Paris High School

This site provides information and links for college and career readiness. Viewers will find useful information whether they plan on going to college or moving straight to the world of work after high school graduation.

Access our online classroom, complete with assignments/bell ringers, vocabulary links and tests.

Access to my Quizlet classroom for vocbulary lists.

Characterization. Characterization is the act of creating or describing a character.

Suspense. Suspense is a feeling of anxiousness or curiosity. Writers create suspense by raising questions in the reader’s mind and by using details that create strong emotions.

Stage Directions. Stage directions are notes included in a play to describe how something should look, sound, or be performed.

Flashback. A flashback is a part of a story, poem, or play that presents events that happened at an earlier time.

Conflict and Resolution. A conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a literary work. Resolution is the point at which the central conflict ends.

Simile and Metaphor. A simile is a comparison using likeor as. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another. These figures of speech invite the reader to make a comparison between the two things.

Theme and Genre lesson.

Denotation and connotation notes.

Notes about point of view in literature.

Non-linear plot notes.

Listen to or read books online.

Lesson on when to use these pronouns (and why).

Many people struggle with understanding when to use a semicolon. If you are one of these folks, try this interactive lesson!

Interactive lesson on commas.