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Part One Skills Needed For Reading Literature 1

Unit 1 Identifying the Main Idea 1

Unit 2 Making Inferences 6

Unit 3 Getting Meaning from Context 10

Unit 4 Using Ideas in New Contexts 15

Unit 5 Style and Structure 20

Unit 6 Figurative Language 25

Unit 7 Identifying Implications 29

Unit 8 Identifying Cause＆Effect 33

Unit 9 Drawing Conclusions 37

Unit 10 Identifying Assumptions 41

Unit 11 Symbols 46

Unit 12 Similes＆Metaphors 50

Unit 13 Imagery 55

Unit 14 Characterization 59

Unit 15 Theme 63

Keys to Exercises 70

Part Two Selected Short Stories 71

A Rose for Emily William Faulkner 71

The First Seven Years Bernard Malamud 87

Shot Actress—Full Story H.E.Bates 102

Life of Ma Parker Katherine Mansfield 116

A Message from the Pig-Man John Wain 127

The Dry Rock Irwin Shaw 137

Possessions George Ewart Evans 153

The Raid John Steinbeck 168

Late Night on Watling Street Bill Naughton 184

Araby James Joyce 207