Students will benefit from discussion, inquiry, and interpretation leading to increased articulation. Improved understanding of similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, cliffhanger, foreshadowing, flashback, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, exposition, palindrome, juxtaposition, perspective, alliteration, assonance, euphemism, irony, idiom, rhythm, repetition, satire, paradox, suspense, myth, motif, misdirection, tone, diction, dialect, language, archetypes, anachronism, allegory, theme, plot, conflict, and symbolism. Students are introduced to each literary device, participate in matching discussion, and then interpret meaning.

I hold a degree in Psychology and an MBA. Have taught Reading and have served as a school administrator. Additionally, I hold a 150-hour master teacher certificate for teaching English as a second language courses. Furthermore, I have served as a college counselor for almost 8 years advising students and families on the college acceptance process. Many of these students have been accepted to great institutions such as the U.S Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the University of Georgia, Brown, University of Virginia, Yale, Virginia Military Institute, William and Mary, Duke, Columbia, Madison-Wisconsin, NYU, University of South Carolina, Auburn, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Tufts, and many more. I serve on a college preparatory editing department. I have taught middle school, have been an academic administrator in a Pre-K 12 school and was a founding director of a Learning center. Also available for private sessions.

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