Preface | |
Alternate Contents | |
Contents Additional Themes | |
Why Read Literature? | |
Exercise Why Do You Read Literature? | |
Why Do We Read Literature? | |
Bridging the Gap Responding to What You Read Exercise | |
The Road Not Taken Sample Student Response to “ | |
The Road Not Taken” | |
Commentary Exercise Considering Evidence to Support Your Response Close Active Reading Sample Oral Response to “ | |
The Road Not Taken” Commentary Exercise Keeping a Reading Journal | |
Guidelines: Keeping a Reading Journal | |
Joining the Conversation: Ways of Talking about Literature | |
Butterflies (short story) Responding to “Butterflies” | |
Theme for English B (poem) Responding to “ | |
Theme for English B” | |
The Man in a Case (play) Responding toThe Man in a Case | |
Education (essay) Responding to “Education” | |
The Vocabulary of Literature Actions and Events Plot Structure Conflict | |
Irony of Situation Box: Terms Related to Actions and Events Exercises: Actions and Events | |
People Characters: Listening and Observing Listening Observing Characters: Growing and Changing | |
Characters: Point of View Author and Speaker Narrator People in Nonfiction Box: Terms Related to People | |
Exercises: People Places and Times Time and Place: The Cultures of the Work, the Writer, and the Reader Place | |
Time Box: Terms Related to Places and Times | |
Exercises: Places and Times Words and Images, Sounds and Patterns Style Tone Diction Syntax Rhythm and Rhyme Figurative Language Verbal Irony | |
Allusions Box: Trems Related to Words and Images, Sounds and Patterns Exercises: Words and Images, Sounds and Patterns Ideas | |
Exercises: Ideas | |
Continuing the Conversation: Considering Genre and Listening to Other Voices | |
Expectations: Short Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfiction Distinctions: Short Fiction and Drama Distinctions: Poetry | |
you fit into me Distinctions: Nonfiction An Introduction to Short Fiction Early Forms of Fiction Allegory Myth | |
Legend Fairy Tale Fable Parable Modern Short Fiction | |
The Realistic Short Story The Nonrealistic Short Story A Word about Fiction and Truth Guidelines: Short Fiction | |
An Introduction to Poetry Suggestions for Reading Poetry Types of Poetry Guidelines: Poetry | |
An Introduction to Drama Suggestions for Reading Drama Traditional Forms of Drama Modern Forms of Drama | |
Types of Drama Guidelines: Drama An Introduction to Nonfiction Suggestions for Reading | |
Speeches Suggestions for Reading Letters Suggestions for Reading | |
Documents Suggestions for Reading Journals and Diaries Suggestions for Reading Essays Guidelines | |
Nonfiction Considering Other Voices Authors’ Commentaries and Interviews Reviews Scholarly Criticism | |
Writing About Literature | |
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Responding to “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” | |
Slipping Responding to “Slipping” Preparing to Write About Literature Understanding the Assignment | |
Thinking about the Assignment Assignment Topics Writing to Respond Topic 1 Discovering Ideas: Journal | |
Entries Considering Audience Narrowing the Topic Devising a Preliminary Thesis Statement Planning and Organizing Drafting “ | |
Changes,” | |
Revising Focus: Titles, Openings, Conclusions Karen Angstrom’s Revision List Editing | |
Focus: “To Be,” Expletives, Passive Voice Karen Angstrom’ | |
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