Part One Skills Needed For Reading Literature
Unit 1 Identifying the Main Idea
Unit 2 Making Inferences
Unit 3 Getting Meaning from Context
Unit 4 Using Ideas in New Contexts
Unit 5 Style and Structure
Unit 6 Figurative Language
Unit 7 Identifying Implications
Unit 8 Identifying Cause & Effect
Unit 9 Drawing Conclusions
Unit 10 Identifying Assumptions
Unit 11 Symbols"
Unit 12 Similes & Metaphors
Unit 13 Imagery
Unit 14 Characterization
Unit 15 Theme
Keys to Exercises
Part Two Selected Short Stories
A Rose for Emily William Faulkner
The First Seven Years Bernard Maiamud
Shot Actress—Full Story H.E.Bates
Life of Ma Parker Katherine Mansfield
A Message from the Pig-Man John Wain
The Dry Rock Irwin Shaw
Possessions George Ewart Evans
The Raid John Steinbeck
Late Night on Wading Street Bill Naughton
Araby James Joyoe