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Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this classic. All sentences are from the novel. The language is full of fun and familiar characters like the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat. Figurative language includes lots of hyperbole (All persons more than a mile high to leave the court!) and simile combined with rhyme (Up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky). Sophisticated allusions pertain to mathematics, time, law and order and toys and games.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean comedy. All sentences are from the play. Some sentences sound like proverbs (Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none). Figurative language centers on love, marriage and courtship. Alliteration creates a light-hearted tone (A young man married is a man that's marred). Allusions to mythology include Cupid, Juno, Mars, Hercules and Jove.

Grammardog Teacher’s guide contains 6 quizzes that identify allusions and symbols in 6 novels by Charles Dickens.  135 multiple choice questions.  All sentences are from these 6 novels: A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Hard Times, and Oliver Twist.

Grammardog Teacher’s guide contains 20 quizzes that identify allusions and symbols in 20 plays by Shakespeare.  400 multiple choice questions.  All sentences are from 20 plays.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 6 quizzes that identify allusions and symbols in 6 novels by Mark Twain.  150 multiple choice questions.  All sentences are from these 6 novels:  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Huckleberry Finn, The Innocents Abroad, Life on the Mississippi, The Prince and the Pauper, and Tom Sawyer.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this dystopic tale. All sentences are from the novel. Quizzes use short sentences characteristic of the futuristic genre. Figurative language contrasts nature with the sterile world of dystopia (blue as morning, puddle of light, the trees have swallowed the ruins). Allusions reflect the conflict between government and technology and mythology and archetypal symbols that stir the emotions.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean tragedy. All sentences are from the play. This sequel to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar features historical references to Caesar, Cassius, Brutus and Pompey. Some sentences sound like proverbs (Kingdoms are clay. Make not your thoughts your prisons. Impatience does become a dog that's mad.). Some lines originate familiar expressions like salad days and man of steel. Allusions mix Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods (Isis, Hercules, Narcissus, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune).

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).

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 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.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this mystery thriller at sea. All sentences are from the short story. Figurative language creates a dark tone, suspicion and suspense (The ship was a slumbering volcano. The slaves sat sphinx-like while chanting low like bag-pipers playing a funeral march.). Allusions support the theme of mystery and secrecy (Gordian knots, Guy-Fawkes, freemason and dark satyr in a mask).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this sea tale. All sentences are from the novella. Figurative language compares the innocent Billy Budd to birds (goldfinch, migratory bird) and a young horse fresh from the farm. Biblical allusions support the theme of difficult moral decisions (Adam, the serpent and the apple of knowledge, Abraham and Isaac, Jonah, Saul and David, and Joseph).

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.

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).

Chopin Short Stories: 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 English classic. All sentences are from the novel. Quizzes are chock full of familiar quotes (Dead as a door-nail, as good as gold, light as a feather). Excellent alliteration (No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him), and a fun mix of allusions that include ghosts, goblins, Hamlet, Cain and Abel, Ali Baba and Robinson Crusoe.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this English classic. All sentences are from the novel. Movie Version Study Guide compares the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to the movie A Christmas Carol.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this influential essay. All sentences are from the essay. Familiar quotes include, "That government is best which governs least." Figurative language compares voting to a game of checkers and government to a machine. Allusions cover mythology, religion and history (Orpheus, Christ, Luther, Caesar, Copernicus, Washington, Franklin).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this hilarious Shakespearean farce. All sentences are from the play. Wordplay, puns and jokes are plentiful ("Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine." "Thou drone, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot."). Allusions in this comedy are as mixed up as the plot about two sets of twins separated at birth (the fates, Circe, sorcerers, Father Time, fairy land, goblins, witches, mermaids, Adam, Noah and the prodigal son).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this satiric novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language shows off Twain's skill at metaphor (I was mere dirt, a nation of worms, wide seas of memory, he was but an extinct volcano). Allusions include famous literary and historical adventures (Robinson Crusoe, Ivanhoe, Chaucer, Columbus, Northwest Passage).

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).

Conrad Short Stories: 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. 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").

Crane Short Stories: 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 this psychological novella. All sentences are from the novella. Figurative language echoes the theme of American versus European standards of social behavior ("that mysterious land of dollars" versus "fine spun gallantry"). The friction between cultures and social classes is developed through religious allusions and references to illness and disease (Calvinism, Christian martyrs, malaria, dyspepsia, headache).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this classic novel.  All sentences are from the novel.  The coming of age story is rich in sensory imagery ("wind howling," "broiled mutton and beer," "a clammy hand," "fragrance of lemon peel and sugar," "eager black eyes").  Allusions pertain to religion, literature and Greek mythology (Lazarus, Noah, Job, Cain, Samson, Hamlet, Macbeth, Robinson Crusoe, Titans, Bacchanalia, Phoebus).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this iconic mystery novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language creates suspense ("the animal within me licking the chops of memory," "a certain sinister block of building thrust forward," "the fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city," "his conscience slumbered"). Sensory imagery echoes the tone of mystery ("an odd, light footstep drawing near," "mopped his brow with a handkerchief," "hissing intake of the breath").

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this early horror novel. All sentences are from the novel. Sensory imagery establishes the iconic components of a vampire tale ("rattling chains," "sharp white teeth," "a deathly sickly odor," "garlic smell," "red light," "hinges creaked," "sulphurous fume," "howl of wolves").

