Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis (Student Text only)

Purchase Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis (Student Text only)

Why do certain literary works have the power to move us? With step-by-step instructions, Windows to the World teaches students how to analyze elements of literature. This reference also gives numerous examples and suggestions for helping students develop Christian discernment skills.
Lesha Myers's Windows is a very solid grounding in literary analysis: what to look for when we read literature, what authors commonly use as literary devices and why they work well, how authors succeed in conveying tone or theme or character or irony or point of view, and so forth.
Windows is appropriate for advanced middle school and high school students (due to the stories used for analysis) and will teach annotation and all the literary terms you need to know with specific information for the teacher as well as the student.

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Purchase Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis (Student Text only)

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