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
The eighth grade book report is due May 8, 2006