you're only as strong as your weakest link~Emily's English III Honors Literary Website~
Achilles Heel of Literary Terms...the literary weakness
you're only as strong as your weakest link
stream-of-consciousness: (n) presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
example~ Odysseus' thoughts are shared in a stream-of-consciouness, so that we know always what he is thinking.
epigram: (n) any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed
example~ In The Wife of Bath's Tale, there are many epigrams which help to display her disdain for her previous husbands.
mood: (n) the prevailing feeling or attitude
example~ The mood of the battle between Beowulf and the dragon is harried, as though Beowulf is aware of his imminent death.
litotes: (n) understatement
example~ Litotes are prevalent in
tragic flaw: (n) the character defect that causes the downfall of the protaganist
example~ For Oedipus, his tragic flaw is his excessive pride and confidence.
High School Student's Problems...
The biggest problem that high schoolers come up against is pressure. Pressure comes from all sides: school, sports teams, peers, family and extra curricular activities. Even though kids may want to participate in all of these things, the pressure that they come up against doesn’t make it fun. Sports and other activities are supposed to enrich your lives, not make them more stressful. Added pressure from all the things that high school students choose to put on themselves takes away from the overall benefit of those activities. Take, for example, sports. Sports are supposed to be an outlet for stress and a fun opportunity to bond with other people. Rather, they have been made into a situation where kids feel the pressure to perform well all of the time, else they be punished. This should not be the theme of sports and other activities. High school students, and their teachers, need to learn to take it one thing at a time and not succumb to the pressure.