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The first website is quite comprehensive. The first PDF (third item on the list) would also form a good (free) vocabulary study for those who have been seeking some additional vocabulary resources.

 

Your post reminded me of a story that I heard on NPR yesterday, "A Spring Bouquet of Poetry" by Alan Cheuse. One of the poets he quotes is Thomas Lux, a writing teacher at Georgia Tech:

 

Thus, it is proclaimed,

on this day, anno domino, etc., I, the final arbiter

and ultimate enforcer

of such things (appointed by the king!), make official

and binding, this : that the eyes shall be gouged out

and replaced by hot coals

in the head, the blockhead,

of each countryman or woman who,

upon reaching their majority,

has yet to read

Moby Dick, by Mr. Herman Melville (1819-1891), American novelist

and poet.

 

 

I chuckled while driving down the road, but made a mental note to see if my library has Mr. Lux's book.

 

Jane

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Uh-oh! I have never read Moby Dick! I have read Billy Budd and Bartleby the Scrivener.

 

Yes, I thought the vocabulary portion would be helpful since my son is also preparing for the SAT right now. I really enjoyed the link with the allusions and the explanation of historical elements/photos of ships.

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