
: Shakespeare 101 – Language and Word Play
: An Example of Imagery in Dante’s Inferno
: MLA Formatting
: Close Reading a Shakespeare Monologue
: Romanticism
: Rhetorical Appeals
: Parallelism
: Staying on Topic
: Elizabethan Era Sumptuary Laws for Color
: SOAPSTones Analysis
: Use of Foil in Hamlet
: More Than Words, Words, Words – The Importance of Literature
: How to Write a Thesis: My Sister is a Robot
: Active and Passive Voice
: Is That Irony?
: Journey into the Five Paragraph Essay
: How to Annotate
: Comma Splices
: Japanese Poetry
: The Basics of Pathos
: Four Steps to Writing an Introduction Paragraph
: Hamlet’s Dilemma
: How to Write a Timed Essay
: Active vs Passive Voice: Football
: How to Judge a Book
: Making a Proper Argument
: Outlining an Interpretive Essay
: Mood In Shakespeare
: Why Is Literature Important?
: Epic Similies from Past to Present
: How to Write a News Story
: Women in Hamlet
: Symbolism
: Interpretive Thesis Statements
: Parallelism
: Anaphora and Epistrophe
: What Are Allusions?
: Characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s Poems
: The Globe Theatre
: Active Voice vs Passive Voice
: Creatures of the Inferno
: Quote Integration
: Analyzing Dickinson’s “You Left Me”
: How to Read a Boring Book
: How to Give a Ninja Speech
: How to Write a Summary
: Implementing Quotes
: Team Text Features
: Writing-Concrete Words and Sensory Phrases
: How to Write a Book Review
: A Paragraph Is
: A Short History of Banning Books
: Emailing Your Teacher, with Captain Communicator
: Write a Literary Analysis Thesis
: Prepositions: Examples with Location
: Plagiarism
: Serial Comma Killers
: The Story of Bossy R
: Vowel Team Words Song
: What Syllables Are
: The Four H Brothers
: Vocabulary Word: Ominous
: The Genre Genie
: Critical Components of Quotations
: Japan: The Same and Different
: Semantic Change
: Understanding Iambic Pentameter
: Dramatic Irony in Macbeth
: Grammar School: Linking Verbs
: Crimes Against Grammar: Commas Matter
: Word Choice
: Learn to Read 20 Sight Words
: Just Verb It
: Story Elements
: Contractions Surgery
: There, Their, and They’re
: Idioms
: Stretching a Sentence
: Vocabulary Mystery
: The Antonyms Song
: Descriptive Writing: Show, Not Tell
: Charlotte’s Web Claymation
: Alliteration
: Cause and Effect
: Screencasting Essays
: How to Choose a Book You Will Enjoy
: Choosing a Book at Your Level the Five Finger Rule
: Reading Strategies
: Five Finger Summary
: How to Fail a Speech
: How to Make Simple Sentences More Interesting
: Parts of a Letter
: Onomatopoeias
: Sonnet 29
: Sonnet 50
: Sonnet 130
: All About the Letter F
: Terms of Frequency
: Characters of Romeo and Juliet
: Silent Said: The Past Tense with “ed”
: Adjectives
: Poseidon
: Abstract and Concrete Nouns
: Plato’s Cave
: Sentence Improvement
: Gerunds Action
: Basic Punctuation
: Commas
: How to Set Up a Research Paper
: Quotation Marks
: The Author’s Purpose
: The Exclamation Mark
: What is Onomatopoeia
: The Period Symbol
: Similes and Metaphors
: The Alphabet
: The Question Mark
: What Are Vowels?
: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
: How to Use Quotation Marks
: Similes and Metaphors
: How to Write an Essay
: Prepositions
: Meet Hades
: Persephone
: How to Understand Shakespeare
: Using the Table of Contents
: Similes
: Homophones
: Sonnet 27
: Sonnet 23
: Telling a Story
: Hamlet
: Citing Sources
: Search
: Advanced Search
: The Full Library
: Collection List: Light Bulbs
: Collection List: Seeing Service
: Richard III Newscast
: Traveling Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken
: Theme