Shmoop Gives Users Dinner Party Fodder With New Famous Quotes Section
Mountain View, California (PRWEB) June 02, 2015 -- For better or worse, most high school students are more familiar with Taylor Swift than Jonathan Swift. Unfortunately, being able to recite every lyric of "Bad Blood" won't be helpful during an exam on Gulliver's Travels. Shmoop (http://www.shmoop.com), a digital publishing company known for its award-winning Test Prep and certified Online Courses, has released a new Famous Quotes section to help students understand and analyze passages from their favorite texts.
The new Famous Quotes section boasts hundreds of quotes from the likes of Rousseau, Rowling, and Rihanna. Each quotation is accompanied by oh-so-clever commentary that includes context, analysis, and pop culture mojo and is scored with a pretentious factor so that readers can use their newfound knowledge without embarrassing themselves.
The entire quote collection can be browsed by source, topic, author, and subject. Find the perfect quote for Valentine's Day under Love Quotes, discover kooky lines from Young Frankenstein under Movie Quotes, or wax poetic with some of T.S. Eliot's best turns of phrase after browsing by author. The options are endless.
"Quotes are a dime a dozen on the Internet," says Shmoop founder, David Siminoff. "But Shmoop sets itself apart by digging deep and providing fun and accurate information about quotes by everyone from Machiavelli to Beyoncé."
Whether students are looking to wow their teachers or woo their crush, Shmoop's Famous Quotes section will arm them with wit and wisdom to rise the the challenge. And who knows? They may even start analyzing the deeper themes of Taylor Swift lyrics.
About Shmoop
Shmoop is a digital curriculum and test prep company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching resources. Shmoop content is written by experts and teachers, who collaborate to create high-quality and engaging materials for teachers and students. Shmoop Courses, Test Prep, Teaching Guides, and Learning Guides balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous concepts. Shmoop sees 11 million unique visitors a month on its site and offers more than 7,000 titles across the Web, iPhone, Android devices, iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader. The company has been honored twice by the Webby Awards, named "Best in Tech" twice by Scholastic Administrator, and awarded Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES) three years in a row. Launched in 2008, Shmoop is headquartered in a labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, California.
Deb Tennen, Shmoop University, Inc., http://www.shmoop.com, +1 650-488-7778, [email protected]
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