Unit Guide

The table below offers a graphical presentation of this lesson unit. While the individual pages flow logically from one to another, the table provides quick access to any part of the unit.

This unit works best if the presentation on The Inferno and the grammar exercises are used together. However, the two can be separated to suit the needs of a class or an individual student. We have also included a glossary of commonly-encountered terms, as well as a review sheet for the grammar lessons.

Dante's Inferno and Infernal Grammar
Lessons on The Inferno	Infernal Grammar	Writing Assignments
I. Introduction & biography	Pronouns & Antecedents	Dante & Beatrice
II. The Vestibule	Parallel Structure
III. Circle One: Limbo	Subjects, verbs, pronouns
IV. The Lustful	Possessives	Keats on Dante
V. The Gluttons	Semi-colons & commas
VI. Hoarders & Wasters	Commas & appositives
VII. The wrathful, angels, & heretics	Comma splices; fused sentences
VIII. The Violent	Affect and Effect
IX. Malebolge	Active & Passive Voice
X. Cocytus & Fraud	Misplaced Modifiers	*Essay on Newsweek* article**