Section Ⅰ:MAJOR TYPES OF LITERATURE,THEIR FORM AND STRUCTURE 1
FICTION 1
The Short Story 1
The Novel 8
NONFICTION 11
Biography 12
Autobiography 14
Personal Reminiscence 15
The Essay 16
Nonfiction in Magazines 17
Newspapers 18
Unclassified Nonfiction 19
POETRY 20
THE DRAMA 27
Section Ⅱ:GUIDES TO READING LITERATURE 35
READING FICTION 38
The Short Story 38
The Novel 42
READING NONFICTION 44
Biography 44
Autobiography 46
The Personal Account or Reminiscence 47
The Essay 48
The Letter 50
The Newspaper Report 50
Books of Nonfiction 51
READING DRAMA 52
READING POETRY 55
READING FOR INFORMATION 56
Section Ⅲ:GUIDES TO WRITING AND SPEAKING 59
THE PARAGRAPH 59
EXPOSITORY WRITING 62
Writing Definitions 62
The Summary 63
The Précis 64
The Paraphrase 65
The Book Report 65
The Factual Report 66
The Informal Essay 70
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING 73
Describing a Place 75
Describing an Object 77
Describing a Person 78
Writing a Character Sketch 80
NARRATIVE WRITING 82
The True Incident 82
Writing the Short Story 84
WRITING POETRY 92
READING ALOUD 97
Reading Poetry 98
Reading Prose 99
ORAL REPORTS 102
DISCUSSIONS 103
DRAMATIZATIONS 104
Section Ⅳ:GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS 106