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• 1 Introduction: Reading, Responding to, and Writing about Literature
• What Is Literature, and Why do We Study It? Types of Literatures: The Genres
• Reading Literature and Responding to It Actively
• The Necklace
• Reading and Responding in a Notebook or Computer File
• Guidelines for Reading
• Writing Essays on Literary Topics
• The Goal of Writing: To Show a Process of Thought
• Three Major Stages in Thinking and Writing: Discovering Ideas, Making Initial Drafts, and Completing the Essay
• Discovering Ideas ("Brainstorming")
• The Need to Present an Argument when Writing Essays about Literature
• Assembling Materials and Beginning to Write
• Drafting the Essay
• Writing by Hand, Typewriter, or Word-Processor
• Writing a First Draft
• Using Verb Tenses in the Discussion of Literary Works
• Developing an Outline
• Using References and Quotations
• Demonstrative Student Essay (First Draft): How Setting in "The Necklace" Is Related to the Character of Mathilde
• Developing and Strengthening Essays through Revision
• Checking Development and Organization
• Using Exact, Comprehensive, and Forceful Language
• Using the Names of Authors
• Demonstrative Student Essay (Improved Draft): How Maupassant Uses Setting in "The Necklace" to Show the Character of Mathilde
• Easy Commentaries
• Specials Topics for Writing and Argument about the Writing Process
• Reading and Writing about Fiction
• 2 Fiction an Overview
• Modern Fiction
• The Short Story
• Elements of Fiction I: Verisimilitude and DonnFe
• Elements of Fiction II: Character, Plot, Structure, and Idea or Theme
• Elements of Fiction III: The Writer's Tools
• Stories for Study:Raymond Carver, Neighbors
• Night Talkers
• A Rose for Emily
• The Things They Carried
• Everyday Use
• Plot: The Motivation and Causation of Fiction
• Writing about the Plot of a Story
• Illustrative Student Essay: Plot in Faulkner's"A Rose for Emily"
• Special Topics for Writing and Argument about Plot in Fiction
• 3 Structure: The Organization of Stories
• The Structure of Fiction
• Formal Categories of Structure
• Formal and Actual Structure
• Stories for Study:Laurie Colwin, An Old-Fashioned Story
• Battle Royal
• Katherine Mansfield
• A Worn Path
• Blue Winds Dancing
• Writing about Structure in a Story
• Illustrative Student Essay: The Structure of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path."
• Special Topics for Writing and Argument about Plot and Structure
• 4 Characters: The People in Fiction
• Character Traits
• How Authors Disclose Character in Literature
• Types of Characters: Round and Flat
• Reality and Probability: Verisimilitude
• Stories for Study:Willa Cather, Paul's Case
• Barn Burning
• A Jury of Her Peers
• Shopping
• Two Kinds
• Writing about Character
• Illustrative Student Essay: The Character of the Mother in Amy Tan's "Two Kinds"
• Special Topics for Writing and Argument about Character
• 5 Point of View: The Position or Stance of the Narrator or Speaker
• An Exercise in Point of View: Reporting an Accident
• Conditions That Affect Point of View and Opinions
• Determining a Work's Point of View
• Mingling Points of View
• Point of View and Verb Tense
• Summary: Guidelines for Point of View
• Stories for Study:Alice Adams The Last Lovely City
• An Occurrence at OwlCreekBridge
• The Song