Jun 14, 2019 | Film Analysis
“Donnie Darko” I’ve seen this film at least two dozen times and I still find new things to examine, question and ponder. Shoot, I still stumble and mumble whenever anyone asks me, “What’s ‘Donnie Darko’ about?” Frankly, I’m really not 100 percent sure. So, when I...
Jun 10, 2019 | E9 Honors, English 9
Found poetry can be as profound as original, traditional poetry. The difference? The words are found in existing texts, then edited and arranged in new, poetic ways by the poet. Confused? No worries. Read this excerpt from Poets.org: Found poems take existing texts...
Jun 9, 2019 | Literary Terms
Outside Links Literary Terms dot net Poetic Terms DeMiero’s List of Terms Rhetoric Definition Rhetoric is the art of effective or persuasive communication, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques and literary devices. Want to watch...
Jun 7, 2019 | Film Analysis
With homage to Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock, M. Night Shyamalan has contributed much to modern day suspense. Although his films are often found assigned to the suspense/horror genre, his films rarely evoke a sense of gore. Instead, in his best...
Mar 4, 2019 | E9 Honors, English 9
Our ‘national novel’ – Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” “To Kill A Mockingbird” became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. Not only did it earn author Harper Lee the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, it was also...
