Grammardog Guide to Hamlet
Title | Grammardog Guide to Hamlet PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2005-04 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1608570614 |
Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean tragedy. All sentences are from the play. Figurative language includes "the primrose path of dalliance," "Purpose is but the slave of memory," and "when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." Literary analysis passages feature Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy. Allusions include mythology (Olympus, Jove, Cyclops, Hercules), folklore (witchcraft, mermaid, fairy) and religion (Cain, Adam, Saint Patrick).
Grammardog Guide to Conrad Short Stories
Title | Grammardog Guide to Conrad Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2005-10 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 160857038X |
The Lagoon, Youth, Amy Foster, The Secret Sharer, An Outpost of Progress.Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. In tales set in Asia, Africa, and Great Britain, Conrad excels at poetic devices including alliteration ("sleep on the soft sand in the shade"), assonance ("breeder of sheep and deals"), consonance ("green satin ribbon"), repetition ("had been in trouble, or was in trouble, or expected to be in trouble") and rhyme ("a bright light traveling in the night"). Allusions mix superstition with religion and Greek mythology (magicians, witchcraft, Allah, Lord's Prayer, Erebus and Nemesis).
Grammardog Guide to Great Expectations
Title | Grammardog Guide to Great Expectations PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2003-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1608570428 |
Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this classic novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language is abundant ("a haystack of buttered toast," "the closet whispered, the fireplace sighed," "a post office of a mouth," "so very blank and high was the dead wall of her face"). Allusions are drawn from mythology (Hercules, myrmidons, Telemachus, Cupid, Argus), religion (Noah's ark, Cain, Lord's Prayer) and literature (Hamlet, Coriolanus, Richard III, Anthony's oration in Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens).
Grammardog Guide to Treasure Island
Title | Grammardog Guide to Treasure Island PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2004-09 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1608570576 |
Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Sensory imagery includes: "a strong smell of tobacco and tar" "a jingle of broken glass" "the windows had neat red curtains" "the swish of the sea" "we had eaten our pork" "wiping the sweat from his brow." Alliteration includes: "The supervisor stood up straight and stiff and told his story" "daylight dwindled and disappeared" "He was the flower of the flock, was Flint." Allusions include: Noah, Davy Jones, Jolly Roger.
Grammardog Guide to Richard III
Title | Grammardog Guide to Richard III PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2006-04 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 160857069X |
Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean tragedy. All sentences are from the play. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York." "Conscience is but a word that cowards use devised at first to keep the strong in awe." "Was ever woman in this humour woo'd?" "An honest tale speeds best being plainly told." "Why grow the branches when the root is gone?" "I had a Harry, till a Richard killed him." "Who builds his hope in air of your good looks lives like a drunken sailor on a mast." "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!").
Grammardog Guide to Much Ado About Nothing
Title | Grammardog Guide to Much Ado About Nothing PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2006-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1608570673 |
Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean comedy. All sentences are from the play. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("What, my dear Lady Disdain! Are you yet living?" "For man is a giddy thing." "I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me." "When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married." "There was a star danced and under that was I born." "What's the matter that you have such a February face. . .'").
Grammardog Guide to London Short Stories
Title | Grammardog Guide to London Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Jane McKinney |
Publisher | Grammardog LLC |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2006-09 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1608570258 |
All Gold Canyon, The Mexican, The Story of Jees Uck, The White Silence, To Build a Fire.Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. London's literary style and themes are examples of Naturalism. Figurative language includes: "the trembling lips of nature," "The White Silence seemed to sneer," "the stars that leaped and danced," "light laughed and life invited," "the leaves, wise with experience," "the stream once more drowsed and whispered," "for generations destiny had had this one end in view."