This week, we're on to reading Ralph Ellison's great novel about the black experience in America after World War II, Invisible Man. John will teach you about Ellison's nameless narrator, and his attempts to find his way in a social order...

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using dialogue to describe characters in writing. They provide examples and guide students through adding dialogue to their own writing to bring their characters to life. By...

Can an unreliable narrator help readers see the world through multiple lenses?

Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more control over the plot than the narrator - expositing the who, what, where, when and how directly into the reader’s mind....