Resources

• Key to Comments on Papers
• Reading and Discussion Questions
• Bibliographies
• Quizzes and Crossword Puzzles
• Research and Writing
  • Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences
  • Analytical Research Paper Checklist
  • Test-Yourself Quiz on Commonly Confused Words
  • Citing Sources
  • Formatting Guidelines for Papers
  • General Grading Criteria

Presentations

American literature

Walt Whitman (Powerpoint) (web)
Hudson River School (Powerpoint) (web)
Realism (Powerpoint) (web)
Women and Authorship: The Case of Louisa May Alcott (PowerPoint)

General (PowerPoint)

• Sounds in Poetry
• Terms for Discussing Prosody
• Reading a Poem I:  Randall Jarrell’s “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”
• Reading a Poem II: Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”: An Interactive Exercise