Welcome to 8th Grade Literature!

Besides studying the various literary genres, we also study the elements of the novel and the literary techniques found in such novels as The Red Badge of Courage, The Old Man and The Sea and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn:

Characterization

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Imagery

           Color Images

Foreshadowing

Point of View

Flashback

Conflict

             Internal

             External

Theme

Setting