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Front Matter
Front i Front Page Front ii Section Descriptions
Poetry
1.1.1 Front Page
Poetry | Forms
1.2.1 Front Page 1.2.2 Couplets I 1.2.3 Couplets II (Chaucer) 1.2.4 Couplets III (Pope) 1.2.5 Couplets IV (Browning) 1.2.6 Ballads I 1.2.7 Ballads II (Percy) 1.2.8 Ballads III (Wordsworth) 1.2.9 Ballads IV (Randall) 1.2.10 Ode I (under construction) 1.2.11 Ode II (under construction) 1.2.12 Ode III (under construction) 1.2.13 Ode IV (under construction) 1.2.14 Sonnet I 1.2.15 Sonnet II (Petrarchan/Italian) 1.2.16 Sonnet III (Shakespearean/English) 1.2.17 Blank Verse I 1.2.18 Blank Verse II (Wordsworth/Coleridge) 1.2.19 Blank Verse III (Frost) 1.2.20 Other Forms I (under construction) 1.2.21 Other Forms II (under construction) 1.2.22 Other Forms III (under construction) 1.2.23 Other Forms IV (under construction) 1.2.24 Free Verse I (Frost/Sandburg) 1.2.25 Free Verse II (History) 1.2.26 Free Verse III (Tools) 1.2.27 Free Verse IV (Sandburg/Whitman) 1.2.28 Concrete Poetry I (under construction) 1.2.29 Concrete Poetry II (under construction) 1.2.30 Language Poetry I (under construction) 1.2.31 Language Poetry II (under construction)
Poetry | Terms
1.3.1 Front Page 1.3.2 Systems I 1.3.3 Systems II (Accentual and Syllabic) 1.3.4 Systems III (Free and Quantitative) 1.3.5 Feet I 1.3.6 Feet II (Two-Syllable Feet) 1.3.7 Feet III (Three-Syllable Feet) 1.3.8 Feet IV (Coleridge Lesson) 1.3.9 Lines I 1.3.10 Lines II 1.3.11 Stanzas 1.3.12 Sounds 1.3.13 Sounds II
Poetry | Scansion
1.4.1 Front Page 1.4.2 Stresses 1.4.3 Feet 1.4.4 Caesurae 1.4.5 Example (under construction)
Poetry | Web Resources
1.5.1 Front Page 1.5.2 Historical 1.5.3 Contemporary 1.5.4 Highlights 1.5.5 Grinnell Area
Fiction
2.1.1 Front Page 2.2.1 Narration 2.3.1 Point of View 2.4.1 Characterization 2.5.1 Structure 2.6.1 Place and Time 2.7.1 Web Resources
Film
3.1.1 Front Page 3.2.1 Critical Approaches to Film 3.3.1 The Film Text 3.4.1 Film "Authorship" 3.5.1 Shots, Cuts, and Editing 3.5.2 Shots 3.5.3 Cuts 3.5.4 Editing 3.6.1 Directing Styles 3.7.1 Music and Sound in Film
Theory
4.1.1 Front Page 4.2.1 General Theory Sites 4.3.1 Literary Theory before 1900 4.4.1 Modern Literary Theory
Writing
5.1.1 Front Page
Writing | Study Skills
5.2.1 Front Page 5.2.2 Top Ten Strategies Front Page 5.2.3 Top Ten #1: Take Good Notes 5.2.4 Top Ten #2: Review Gradually 5.2.5 Top Ten #3: Give Yourself Note Space 5.2.6 Top Ten #4: Test Your Notes 5.2.7 Top Ten #5: Mark Passages 5.2.8 Top Ten #6: Summarize Plots 5.2.9 Top Ten #7: Use Sound Recordings 5.2.10 Top Ten #8: Make Flash Cards 5.2.11 Top Ten #9: Use Study Groups 5.2.12 Top Ten #10: Do a Test Analysis 5.2.13 Test Analysis 5.2.14 Study Skills Resources
Writing | Thesis Development
5.3.1 Front Page 5.3.2 Five Ways #1: Strangeness 5.3.3 Five Ways #2: Development 5.3.4 Five Ways #3: The MTS 5.3.5 Five Ways #4: Exclusivity 5.3.6 Five Ways #5: Narrowness 5.3.7 Other Thesis Resources
Writing | Research
5.4.1 Front Page 5.4.2 Three Points 5.4.3 Other Resources
Writing | Quotation
5.5.1 Front Page 5.5.2 Quotation Style 5.5.3 MLA Citation 5.5.4 Other Quotation Resources
Writing | Argument
