Looking at Literature Book

Each reading is preceded by Prereading Vocabulary–Context, Prereading Vocabulary–Structural Attack, and Prereading Questions, and followed by a Journal, Follow-up Questions, Discussion Questions, and Writing.

Ripe Figs, Kate Chopin, A Sample Lesson.

1. Characters and Conflicts.

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Kate Chopin, The Kiss.

Anita Endrezze, Marlene’s Adventure.

Saki, Tobermory.

2. Settings and Props.

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Joseph Bruchac, Bone Girl.

Mark Twain, Strong Temptations-Strategic Movements-The Innocents Beguiled.

Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado.

3. Plot and Foreshadowing.

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Kate Chopin, The Story of An Hour.

Aruthor Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.

4. Irony.

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O. Henry, The Ransom of Red Chief.

Zora Neale Hurston, Sweat.

Herman Melville, The Bell-Towe.

5. The Play.

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Kate Chopin, An Embarrassing Position.

6. The Novel.

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Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library.