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High School English I

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Suggested Prerequisites

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Description

Take an epic journey to refine your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. You will dive into literary and informational texts to discover the tools authors use to achieve their purpose. You'll voyage through classic and contemporary works to reach new limits of comprehension. From reading fiction and nonfiction to writing epic works of your own, you'll gain insights into how writers of all genres use diction and style to create a voice of their own.

Module One: Literary Essentials

-Plot, character, conflict, and setting

-Universal theme

-Diction, tone, and mood

-Figurative language

-Phrases, clauses, and parallel structure


Module Two: Writing with Style

-Determining central idea

-Text structures and text features

-Denotation, connotation, and figurative language

-Reference materials

-Rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices

-Author's purpose

-Evaluating opposing arguments


Module Three: The Art of Arguing

-Logical reasoning

-The elements of an effective argument

-Logical fallacies

-Effective claims

-Planning and writing an argument using credible sources

-The characteristics of satire

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