Tamara K. H.
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I currently teach English grammar, literature, and essay writing to students in elementary school all the way up to the college level, including graduate students. I have a Master of Theology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy, and Classics.
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Answered a Question in The Wednesday Wars
Tone is defined as the author's attitude toward the subject, the characters, or the audience, and tone is expressed through an author's stylistic devices. The very first tone we sense in the... -
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The main character, also called the protagonist, in Gary Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars is Holling Hoodhood. We can tell Holling is the central character based on a few different clues: he grows and... -
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Answered a Question in The Wednesday Wars
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A dynamic character is one who changes throughout the story as a result of overcoming the conflict of the story. Since the protagonist is the character who battles against and overcomes the... -
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Answered a Question in The Wednesday Wars
Gary Schmidt's chosen title for The Wednesday Wars represents two aspects of the plot. First, Holling, the protagonist, is left alone every Wednesday afternoon with his seventh-grade English... -
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In Gary Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars, one of Mr. Hoodhood's great ambitions is to pass his architecture firm, Hoodhood and Associates, down to his son Holling when Mr. Hoodhood is ready to retire....
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