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Student Resources
icon LitLinks
Biographies and annotated research links for individual authors
icon LitGloss
Comprehensive glossary of literary terms including useful cross reference links
icon LitQuiz
Interactive quizzes to test your familiarity with the fiction and drama in the book
icon Virtual Interactive Fiction Tutorial
Multimedia tutorials that guide students through the close reading of a literary work's elements as well as an examination of its critical and cultural content
icon Virtual Interactive Poetry Tutorial
Multimedia tutorials that guide students through the close reading of a literary work's elements as well as an examination of its critical and cultural content

Re:Writing
icon Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online

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