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Novel Guide: Measure for Measure
This study guide for Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," in addition to providing a summary of the text, gives character profiles and theme analyses. Also included is a brief biography of William Shakespeare.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Slaughterhouse Five [Pdf]
This four page .pdf offers post-reading suggestions, chapter summaries, background information and a brief bio, among other features.
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Nildram: Plots of Twilight Zone Episodes
Season Three of the twilight zone, thirty-seven episodes at this site--with a summary of each.
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Elements of Fiction
Simple discussion of the elements of fiction with a specific section devoted to Freytag's Pyramid (aka "basic plot structure"). A good place to start for gathering information on the structure of narrative.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Quartiles, Boxes, and Whiskers
Explains how to construct a simple box-and-whisker plot, and demonstrates the steps. Discusses quartiles and medians, shows how to find them, and explains how they relate to box-and-whisker plots.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Get on the Stick
In this activity, students use a CBR 2 to measure the reaction time of catching a stick. They also learn how to interpret a box plot, and make a five number summary of a single variable data set.
Absolute Shakespeare
Absolute Shakespeare: The Tempest Study Guide
This site provides a complete study guide for William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest including a plot summary of each act, commentary, a review of the characters, a character analysis, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous essay on The...
TES Global
Tes: Henry Iv: Part I: 2014 Teacher Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a Royal Shakespeare Company guide to teaching Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, a sequel to Richard II. It includes an introduction to King Henry IV's court, the social and historical background...
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Comedy: Much Ado About Nothing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive study guide/lesson for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and also about Shakespeare's comedies in general. It includes an introduction, worksheets, plot summaries of different...
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Es Lnotes: English Learner Movie Guides
Detailed overviews of popular movies written especially for English language learners by an ESL instructor. Each guide includes a plot summary, descriptions of major characters, and an extensive glossary of words and expressions used in...
Boise State University
Boise State University: Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, hosted by the department of mathematics at Boise State University, is devoted to the operas and other works of William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan. Content includes biographies, plot summaries,...
State University of New York
Oneonta: Reading "The Pioneers" as History
This detailed site provides a guide for reading "The Pioneers" by James Fenimore Cooper. Includes background information about the book, a description of the setting and form, a list and description of principal characters, and...
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, art, reviews, a glossary, and lots more for the musical "Iolanthe."
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: h.m.s. Pinafore
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, text, glossary, clip art, reviews, music, and more for "H.M.S. Pinafore."
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Ruddigore
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, text, glossary, clip art, reviews, music, and more for "Ruddigore."
Middlebury College
Middlebury College: Dostoevsky and the Devils
Authored by a professor of Russian language and literature at Middlebury College, this site has much to offer the student of Dostoesky's novel The Devils. The site contains plot summaries, character analyses, and links to related...
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Read Shakespeare for Beginners
A tutorial on how to understand works by William Shakespeare. Explains how to choose a text and prepare to read it, strategies for actually reading it, and how to get more out of it through related activities.
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Shakespeare Resource Center: All's Well That Ends Well
Here is a very brief plot summary of the Shakespearean comedy, "All's Well that Ends Well," provided for by the Shakespeare Resource Center.
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Aisle Say Reviews: "5Th of July"
While this website is intended to offer a review of Everyman Theater's (Baltimore, MD) production of Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July," the Richard Gist review provides a detailed plot summary of the play.
Other
Brentville District High School: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act Iv [Pdf]
The teacher edition of a textbook chapter on Act 4 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students will analyze the plot, make and verify predictions, and analyze characters. Includes explanations of vocabulary with accompanying text from the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: "Macbeth"
A thorough review of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" made specifically for students preparing to take the GCSE test. Beneficial for all students, however, studying Shakespeare or the play. With links to context, plot, characters, dramatic...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Shakespeare "Measure for Measure"
Here, read the full text of Shakespeare's play, "Measure for Measure." This text, organized by scene, is accompanied by a brief introduction with information on the "Problem comedy," and on the plot and characters of "Measure for Measure."
British Library
British Library: Rhetoric, Power and Persuasion in Julius Caesar
This article discusses the use of rhetoric in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and the young Shakespeare's likely education in the art of rhetoric. In Julius Caesar, rhetoric is used to exert power over the commoners, to recruit...
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