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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: "World Enough, and Time": Andrew Marvell's Coy Mistress

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "World enough, and time" Andrew Marvell's Coy Mistress. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students will focus on how Marvell's use...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 6.1 Writing About Literature: Analyzing Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to analyze prose by understanding connotation and denotation, identifying metaphors and similes, looking for repetition, and finding imagery in a text.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Poet Who Painted With His Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Epithet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Epithet" including definitions and examples from a number of poets.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Elements of Poetry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 2-page PDF of a chart that lists eight elements of poetry, questions to ask concerning each element, and tips and explanations to aid the understanding of each element. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Other

Shoreline Community College: Formal Properties of Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
As students become more aware of text complexity, an understanding of the formal properties of literature becomes more important. This is an excellent examination of the kinds of choices writers make that change the way readers receive...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Tale of Two Cities (Study Guide)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a study guide to Dickens' novel, "Tale of Two Cities." Content includes a biography of the author, a synopsis of the story, reoccuring themes, a look at the novel's imagery and symbolism, and some sample questions....
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the characters, plot and themes found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Read about the symbols, imagery and allegories presented in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Love Song of J. Alfred Hitchcock

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site contains a thorough analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Included are a discussion of symbols, imagery and wordplay. Included are a list of excellent questions on the poem
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Raven

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem The Raven. This site contains insights into the the symobls, imagery and wordplay found in the poem as well as useful study questions.
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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-eight data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine ways in which remote sensing by satellites gives us useful information about the world....
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Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
A compilation of a variety of excellent resources on Victorian writer Robert Browning. Includes a detailed biography, list of works, social and political history of the Victorian age, and essays about the literary aspects of Browning's...
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
From a detailed biography, list of works, and political and social history to essays about imagery, setting, themes, and more, this site provides a variety of excellent resources related to the author Vanity Fair, William Makepeace...
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: John Ruskin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web provides an excellent variety of resources about Victorian author John Ruskin. It takes one from a detailed biography and relative social and political history, to themes, critical theory, and information...
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Victorian Web

Victorian Web: Oscar Wilde an Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian Web provides a neatly organized site with links to information about Oscar Wilde including biography, works, political history, social history, religion, science, genre and mode, visual arts, themes, characters, imagery,...
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Introduction to the Romantic Period

For Students 9th - 10th
The major Romantic poets cannot be understood, historically, without an awareness of the extent to which their distinctive concepts, plots, forms, and imagery were shaped first by the promise, then by the tragedy, of the French...
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Other

Cummings Study Guides: Much Ado About Nothing, a Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a study guide for William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado about Nothing.
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
This Victorian Web site features links to documents about the life, works, and times of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold (1821-1888). Content ranges from the genre, themes, and imagery found in his literary works, to a biography,...
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Alfred Lord Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of resources provides access to variety of scholarly works related to the Victorian writer. Includes a detailed biography, a list of works, social and political histories, and essays about themes, setting, imagery, and...
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre

For Students 9th - 10th
A portal to biographical information and essays related to Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) and her novel "Jane Eyre," including information about social and political history, characterization, themes, genre, setting, imagery, and more.
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Gerard Manley Hopkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This Victorian Web site is provides an excellent collection of information related to the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) and his work. Content ranges from social and political history to the themes, imagery, and poetic structure...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Roman Silversmith: Drinking Cups of the Elite

For Students 9th - 10th
Silver drinking cups with relief decoration were very popular in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. Cups were sometimes made in pairs to encourage conversation about the scenes on the vessels. Cupids, scenes of Bacchus, the Roman god of...

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