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It's Shakespeare's Birthday and We've Got Party Favors!
Resources for celebrating the Bard's Words
It's William Shakespeare's 450th birthday today. What better way to celebrate than with a whole host of learning resources focused on his words?
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Dept. of Word Lists
Vocabulary from Donna Tartt's Pulitzer-Winning "The Goldfinch"
Word Choice Helps Her Conjure Place and Memory
Take a closer look at how Donna Tartt's word choices help her conjure up a place and wrap the reader in memory with 25 words from the Pulitzer-prize winning The Goldfinch.
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We have occasionally invoked Tom Lehrer when discussing how the simple letter "e" can change the meaning of many words, citing his song "Silent 'E.'" That "e" can also magically change a word into another form, such as a noun into a verb. This being illogical English, there are few "rules" as to what it does, though.
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Ever since College Board President David Coleman announced that the redesigned SAT would replace its testing of more obscure words such as mendacious or treacly with the analysis of more frequent, multiple-meaning words in context, educators have been fretting about what this may mean for the study of vocabulary and for the precision of the next generation of American students' English in general.
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One of the things everyone remembers about Shakespeare, whether they spent a few weeks on one play in high school or an entire semester on several plays in college, is that he wrote in iambic pentameter. Some may also have vague recollections about their teacher explaining that iambic pentameter isn't difficult to understand, because English "naturally" falls into its rhythms.
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Dept. of Word Lists
A Quick Current Events Quiz: Pulitzer Prizes in the News
Make sure you're up on these ten words essential for talking about the forces shaping our culture
Talking about the Pulitzer Prizes awarded this week? Make sure you're up on these ten words.
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