5.6.1 Front Page 5.6.2 On Structure 5.6.3 Paragraphing 5.6.4 Close Reading 5.6.5 The Pitfall of the List 5.6.6 Comparison Papers
Writing | Polishing (30-Point Inspection)
5.7.1 Front Page 5.7.2 Inspection Front Page 5.7.3 Point #1: Your Name 5.7.4 Point #2: My Name 5.7.5 Point #3: Page Numbering 5.7.6 Point #4: Line Spacing 5.7.7 Point #5: Reading Aloud 5.7.8 Point #6: Commas and Conjunctions 5.7.9 Point #7: Semicolon Usage 5.7.10 Point #8: Colon Usage 5.7.11 Point #9: Limiting Dashes 5.7.12 Point #10: Apostrophe Usage 5.7.13 Point #11: Titles 5.7.14 Point #12: Using Other Writers 5.7.15 Point #13: Checking Citations 5.7.16 Point #14: Checking Quotations 5.7.17 Point #15: The Thesis 5.7.18 Point #16: Paragraphing 5.7.19 Point #17: Transitions 5.7.20 Point #18: Evidence 5.7.21 Point #19: Other Views 5.7.22 Point #20: Staying Specific 5.7.23 Point #21: Unnecessary Modifiers 5.7.24 Point #22: Terms of Certainty 5.7.25 Point #23: Pronoun Referents 5.7.26 Point #24: Subjects and Verbs 5.7.27 Point #25: "To Be" Verbs 5.7.28 Point #26: Prepositional Phrases 5.7.29 Point #27: Passive and Active 5.7.30 Point #28: Sentence Momentum 5.7.31 Point #29: Old to New 5.7.32 Point #30: Sentence Endings 5.7.33 Other Resources
Contexts
6.1.1 Front Page 6.2.1 Timelines and Chronologies 6.3.1 Monarchs 6.4.1 Other Contexts
English 120
7.1.1 Front Page
English 120 | Syllabus
7.2.1 Current Syllabus
English 120 | Discussion
7.3.1 Discussion Board
English 120 | Assignments
7.4.1 Front Page 7.4.2 Conferences 7.4.3 Responses 7.4.4 Group Work 7.4.5 Quizzes 7.4.6 Paper Prospectuses 7.4.7 Fiction Analysis Paper 7.4.8 Scene Analysis Paper 7.4.9 Poetry Analysis Paper
English 120 | Policies
7.5.1 Front Page 7.5.2 Attendance 7.5.3 Late Work 7.5.4 Extensions 7.5.5 Participation 7.5.6 Plagiarism 7.5.7 Disabilities
English 120 | Old Syllabi
7.6.1 Front Page 7.6.2 Spring 2003
English 224
8.1.1 Front Page
English 224 | Syllabus
8.2.1 Front Page 8.2.2 Romanticism 8.2.3 Victorianism 8.2.4 Modernism
English 224 | Links
8.3.1 Front Page 8.3.2 Romanticism 8.3.3 Victorianism 8.3.4 Modernism
English 224 | Discussion
8.4.1 Discussion Board
English 224 | Assignments
8.5.1 Front Page 8.5.2 Conferences 8.5.3 Responses 8.5.4 Group Work 8.5.5 Exam(s) and Paper(s) 8.5.6 Paper Prospectus/i
English 224 | Policies
8.6.1 Front Page 8.6.2 Attendance and Punctuality 8.6.3 Late Papers and Assignments 8.6.4 Extensions 8.6.5 Participation 8.6.6 Plagiarism 8.6.7 Students with Disabilities
English 224 | Old Modules
8.7.1 Front Page 8.7.2 Romanticism, Fall 02 8.7.3 Romanticism, Spring 03 8.7.4 Victorianism, Spring 03 8.7.5 Modernism, Spring 03
Seminars
9.1.1 Front Page
Seminars | Victorians Syllabus
9.2.1 Victorians Syllabus
Seminars | Discussion Board
9.3.1 Discussion Board
Seminars | Assignments
9.4.1 Front Page 9.4.2 Conferences 9.4.3 Responses 9.4.4 Shorter Paper 9.4.5 Paper Prospectus 9.4.6 Annotated Bibliography 9.4.7 Progress Report 9.4.8 Final Paper
Seminars | Policies
9.5.1 Front Page 9.5.2 Attendance and Punctuality 9.5.3 Late Papers and Assignments 9.5.4 Extensions 9.5.5 Participation 9.5.6 Plagiarism 9.5.7 Students with Disabilities
Seminars | Old Syllabi
9.6.1 Front Page
Help and Site Map
10.1.1 Front Page 10.2.1 Navigation 10.3.1 Site Map
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