Looking At Literature 12 Short Stories, a Play, and A Novel

Each reading is preceded by Prereading VocabularyContext, Prereading VocabularyStructural Attack, and Prereading Questions, and followed by a Journal, Follow-up Questions, Discussion Questions, and Writing. Ripe Figs, Kate Chopin, A Sample Lesson. 1. Characters and Conflicts. Kate Chopin, The Kiss. Anita Endrezze, Marlene's Adventure. Saki, Tobermory. 2. Settings and Props. Joseph Bruchac, Bone Girl. Mark Twain, Strong Temptations-Strategic Movements-The Innocents Beguiled. Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado. 3. Plot and Foreshadowing. Kate Chopin, The Story of An Hour. Aruthor Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. 4. Irony. O. Henry, The Ransom of Red Chief. Zora Neale Hurston, Sweat. Herman Melville, The Bell-Towe. 5. The Play. Kate Chopin, An Embarrassing Position. 6. The Novel. Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library.Sisko, Yvonne Collioud is the author of 'Looking At Literature 12 Short Stories, a Play, and A Novel', published 2005 under ISBN 9780321276704 and ISBN 0321276701.