Grammardog Guide to Poe Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to Poe Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2005-05

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 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 Twain Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to Twain Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 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 Chopin Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to Chopin Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 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 O. Henry Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to O. Henry Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2005-05

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 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 Conrad Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to Conrad Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 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 Crane Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to Crane Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1608570193

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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").

Grammardog Guide to London Short Stories
Grammardog Guide to London Short Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 1608570258

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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."

Grammardog Guide to Bartleby the Scrivener
Grammardog Guide to Bartleby the Scrivener

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2003-08

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 1608570134

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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 Guide to Sherlock Holmes Stories
Grammardog Guide to Sherlock Holmes Stories

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 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."

The Grammardog Guide to the Three Strangers
The Grammardog Guide to the Three Strangers

Author: Mary Jane McKinney

Publisher: Grammardog LLC

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1608571866

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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."