-28 Featured authors : Ariel focuses on the works and careers of twenty-eight writers, representing a range of styles, background, and genres.
-E-Texts : Works by esch featured author are presented with electronic notes and questions that illuminate the text without interruppting the reading process.
-BIOGRAPHIES : Brief biographies put the work of featured authors in context.
-Media : audio and video files offer poetry readings, excerpts from stage and film adaptation, brief lectures and discussions, and more.
-Interactive exercises : multiple choice quizzes, matching exercises, and "Competing reading" activities support the study of each autor.
- critical thoughts : scholarly essays offer insight into works and serve as models of literary analysis.
-Glossary : an extensive electronic glossary features concise definitions of more than one hundred essential literary terms.
-Timeline : an illustrated historical timeline puts works and autors into context.
-Poetry mosaic : this innovative toolallows readers to explore poetry by writing it, using the vocabulary and modeling the techniques of poets
-Anthology : a sortable index allows readers to jump quickly and easily to any resours on Ariel
