Grammardog Guide To Poe Short Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570282
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Poe Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado. Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. Figurative language includes: "eye-like windows," "buzz," "hum," "hissed," "he, he, he," "like a thief in the night." Sensory imagery includes: "I placed my hand upon his shoulder." "The windows were long, narrow and pointed." "a light step on an adjoining staircase," "the odors of all flowers," "the voice of the clock," "very smooth, slimy and cold," "a low moaning cry," "a succession of loud and shrill screams."

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 160857038X
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Conrad Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570339
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Twain Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Luck, Is He Living Or Is He Dead?, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, The Mysterious Stranger. Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. Figurative language includes: "the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut" "he traveled like a duke" "a tornado of applause" "as solid as a gob of mud" "from the top of the precipice frowned a vast castle" "man is a museum of diseases" "I have examined his billion of possible careers." Allusions include: Frankenstein, Caesar, Napoleon, Socrates, Daniel Webster, Andrew Jackson.

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570177
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Chopin Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Cheniere Caminada, Athenaise, Desiree's Baby, The Story of an Hour, Wiser Than a God.Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this short story collection. All sentences are from the stories. Language describes the culture and setting of the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the late 1800s where women characters begin to question traditional roles (Is "marriage a trap" or can it be "what story books promise?"). Figurative language reflects the conflict between religion, the expectations of the Southern culture and personal choice (Faust, Eve, Holy Ghost, Satan, Judgment Day, Terpsichore and goddess of Victory).

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570258
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to London Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570193
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Crane Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, The Open Boat, The Veteran, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Blue Hotel.Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. Crane's skill as a poet shines in these tales of the Old West, American Civil War, and 19th century New York City. Poetic devices include assonance ("vast flats of green grass"), consonance ("struck him in the back of the neck"), alliteration ("he bent to bail out the boat"), rhyme ("free sea," "seen the sheen") and repetition ("There was no offer of fight - no offer of fight").

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570274
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to O. Henry Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gift of the Magi, The Skylight Room, The Cop and the Anthem, The Ransom of Red Chief, Hearts and Hands.Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. Figurative language includes: "sea of asphalt," "shook him until his freckles rattled," "skyrocket of a kid," "butterfly days," "like a welter-weight cinnamon bear." Alliteration includes: "Mr. Hoover who was forty-five, fat, flush and foolish," "life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles, and sniffles predominating."

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570533
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Sherlock Holmes Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red-headed League, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Crooked Man, The Final Problem. Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. Figurative language includes: "The bare sight of me was like a bullet through his guilty heart." "The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward . . ." ". . . we saw a gigantic column of smoke which . . . hung like an immense ostrich feather over the landscape." Onomatopoeia includes: "clinked," "clang," "hiss," "whishing," "clank," and "swish."

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608570878
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this iconic poem. All sentences are from the poem. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." "as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean" "Alone, alone, all, all alone, alone on a wide, wide sea; and never a saint took pity on my soul in agony." "And a thousand, thousand slimy things lived on and so did I." "Instead of the cross, the Albatross about my neck was hung." "He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.").

Author : Mary Jane McKinney
Publisher : Grammardog LLC
ISBN 13 : 160857072X
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammardog Guide to The Tempest written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean comedy. All sentences are from the play. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("O, brave new world that has such people in it." "What's past is prologue." "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep." "Full fathom five thy father lies." "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows." "Good wombs have borne bad sons.").