A World of Fiction Twenty Timeless Short Stories,9780131946361

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A World of Fiction Twenty Timeless Short Stories

by Marcus, Sybil

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2nd

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9780131946361

ISBN10:

0131946366

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

12/2/2005

Publisher(s):

Pearson Education ESL

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Summary

The stories in A World of Fiction, Second Edition, by Sybil Marcus, embrace a variety of themes, literary and linguistic styles, and time frames. Advanced students will sharpen their reading, speaking, vocabulary, and writing skills as they discover the pleasure and reward of reading fiction. #xA0; This anthology provides complete and unabridgedselections by: Woody Allen #xB7; Kate Chopin #xB7; Nadine Gordimer #xB7; James Joyce #xB7; D.H. Lawrence #xB7; Bernard Malamud #xB7; Katherine Mansfield #xB7; William Maxwell #xB7; Frank O#x19;Connor #xB7; Grace Paley #xB7; Anne Petry #xB7; Budd Schulberg #xB7; James Thurber #xB7; Anne Tyler #xB7; Arturo Vivante #xB7; Kurt Vonnegut #xB7; Alice Walker #xB7; Tobias Wolf #xB7; Monica Wood #xB7; Virginia Woolf #xA0; Features Five new stories Updated author biographies #x1C;Focus on Language#x1D; sections that highlight grammatical structures and vocabulary Exploration of literary elements such as time, setting, action, and motive A wide variety of stimulating discussion and writing topics

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Husbands, Wives, and Lovers

Can-Can

(10)

Arturo Vivante

Literary Elements: Irony, Symbol

Language Elements: Gerunds and Present Participles, Short Expressions Using And, Definitions

The Story of an Hour

(10)

Kate Chopin

Literary Elements: Epiphany, Metaphor and Simile, Personification

Language Elements: Suffixes, Prepositions

Epicac

(16)

Kurt Vonnegut

Literary Elements: Personification, Colloquialism and Humor

Language Elements: Lie/Lay, Two-Word Verbs, Idioms Containing Body Parts

The Legacy

(12)

Virginia Woolf

Literary Element: Point of View

Language Element: Adjectives Describing Character

The Kugelmass Episode

(18)

Woody Allen

Literary Elements: Dialogue, Characterization: Flat Characters, Anachronism and Humor

Language Elements: Verbs that Introduce Dialogue, Idioms

An Intruder

(20)

Nadine Gordimer

Literary Elements: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor

Language Elements: Adjective Clauses, Adjectives in Context

Parent and Child

Powder

(14)

Tobias Wolff

Literary Elements: Repetition and Alliteration

Language Elements: Participial Phrases, Dangling Modifiers, Sentence Fragments, Alliteration, Prepositions

Mother

103

(10)

Grace Paley

Literary Element: Flashback

Language Elements: Past Tenses, Synonyms

A Short Digest of a Long Novel

113

(10)

Budd Schulberg

Literary Elements: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor

Language Elements: Prefixes, Similes and Metaphors, Word Sets

The Rocking-Horse Winner

123

(20)

D. H. Lawrence

Literary Elements: Symbol, Fable

Language Elements: Proverbs, Idioms

The Boarding House

143

(14)

James Joyce

Literary Elements: Tone: Irony and Humor, Imagery: Adjectives, Oxymorons

Language Elements: Oxymorons, Adjectives, Antonyms, Idioms

My Oedipus Complex

157

(20)

Frank O'Connor

Literary Element: Humorous Effects

Language Elements: Denotation and Connotation, Idioms

Loneliness and Alienation

The Model

177

(12)

Bernard Malamud

Literary Element: Inference

Language Elements: Euphemism, Using About in Different Ways, Expressions with Two Meanings

Disappearing

189

(10)

Monica Wood

Literary Elements: Ellipsis, Imagery

Language Elements: Vocabulary, Definitions

Miss Brill

199

(10)

Katherine Mansfield

Literary Elements: Synecdoche, Simile

Language Elements: Verbs of Movement, Adjectives

Teenage Wasteland

209

(20)

Anne Tyler

Literary Elements: Point of View: Third-Person Narration, Inference

Language Elements: Conditionals, Idioms

Social Change and Injustice

Like a Winding Sheet

229

(18)

Ann Petry

Literary Elements: Colloquialism and Dialect, Imagery

Language Elements: Adverbial Clauses, Synonyms

The Lily-White Boys

247

(14)

William Maxwell

Literary Elements: Allusion and Connotation, Setting and Atmosphere

Language Elements: Appositives, Placement of the Subject, Irregular Verbs

The Catbird Seat

261

(18)

James Thurber

Literary Elements: Understatement and Humor

Language Elements: Noun Clauses, Two-Word Verbs, Expressions Using Color, Legal Expressions

Everyday Use

279

(18)

Alice Walker

Literary Elements: Characterization: Round Characters, Point of View: First-Person Narration

Language Elements: Prepositional Phrases, Verbs of Movement, Two-Word Verbs, Used To

Explanation of Literary Terms

297

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