An Easy Way To Support and Check Analytical Thinking and Reading!

These multiple choice questions based on text sentences from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge are excellent teaching tools, providing the basis for thoughtful, engaging activities & analysis.

This PDF downloadable Grammardog Guide for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" contains 16 sections of analytical multiple choice questions (with a total of over 250 questions!) covering:

• grammar
• proofreading
• sentence types
• figurative language
• literary devices
• imagery
• allusions & symbols
• theme
• and more--all directly related to the poem!

All examined sentences are from the poem. Questions feature famous quotes("Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink."  "as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean" "Alone, alone, all, all alone, alone on a wide, wide sea; and never a saint took pity on my soul in agony." "And a thousand, thousand slimy things lived on and so did I." "Instead of the cross, the Albatross about my neck was hung." "He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast."), among other important passages.

ABOUT GRAMMARDOG: Grammardog was founded in 2001 by Mary Jane McKinney, a high school English teacher and dedicated grammarian. She and other experienced English teachers in both high school and college regard grammar and style as the key to unlocking the essence of an author. Their philosophy, that grammar and literature are best understood when learned together, led to the formation of Grammardog, a means of sharing knowledge about the structure and patterns of language unique to specific authors. These patterns are what make a great book a great book. The arduous task of analyzing works for grammar and style is done for you, yielding a unique product, guaranteed to enlighten the reader of literary classics. Grammardog’s strategy is to put the author’s words under the microscope. The result yields an increased appreciation of the art of writing and awareness of the importance and power of language.