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").
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."
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).
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."
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).
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this famous short story. All sentences are from the story. Alliteration includes ("Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow," "women's hearts were wooed and won," "ready for either a fight or a frolic," "suitable for such a steed"). Allusions include references to mythology, religion, chivalry and folklore (Sabbath, psalm, ghosts, goblins, omens, magic, castle keep, knight-errant, Hercules, Achilles, Mercury).
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."
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."
Download or read book The Grammardog Guide to The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Through the Looking Glass written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this short story. All sentences are from the story. Figurative language includes: "Death is a dignitary," "the brooding mists," "like the voice of Niagara," "the cannon had taken a hand in the game." Alliteration includes: "By nightfall he was fatigued, footsore, famishing." "The sounds increased in strength and sharpness."
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to The Call of the Wild written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this adventure story. All sentences are from the novel. The main character is a dog which makes for interesting sentences that describe human behavior and the snowy Yukon wilderness from a dog's point of view. Allusions reflect the conflict in the story between civilized dog versus uncivilized dog and laws of civilization versus primordial instinct and lawlessness.
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Hawthorne Short Stories written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minister's Black Veil, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, Young Goodman Brown, Rappaccini's Daughter, Feathertop: A Moralized Legend.Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for these short stories. All sentences are from the stories. Elements of Romanticism and Gothic imagery dominate figurative language ("the old forest whispering," "as if Nature were laughing," "the Earth, too, had on her black veil") and allusions to folklore and religion (witch's benediction, incantations, book of magic, Fountain of Youth, Sabbath, scriptures, sermon, Eden).
Download or read book The Grammardog Guide to the Three Strangers written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this short story. All sentences are from the story. Figurative language includes: "The garden path stretched downward from his feet, gleaming like the track of a snail." "Beyond all this winked a few bleared lamplights . . ." "the snare set by Nature." Sensory imagery includes: "the latch clicked," "he wore a suit of cinder-gray," "patter of the rain," "shaking hands heartily at the door," "brewed of the purest first-year maiden honey."
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to The Turn of the Screw written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this short story. All sentences are from the story. Figurative language includes: "long slumbering hospitality seemed to be easily awakened," "the sharp dry twigs caught and held her and scratched her like talons," "The old pine must have loved his new dependent." "the great world for the first time puts out a hand to her," "the murmur of the pine's green branches is in her ears," "there was the huge tree asleep yet in the paling moonlight."
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to As You Like It written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-04 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. Some sentences are familiar quotes ("All the world's a stage" and "motley fool"). Figurative language centers on love, marriage and courtship. Advice to lovers abounds ("A man falls in love in April and weds in December"). Allusions are as mixed-up as the plot ("Robin Hood, Cleopatra, Judas, Pythagoras, Diana and Hercules").
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to King Lear written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean tragedy. All sentences are from the play. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("nothing will come of nothing," "This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen," "Blow winds, and crack your cheeks," "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child," "I am a man more sinned against than sinning," "Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say," "When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools," "The art of our necessities is strange and can make vile things precious").
Download or read book Grammardog Guide to Bartleby the Scrivener written by Mary Jane McKinney and published by Grammardog LLC. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this story set in the early days of Wall Street. All sentences are from the short story. Figurative language describes Bartleby as "a bit of wreckage in the mid-Atlantic" and "a millstone" to his boss. Allusions mention tycoon John Jacob Astor and geographical locations such as Broadway, Jersey City and Hoboken.
