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Grammardog Guide to Chopin Short Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 20,70 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570177

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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).



Grammardog Guide to The Rocking-Horse Winner

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 38,96 MB

Release : 2008-12

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570029

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Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this short story. All sentences are from the story. Figurative language includes: "She married for love, and the love turned to dust." "She felt the center of her heart go hard." "Bassett was serious as a church" "The house whispers." Alliteration includes: "His mother had sudden strange seizures." "There must be more money!" "Then suddenly she switched on the light and saw her son."



Grammardog Guide to Poe Short Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 42,58 MB

Release : 2005-05

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570282

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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."



Grammardog Guide to Conrad Short Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 13,87 MB

Release : 2005-10

Category : Education

ISBN : 160857038X

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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 Twain Short Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 48,98 MB

Release : 2005-10

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570339

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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.



Grammardog Guide to Sherlock Holmes Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 40,22 MB

Release : 2005-11

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570533

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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."



Grammardog Guide to O. Henry Short Stories

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 44,54 MB

Release : 2005-05

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570274

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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."



Grammardog Guide to The Awakening

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 10,92 MB

Release : 2003-08

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570126

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Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this landmark feminist classic. All sentences are from the novel. Quizzes use language that describes the romantic settings of the Louisiana Gulf coast and New Orleans. Naturalism is reflected in figurative language and lush descriptions of "hot breath of the Southern night," "the voice of the sea is seductive," and "the touch of the sea is sensuous." Allusions blend Creole folklore, classical myths, Catholicism and classical music. Feminism is poetically expressed ("The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings").



Grammardog Guide to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 16,89 MB

Release : 2006-10

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570231

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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).



Grammardog Guide to the Merchant of Venice

Author : Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher : Grammardog LLC

Page : 54 pages

File Size : 21,18 MB

Release : 2005-02

Category : Education

ISBN : 1608570657

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Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean comedy. All sentences are from the play. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("Hath not a Jew eyes?" "If you prick us do we not bleed?" "If you tickle us do we not laugh?" "The quality of mercy is not strain'd. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath." "a pound of flesh").