Literature and Language

by Applebee, Arthur N.

• ISBN13: 9780812371024
• ISBN10: 081237102X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin

Table of Contents

Literature and Language and You	2	(6)
Strategies for Reading	8	(1)
One Throw	9	(5)
W. C. Heinz
Unit One Reality: A Matter of Perception	14	(134)
Illusions And Deceptions	16	(43)
Elements of Fiction	17	(2)
A Mother in Mannville	19	(11)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A Retrieved Reformation	30	(10)
O. Henry
Elements of Nonfiction	40	(2)
Fool's Paradise	42	(17)
Floyd Dell
Writer's Workshop First-Person Narrative Guided Assignment: Autobiographical Incident	51	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Essentials Using Pronouns Correctly	55	(3)
Study Skills Workshop Working with Peers	58	(1)
Blind Spots	59	(53)
Elements of Poetry	60	(2)
Annabel Lee	62	(1)
Edgar Allan Poe
Incident in a Rose Garden	62	(7)
Donald Justice
The Necklace	69	(11)
Guy de Maupassant
The Stolen Party	80	(6)
Liliana Heker
The Pocketbook Game/Insight	86	(4)
Alice Childress
Elements of Drama	90	(2)
A Sunny Morning	92	(20)
Serafin
Joaquin Alvarez Quintero
Writer's Workshop Third-Person Narrative Guided Assignment: The Next Chapter	105	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Editing Skills Punctuating Dialogue	109	(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Definition and Example Clues	111	(1)
Coming to Terms	112	(36)
Snake Boy	113	(12)
Jamake Highwater
The Scholarship Jacket	125	(8)
Marta Salinas
Saying Yes	133	(3)
Diana Chang
On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read	136	(12)
David Raymond
Writer's Workshop Description Guided Assignment: Yearbook Sketch	141	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Word Choice Using Vivid Modifiers	145	(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Inference Clues	147	(1)
Unit Two Obstacles: Facing the Challenge	148	(144)
In the Heroic Tradition	150	(56)
The Odyssey	151	(5)
Homer
Book Nine
Robert Fitzgerald
New Coasts	156	(2)
The Lotus Eaters	158	(2)
The Land of the Cyclopes	160	(16)
Book Ten
Circe, the Enchantress	176	(10)
Book Twelve
Sea Perils and Defeat	186	(4)
The Sirens	190	(1)
Scylla and Charybdis	191	(15)
Writer's Workshop Description and Persuasion Guided Assignment: Odyssey Travel Brochure	198	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Skills Avoiding Fragments and Run-ons	202	(3)
Thinking Skills Workshop The Language of Advertising	205	(1)
Small Victories	206	(34)
All Things Bright and Beautiful	207	(7)
James Herriot
Everybody Knows Tobie	214	(10)
Daniel Garza
An American Childhood	224	(16)
Annie Dillard
Writer's Workshop Persuasion and Evaluation Guided Assignment: Literary Recommendation	232	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Making Correct Comparisons	236	(3)
Study Skills Workshop Reading Rates	239	(1)
Tests of Endurance	240	(52)
A Trip to the Edge of Survival	241	(13)
Ron Arias
Giving Blood	254	(12)
Roberta Silman
The Gift of Cochise	266	(14)
Louis L'Amour
The Other Pioneers/Insight	280	(12)
Roberto Felix Salazar
Writer's Workshop Synthesis Guided Assignment: Proposal for a Mini-Series	284	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Joining Sentences and Sentence Parts	288	(3)
Study Skills Workshop Summarizing	291	(1)
Unit Three Relationships: Portraits from Life	292	(112)
Bittersweet Memories	294	(37)
Aunt Zurletha	295	(9)
Ruby Dee
Li Chang's Million	304	(10)
Henry Gregor Felsen
The Cub	314	(4)
Lois Dykeman Kleihauer
My Father/Insight	318	(2)
Erma Bombeck
Taught Me Purple	320	(1)
Evelyn Tooley Hunt
The Secret Heart	320	(11)
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Process Composition and Speech	324	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Combining with Word Additions	328	(2)
Speaking and Listening Workshop Public Speaking	330	(1)
Points of Conflict	331	(40)
Annie John	332	(10)
Jamaica Kincaid
Fish Eyes	342	(5)
David Brenner
Fireworks/Insight	347	(2)
Amy Lowell
The Hitchhiker	349	(22)
Lucille Fletcher
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Explanation of Cause	363	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Making Subjects and Verbs Agree	367	(3)
Study Skills Workshop SQ3R	370	(1)
Commanding Respect	371	(33)
Thank You, M'am	372	(7)
Langston Hughes
A Celebration of Grandfathers	379	(4)
Rudolfo A. Anaya
Legacy II/Insight	383	(2)
Leroy V. Quintana
Too Soon a Woman	385	(5)
Dorothy M. Johnson
A Journey/Insight	390	(2)
Nikki Giovanni
