Rcognize how literary devices such as character foils can create complex characters in a short story.

This site from Georgia State University discusses the meaning of the terms hue, saturation and brightness. Thorough, meaningful explanations and outstanding graphics.

Learners use social networking sites to trace the development of characters by assuming the persona of a character on the class Ning and sending a set number of tweets, or status updates.

Site contains a list of literary terms, including the word "characterization." Basic but accurate definitions are easy to understand.

La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, as compared to El Nino, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. Find more general info, Forecasts,...

A learning module that teaches students how to write an literary text with good characterization in four lessons: Introduction, Two Types of Characterization and Two Types of Characters, Choosing Your Characters, and Your Turn.

Students use stoichiometry and thermochemistry to design a new fuel for a mission to Mars. In this activity, students work in teams using the virtual lab to characterize a new set of oxidants and reductants that can serve as a fuel for...

This page is a chapter from the book entitled "The Americans in Panama." It provides information about the colonial period of Panamanian history. "Panama's relations with the parent government at Bogota, from 1821, the year of...

In the middle of the 18th century, a series of evangelical religious revival movements swept across colonial America. Known as the First Great Awakening, the movements were characterized by emotional religious conversions from a state of...

In this interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service, learn about beaches, spits, and other sandy landforms that characterize some of America's coastal national parks.

This site from The Victorian Web has content that provides a detailed biography and list of works; cultural, economic, social and political contexts; and essays addressing literary themes, imagery, characterization and more in the work...

This resource about Victorian author George Eliot provides a detailed biography, bibliography as well as essays about themes, characterization, narrative and more.

From a detailed biography, list of works, and political history to essays about themes, setting, and characterization, this site offers an excellent variety of resources related to Victorian author George Meredith.

This site from The Victorian Web features a detailed biography, social and political history, and list of works to information about setting, characterization, themes, and imagery. This site provides a variety of excellent resources on...

Article covering the Age of Jackson, characterized in part, by expanded democracy, changes in political life, domestic issues and scandal.

Collection of primary resources includes historical documents, film, literary texts, and works of art with notes and discussion questions on the conflict and divisions characterizing the 1920s.

Insightful interview with this imagist poet. He gives some philosophy and characterization of imagery.

Travel through Earth's history to learn about the Oligocene time period, which is characterized by the appearance of most of the living families of mammals.

Make learning about Earth's biomes fun and easy with video clips. Learn about the unique Chaparral climate characterized by mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about the factors that characterize living things.

This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism; it focuses on Modernism, a period characterized by writers and artists use of new forms in an attempt to find a new truth and a break from existing institutions, forms, and...

An examination of Renaissance style, as it was practiced in England. See examples of Renaissance architecture, furniture, and designs and learn about the motifs that characterize this style of ornamentation. Also learn about the role...

At this site from Family Doctor.org you can find out what characterizes a binge eating disorder, side effects, and treatment. Links to similar articles are provided as well.

Students learn how engineers characterize earthquakes through seismic data. Acting as engineers, they use real-world seismograph data to locate earthquake epicenters via triangulation and determine earthquake magnitudes.