Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Pearson / Longman
Pages
314
Description
The World of the Short Storyintroduces a selection of short stories from around the globe into the developmental reading course. With an outstanding selection of authors and carefully designed apparatus, the book is the ideal vehicle for introducing literature to developing readers.Organized around different literary elements, such as plot, theme, and character, the selections in the text are surrounded by pedagogy including vocabulary exercises, pre-reading questions, comprehension quizzes, and writing prompts.
Description
Table of Contents:
Characters and conflicts: Story of an hour / K. chopin; Cranes / H. Sunwon; Yoruba / M. Gonzalez-Wippler; Jovita / D.S. de Queiroz --
Setting and props: Hockey sweater / R. Carrier; It used to be green once / P. Grace; What's in a name? / J. Peng; Cask of amontillado / E.A. Poe --
Plot and foreshadowing: Trail of the green blazer / R.K. Narayan; Rain came / G. Ogot; Bindeh's gift / R.S. Easmon; Madman / C. Achebe; Adventure of the speckled band / A.C. Doyle; Irony: Ah Bah's money / C. Lim; Necklace / G. de Maupassant; Beautiful soul of Don Damian / J. Bosch; Ransom of red chief / O. Henry; God sees the truth, but waits / L. Tolstoy --
Glossary of prefixes and suffixes.
Characters and conflicts: Story of an hour / K. chopin; Cranes / H. Sunwon; Yoruba / M. Gonzalez-Wippler; Jovita / D.S. de Queiroz --
Setting and props: Hockey sweater / R. Carrier; It used to be green once / P. Grace; What's in a name? / J. Peng; Cask of amontillado / E.A. Poe --
Plot and foreshadowing: Trail of the green blazer / R.K. Narayan; Rain came / G. Ogot; Bindeh's gift / R.S. Easmon; Madman / C. Achebe; Adventure of the speckled band / A.C. Doyle; Irony: Ah Bah's money / C. Lim; Necklace / G. de Maupassant; Beautiful soul of Don Damian / J. Bosch; Ransom of red chief / O. Henry; God sees the truth, but waits / L. Tolstoy --
Glossary of prefixes and suffixes.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
314 p.; 9.2 inches
ISBN
0321127382 / 9780321127389
Call number
FIC C Sis