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7 Tips for Using Background Knowledge to Improve Students’ Literary Analysis

Last month, I wrote about how to help your students analyze language. However, we’ve all read literary analysis essays that are mostly just a list of language features and their effects. To use this skill effectively, students need to be able to relate the language to the wider themes of the text and to theContinue reading “7 Tips for Using Background Knowledge to Improve Students’ Literary Analysis”