Side-by-side modern English translations, deep scene-by-scene literary analysis, and study guides for the English classroom. Built by a teacher, for teachers and students.
A personal recommendation engine that learns from what you've read and what readers like you have loved. Browse the Western canon, modern literary fiction, accessible classics, and great nonfiction — including curated lists from the Modern Library, the Pulitzer Prize, the Guardian, Bloom, Newbery, Printz, and more.
Complete scene-by-scene study guide with side-by-side original text and modern English translations. 7 translation styles, deep literary analysis, tag exploration, and a study assistant for every scene.
Comprehensive 55-chapter companion with section-by-section literary analysis, notable quotes, literary devices, and a filterable tag browser for themes, colors, and allusions. Includes a study assistant for every chapter.
Scene-by-scene companion to Shakespeare's greatest tragedy with side-by-side original text and modern English translations. Deep literary analysis, tag exploration, and a study assistant for every scene.
Scene-by-scene study guide with side-by-side original text and modern English translations. Deep literary analysis, tag exploration, and a study assistant for every scene.
Scene-by-scene study guide for Macbeth with side-by-side original text and modern English translations. Deep literary analysis, tag exploration, and a study assistant for every scene.
Scene-by-scene study guide for Othello with side-by-side original text and modern English translations. Deep literary analysis, tag exploration, and a study assistant for every scene.
Scene-by-scene study guide for King Lear with side-by-side original text and modern English translations. Deep literary analysis, tag exploration, and a study assistant for every scene.
Comprehensive study guide for British Poetry Collection with deep analysis, notable quotes, literary devices, and a study assistant.
Comprehensive study guide for Homer's Odyssey with 8-part narrative guide, Waterhouse illustrations, Butler and Lawrence translations, and original Greek with side-by-side English. All content free.
Essay-by-essay companion to American Essays with modern English translation, literary analysis, and a study assistant for every essay.
Slide deck covering the core literary devices and structural elements students need across genres.
FreeSlide deck on identifying and analyzing tone in literary and rhetorical texts.
FreeSlide deck on sonnet, villanelle, sestina, free verse, and the major forms students will encounter.
FreeComprehensive glossary of poetic forms, meter, rhyme schemes, and figurative language.
FreeAP-level guide to rhetorical strategies, appeals, fallacies, and argument structure.
FreeOne-page reference card: irony, metaphor, foreshadowing, symbolism, and 30+ more devices.
FreeCommon Shakespearean words and phrases with modern equivalents. Essential for any play.
FreeComplete MLA 9 reference: Works Cited, in-text citations, Shakespeare, image captions, AI-generated content & more. Includes a citation generator.
FreeInteractive slideshow: Elizabethan spies & conspiracy, mercantilism & the Medici, and the evolution of the English language.
FreeCast a Shakespeare scene for groups of 1–10. The tool divvies roles and splits long parts so every student gets equal stage time.
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