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language includes metaphors about class, manners and courtship ("a cloak of politeness," "broad wreath of gallantry," "Young ladies are delicate plants"). Sentences dispense advice on marriage ("A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked," "One cannot love a reserved person," "You must be the best judge of your own happiness").

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language describes a harsh winter in Massachusetts ("the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village," "Far off above us a square of light trembled through the screen of snow"). Allusions to constellations express the theme of hopes and dreams of life beyond the remote village (Orion, Pleiades, the Dipper, Sirius).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Movie Version Study Guide compares the book Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton to the movie Ethan Frome.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this epic poem. All sentences are from the poem. Elements of Romanticism include the personification of nature ("sea fogs pitched their tents," "the great sun looked with an eye of love," "the restless heart of the ocean," "the whispering rain") and allusions to religion, folklore superstitions and mythology (Mary, Jacob Abraham, Elijah, Eden, four leaved clover, horseshoes, mystic mistletoe, Titan, Olympus, Dryad).

Grammardog Teacher’s guide contains 6 quizzes that identify figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia) in 6 novels by Charles Dickens.  150 multiple choice questions.  All sentences are from these 6 novels: A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Hard Times, and Oliver Twist.

Grammardog Teacher’s guide contains 20 quizzes that identify figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia) in 20 plays by Shakespeare.  400 multiple choice questions.  All sentences are from 20 plays.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 6 quizzes that identify  figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia) in 6 novels by Mark Twain.  150 multiple choice questions.  All sentences are from these 6 novels:  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Huckleberry Finn, The Innocents Abroad, Life on the Mississippi, The Prince and the Pauper, and Tom Sawyer.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Gothic novel.  All sentences are from the novel.  Elements of Romanticism include descriptions of the power of nature to revive the human spirit, the nobility of the common man, the joy of country life, and the conflict between science and the supernatural realm.  Religious and literary allusions include Adam, Eve, Satan, Homer, Shakespeare, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Paradise Lost," King Arthur and Dante.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Gothic novel. All sentences are from the novel. Movie Version Study Guide compares the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley to the movie Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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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 Teacher’s Guide contains 16 quizzes for this American classic novel. All sentences are from the novel. Allusions reflect the opulence and verve of the Jazz Age, including “Rolls-Royce,” “John D. Rockefeller,” “Midas,” and “Beale Street Blues.”

Grammardog Teacher’s Guide contains 16 quizzes for this American classic novel. All sentences are from the novel. Movie Version Study Guide compares the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to the movie The Great Gatsby.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this satiric novel. All sentences are from the novel. Sentences satirize government, laws and moral virtues (Reward and punishment are "the two hinges upon which all government turns." "Ingratitude is among them a capital crime." "It is the maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before may legally be done again." "The question to be debated was whether the yahoos should be exterminated from the face of the earth.").

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 Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language includes "the midnight of his mind," "grinding at the mill of knowledge," and "like a sad sea." Allusions pertain to mythology (Centaur, Cupid, Venus, Furies), religion (Adam, Good Samaritan, serpent in the garden, Judas Iscariot), folklore (fairies, genies, dragon) and literature (Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Robinson Crusoe, "Alas poor Yorick!").

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).

Short Stories: 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 this classic novella. All sentences are from the novella. Figurative language contrasts civilization with the power of prehistoric nature ("the forest stepped leisurely across the water," "the woods looked with their air of hidden knowledge"). Allusions recall civilizing forces in history (Sir Francis Drake, Romans, Knights, Buddha).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this classic novella. All sentences are from the novella. Study Guide compares the book Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad to the movie Heart of Darkness.

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean play classified as a history. All sentences are from the play. Figurative language is as colorful as the character Falstaff ("as hot as molten lead," "It rained down fortune," "pluck drowned honor by the locks"). Allusions include mythology, religion and folklore (Phoebus, Diana, Hercules, Mars, Saint Nicholas, Adam, Merlin, Maid Marian, fairy, griffin, dragon).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this Shakespearean play classified as a history. All sentences are from the play. Quizzes feature famous quotes ("Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more." "The game's afoot." "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . ." ". . . giddy Fortune's furious fickle wheel . . ." "O for a Muse of fire . . ."). Allusions include famous fictional and historical generals (Arthur, Agamemnon, Caesar, Pompey, Alexander).

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this iconic crime novel. All sentences are from the novel. Sensory imagery is used to create tone and suspense ("I heard a key turn somewhere in a lock . . ." ". . . the cold night wind beat in upon our faces." ". . . the dull moaning of the autumn wind and the rustle of falling leaves." "I heard the creak of a door and the crisp sound of boots upon gravel." "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water plants sent an odour of decay . . ." ". . . a dread cry echoed over the moor.").

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language establishes the mood of Gothic Romantic gloom (". . . the opaque puddle of obscurity . . ." "Poverty, treading closely at her heels for a lifetime . . . " ". . . the smile was sunshine under a thundercloud." "The vapor of the broiled fish arose like incense from the shrine of a barbarian." "The shadow creeps and creeps and is always looking over the shoulder of sunshine.").

Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this classic American novel. All sentences are from the novel. Language in this coming of age story features rhyme ("rumbling, grumbling, tumbling down the sky") and onomatopoeia (Lightning is "hwhack!" Thunder is "bum! bum! bumble-umble-umbum-bum-bum-bum!" A horse's gallop is "Plunkety-plunk, plunkety-plunk"). A quiz on humor terms identifies sentences containing hyperbole, colloquialism and malapropism.