Literature is that which broadens your perspective on the human condition and experience by evoking feeling through the use of interpretive expression. — Dimesha, Rowan, Andres, Tyleshia, and Steffany (a.k.a. “The Romantics”)

Literary works reflect our experience and combine old ideas with new ones that further our culture. — Justin, Jason, Neyda, Adina and Natalie (a.k.a. “The Historicists”)

Literature is material that derives from popular culture and is studied by that culture, where it represents all the ideas, interactions, and phenomena of people at a certain period of time. — Albin, Mario, Kusang, and Christopher (a.k.a. “The Culturalists”)

Literature is written language used to encourage thinking, to persuade, describe and react to the world we live in. And also to entertain. — Maria, Kimberly, Serena, and Sheilah (a.k.a. “The Rhetoricians”)

Literature is your understanding of the text, while learning to analyze important details you’ve noticed throughout the author’s work. — Gabriel, Emily, and Joshua (a.k.a. “The Reader Response Critics”)