Created by a teacher responding to the events in Kosovo, this list is a great start for a media literacy class project. Good discussion-starting questions are included with each item on the list. Requires some independent research to...

Copious amounts of handouts can be found here at the Latin Library. Includes vocabulary handouts, Latin readings, grammar handouts, exercises, and other miscellaneous handouts.

Explains what personification is and gives examples. Includes links to related articles on symbolism, elements of rhetoric, fables, figure of speech, and allegory.

This slideshow focuses on oxymoron by defining the term, discussing its purpose, and providing examples. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech

A photograph, an audio mp3, and a transcript of Atticus Finch's monologue as he delivers the closing arguments in Tom Robinson's trial in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.

This article focuses on what grammar 10th graders need to know to be successful in the upper grades and college. These include the following: parts of speech, sentence structure/syntax, types of sentences, types of clauses, parallelism,...

This document from the Dover Adult Learning Center is a nice resource for any beginners in the political decision-making process. Provides links to material to help decipher ads, candidate speeches, rhetorical tricks, campaign issues,...

This lesson focuses on syntax; All writers and speakers choose their words and the way they arrange them to make their work more powerful. You will see this in a segment of President Kennedy's speech and then in poetry; poets in...

This is an encyclopedia entry for the word "Understatement." It defines the term, provides background information about it, and offers references.

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.

This lesson provides an insight into the rhetoric and social action of Fannie Lou Hamer. By focusing on three speeches through her career, students will better be able to understand how she was able to influence social change.

This site provides a very detailed definition of the term but does not give any examples. Part of a larger site of literary terms.

Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient...