WRITING

Grammar has been taught in the classroom for quite some time, mostly because “many English and language arts teachers in particular seem convinced that studying grammar does help, or at least it should.” In this sense, grammar is being taught out of tradition, and has caused many people to believe “grammar is good for a person [because it] has become a hallowed part of our cultural mythology” (Weaver 4). While the teaching of grammar certainly holds value in certain classroom

Language is the predominant human trait that separates us from other animals. Children successfully learn their first language in a matter of a few years without the need for formal lessons. Since language is intimately tied to humanity, it is not surprising that linguists and scientists are interested in children's acquisition of languages. The question posed by them has been: is language acquisition a process of filling a blank slate or the product of an innate brain struct

Over the last few decades, many writers have constructed novels that structurally vary from the traditional method of telling a complete story through one point of view. Whether producing a memoir or a fictional novel, these writers incorporate real-life artifacts – photographs, quotes from real people, drawings – into their books and tell their stories through multiple points of view to create a more authentic world for the reader to navigate. Here, I use the word “authentic

I recall the first time I walked through the Piazza della Libertá in Spoleto, Italy, glancing at shop windows and poking my American head through open doors to find my first glass of authentic Italian wine. I was fortunate to be accompanied by my roommates – two other students who, like myself, were part of the study abroad program College of Charleston hosted every year. Kate, with her thick mahogany hair, stood a couple inches above me and always looked like she was going o

Bret Lott, a Creative Writing professor at the College of Charleston, read from his latest novel, Dead Low Tide, on February 16 at the college’s Alumni Hall. This novel marks Lott’s thirteenth since his first came out in 1987 and, according to him, is the sequel to his 1999 novel, The Hunt Club. Of course, this information isn’t anything one couldn’t find on the internet nowadays. What you can’t find online is the rich story beneath the powerful words that make up Dead Low Ti