The Courage That My Mother Had	392	(1)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lineage	392	(12)
Margaret Walker
Writer's Workshop Exposition: Supporting Generalizations Guided Assignment: Character Analysis	397	(3)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Pronoun Agreement	400	(3)
Speaking and Listening Workshop Interview Tips	403	(1)
Unit Four High Expectations: Unexpected Results	404	(140)
Sheer Determination	406	(47)
Frederick Douglass	407	(13)
J. A. Rogers
The Way Up	420	(9)
William Hoffman
Thumbprint/Insight	429	(4)
Eve Merriam
The United States vs. Susan B. Anthony	433	(20)
Margaret Truman
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Research Biography	446	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Coherence Using Effective Transitions	450	(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Levels of Language	452	(1)
Making Adjustments	453	(50)
A Measure of Freedom	454	(13)
Jade Snow Wong
Prospective Immigrants Please Note	467	(1)
Adrienne Rich
Lost	467	(4)
Bruce Ignacio
Brothers Are the Same	471	(14)
Beryl Markham
Say It with Flowers	485	(7)
Toshio Mori
Identity/Insight	492	(11)
Julio Noboa Polanco
Writer's Workshop Persuasion Guided Assignment: Letter to the Editor	496	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Adding Phrases	500	(2)
Life Skills Workshop Forms and Applications	502	(1)
Lessons Learned	503	(41)
A Choice of Weapons	504	(7)
Gordon Parks
The Artist/Insight	511	(4)
Isabelle C. Chang
Just Try to Forget	515	(7)
Nathaniel Benchley
Every Good Boy Does Fine/Insight	522	(4)
David Wagoner
Beauty Is Truth	526	(18)
Anna Guest
Writer's Workshop Narration Guided Assignment: Reflective Essay	536	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Avoiding Unnecessary Shifts in Tense	540	(3)
Study Skills Workshop Taking Objective Tests	543	(1)
Unit Five Turning Points: Moments to Remember	544	(170)
Opportunity Knocks	546	(41)
Three Wise Guys: Un Cuento de Navidad/A Christmas Story	547	(9)
Sandra Cisneros
Red Dress---1946	556	(10)
Alice Munro
Long Distance/Insight	566	(4)
Carole Gregory
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	570	(6)
Maya Angelou
Metaphor/Insight	576	(11)
Eve Merriam
Writer's Workshop Creative Expression Guided Assignment: Poetry	580	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Word Choice Using Figurative Language	584	(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Denotation and Connotation	586	(1)
Decisions and Consequences	587	(44)
Button, Button	588	(10)
Richard Matheson
The Two Brothers	598	(1)
Leo Tolstoy
the lesson of the month	598	(6)
Don Marquis
Not to Go with the Others	604	(5)
John Hersey
The Scarlet Ibis	609	(10)
James Hurst
Woman with Flower/Insight	619	(12)
Naomi Long Madgett
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Newspaper Article	623	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Advanced Sentence Combining	627	(3)
Thinking Skills Workshop Fact and Opinion	630	(1)
Awakenings	631	(83)
The Miracle Worker	632	(3)
William Gibson
Act One	635	(25)
Act Two	660	(25)
Act Three	685	(16)
Fable for When There's No Way Out/Insight	701	(13)
May Swenson
Writer's Workshop Literary Analysis Guided Assignment: Characters in Contrast	706	(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Style Achieving Sentence Variety	710	(3)
Speaking and Listening Workshop Dramatic Reading	713	(1)
Unit Six The Classic Tradition	714	(142)
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet	716	(6)
William Shakespeare
Act One	722	(30)
Act Two	752	(26)
Act Three	778	(31)
Act Four	809	(17)
Act Five	826	(30)
Writer's Workshop Writer's Choice Guided Assignment Options	846	(3)
Language From Literature
Writer's Workshop Self-Assessment Year-end Portfolio Review	849	(1)
Language Workshop Clarity Confusing Verb Pairs	850	(3)
Life Skills Workshop Finding a Summer Job	853	(3)
Handbook Section
READER'S HANDBOOK	856	(22)
Glossary	856	(8)
Literary Terms	864	(10)
Biographies of the Authors	874	(4)
WRITER'S HANDBOOK	878	(15)
The Writing Process	878	(5)
Writing with Computers	883	(2)
Guidelines for Research and Report Writing	885	(6)
Correct Business Letter Form	891	(2)
LANGUAGE HANDBOOK	893	(83)
Writing Complete Sentences	894	(7)
Using Nouns	901	(4)
Using Pronouns	905	(12)
Using Modifiers	917	(15)
Using Verbs	932	(11)
Subject and Verb Agreement	943	(7)
Sentence Structure	950	(6)
Using Capitalization	956	(6)
Using Punctuation	962	(14)
Index of Fine Art	976	(2)
Index of Skills	978	(8)
Index of Titles and Authors	986	(2)
Acknowledgments	988