by Leslie Sholly | Aug 7, 2014 | books, Catholicism, Education, family
. . . so it stands to reason that I would be excited about teaching Lorelei English this year. Â And I’m especially excited about this: This book is sort of vintage and sort of not. Â What do I mean? Â Well, it’s a reprint of a book that was published in...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 11, 2012 | language, The South
No snarky comments about the title, please! Â If you aren’t a lover of language and words like I am, you might not realize that all dialects have their own internal grammar and operate according to rules. Â And I’m going to write from time to time about the...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 16, 2011 | books, Deep Thoughts, English Literature, Georgetown, teenagers
When I was in college, I opted to pursue an Honors degree in English. Part of the requirement for this was to write a sort of mini-thesis that incorporated some concept that one could trace through several different works and then defend before two professors and a...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 31, 2010 | English Literature
A couple of years ago one of my children was studying poetry in middle school English class, learning different types of rhyme/rhythm schemes. The following poem was given as an example of a triolet (a form I had never heard of before). TO A FAT LADY SEEN FROM A...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 30, 2010 | Catholicism, music
When I was a freshman at Georgetown, Father von Arx, a history professor, handed back my first paper marked with the following: “May I suggest you try using inclusive language?” Now, I didn’t have the slightest idea what he meant by that, and I...