Exploring Literature: Learning to read isn’t enough; we must also learn to ask questions and think critically about what we are reading. In this course, students will read and examine short stories, novels, poems, histories, adventures, dramas, legends, and even comedy by authors including Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, Longfellow, and a great many others. By the end of this course, students will be able to recognize and understand the roles of characters, conflict, setting, and point of view in a wide variety of literature and how they work together to make a great read. All reading selections are available free online.