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A WORLD OF FICTION: TWENTY TIMELESS SHORT STORIES (2ND By Sybil Marcus BRAND NEW
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- Condition
- ISBN-10
- 0131946366
- Book Title
- A World of Fiction: Twenty Timeless Short Stories (2nd Edition)
- ISBN
- 9780131946361
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Language Course
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- WORLD of Fiction : Twenty Timeless Short Stories
- Item Height
- 0.6in.
- Item Length
- 10in.
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall Hall, ES L Department
- Item Width
- 8.1in.
- Item Weight
- 21.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 313 Pages
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Product Information
The stories in A World of Fiction , Second Edition, by Sybil Marcus, embrace a variety of themes, literary and linguistic styles, and time frames. Advanced students will sharpen their reading, speaking, vocabulary, and writing skills as they discover the pleasure and reward of reading fiction. This anthology provides complete and unabridged selections by: Woody Allen . Kate Chopin . Nadine Gordimer . James Joyce . D.H. Lawrence . Bernard Malamud . Katherine Mansfield . William Maxwell . Frank O Connor . Grace Paley . Anne Petry . Budd Schulberg . James Thurber . Anne Tyler . Arturo Vivante . Kurt Vonnegut . Alice Walker . Tobias Wolf . Monica Wood . Virginia Woolf Features Five new stories Updated author biographies Focus on Language sections that highlight grammatical structures and vocabulary Exploration of literary elements such as time, setting, action, and motive A wide variety of stimulating discussion and writing topics "
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Publisher
Prentice Hall Hall, ES L Department
ISBN-10
0131946366
ISBN-13
9780131946361
eBay Product ID (ePID)
49212707
Product Key Features
Publication Name
WORLD of Fiction : Twenty Timeless Short Stories
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Type
Language Course
Number of Pages
313 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in.
Item Height
0.6in.
Item Width
8.1in.
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pe1128.W7599 2006
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
Husbands, Wives, and Lovers 1 CAN-CAN: Arturo Vivante Literary Elements: Irony, Symbol Language Elements: Gerunds and Present Participles, Short Expressions Using And , Definitions 2 THE STORY OF AN HOUR: Kate Chopin Literary Elements: Epiphany, Metaphor and Simile, Personification Language Elements: Suffixes, Prepositions 3 EPICAC: Kurt Vonnegut Literary Elements: Personification, Colloquialism and Humor Language Elements: Lie/Lay , Two-Word Verbs, Idioms Containing Body Parts 4 THE LEGACY: Virginia Woolf Literary Element: Point of View Language Element: Adjectives Describing Character 5 THE KUGELMASS EPISODE: Woody Allen Literary Elements: Dialogue, Characterization: Flat Characters, Anachronism and Humor Language Elements: Verbs that Introduce Dialogue, Idioms 6 AN INTRUDER: Nadine Gordimer Literary Elements: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor Language Elements: Adjective Clauses, Adjectives in Context Parent and Child 7 POWDER: Tobias Wolf Literary Elements: Repetition and Alliteration Language Elements: Participial Phrases, Dangling Modifiers, Sentence Fragments, Alliteration, Prepositions 8 MOTHER: Grace Paley Literary Element: Flashback Language Elements: Past Tenses, Symbols 9 A SHORT DIGEST OF A LONG NOVEL: Budd Schulberg Literary Elements: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor Language Elements: Prefixes, Similes and Metaphors, Word Sets 10 THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER: D.H. Lawrence Literary Elements: Symbol, Fable Language Elements: Proverbs, Idioms 11 THE BOARDING HOUSE: James Joyce Literary Elements: Tone: Irony and Humor, Imagery: Adjectives, Oxymorons Language Elements: Oxymorons, Adjectives, Antonyms, Idioms 12 MY OEDIPUS COMPLEX: Frank O''Connor Literary Element: Humorous Effects Language Elements: Denotation and Connotation, Idioms Loneliness and Alienation 13 THE MODEL: Bernard Malamud Literary Element: Inference Language Elements: Euphemism, Using About in Different Ways, Expressions with Two Meanings 14 DISAPPEARING: Monica Wood Literary Elements: Ellipsis, Imagery Language Elements: Vocabulary, Definitions 15 MISS BRILL: Katherine Mansfield Literary Elements: Synecdoche, Simile Language Elements: Verbs of Movement, Adjectives 16 TEENAGE WASTELAND: Anne Tyler Literary Elements: Point of View: Third-Person Narration, Inference Language Elements: Conditionals, Idioms Social Change and Injustice 17 LIKE A WINDING SHEET: Ann Petry Literary Elements: Colloquialism and Dialect, Imagery Language Elements: Adverbial Clauses, Synonyms 18 THE LILY-WHITE BOYS: William Maxwell Literary Elements: Allusion and Connotation, Setting and Atmosphere Language Elements: Appositives, Placement of the Subject, Irregular Verbs 19 THE CATBIRD SEAT: James Thurber Literary Elements: Understatement and Humor Language Elements: Noun Clauses, Two-Word Verbs, Expressions Using Color, Legal Expressions 20 EVERYDAY USE: Alice Walker Literary Elements: Characterization: Round Character, Point of View: First-Person Narrative Language Elements: Prepositional Phrases, Verbs of Movement, Two-Word Verbs, Used To Ecplanation of Literary Terms
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
English As a Second Language, Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
Lccn
2005-028679
Dewey Decimal
428.6/4
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Fiction
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