Responding to Literature with OLC Bind-in Card and ARIEL

by Stanford, Judith; Price, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780073212791
• ISBN10: 0073212792
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-27
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This text is designed to be used in any literature anthology, Introduction to Literature, or literature-based composition courses. It contains sections on the short story, plays, poetry, and the novel, as well as sections on film, writing a research paper and other types of literature-based composition. The book is full of exercises and contains numerous student sample essays.

Table of Contents

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 to The 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 MARGARET ATWOOD, 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 DYLAN THOMAS, 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 Audienc

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