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