You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.

You will learn how to use context (e.g., cause and effect or compare and contrast organizational text structures) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words.

You will learn how to infer the implicit theme in a work of fiction, distinguish theme from topic, and make complex inferences using textual evidence.

Using textual evidence, you will be able to explain how authors create meaning through stylistic elements and figurative language emphasizing the use of personification, hyperbole, and refrains in prose and poetry.

You will be able to recognize monologue and soliloquy and explain how they function in a play.

You will be able to analyze various scenes in several works of fiction to see how those scenes affect the plot as a whole.

You will be able to summarize a text and distinguish between a summary and a critique, identifying nonessential information in a summary, and unsubstantiated opinions in a critique.

You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.

In this lesson, you will be able to find the allusions in a text, and discuss the role allusions play in helping you understand the text.

You will be able to evaluate the author's syntax and its impact on the meaning of a text.

You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct punctuation.

You will learn how to use outlines, notes, graphic organizers, and lists to help you evaluate and organize your ideas.

You will be able to evaluate the role of imagery, metaphor, and simile in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays.

You will be able to analyze the function of allusion in literary texts.

You will learn strategies to keep in mind as you write the first draft of your research paper.

You will practice checking for complete sentences and the use of subordinate clauses.

You will practice checking for transitions and evaluate their impact in unifying an essay.

You will use the Modern Language Association (MLA) style manual to check that you are citing your sources correctly.

You will practice checking for correct subject-verb agreement.

You will practice checking for pronoun reference and agreement.