A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms: With Strategies for Writing Essays About Literature
ISBN: 9781111347956 | 1111347956
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 1/7/2011
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A CONTEMPORARY GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS is a brief, inexpensive, and accessible handbook of literary terms for a full range of courses, including introduction to literature, literature for composition, American literature, British literature, and Shakespeare. In clear, concise, and user-friendly language, the text highlights its entries with contemporary, multicultural examples. This third edition features more terms and new entries for all periods of literary history.
| Glossary | |
| Strategies For Writing Essays About Literature | |
| Introduction | |
| Background Narrative on "Mood and Images in Rita Dove's 'Silos'" | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Preparing to Write and Organizing Material | |
| Drafting and Revising the Essay | |
| Background Narrative on "Point of View and Irony in Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour'" | |
| Selection of a... MORE | |
| Preliminary Work | |
| Starting the Essay: Organization | |
| Second Draft | |
| Final Touches | |
| Background Narrative on "The Cinderella Motif in Austen's Pride and Prejudice" | |
| Selecting and Narrowing Down a Subject | |
| Determining Credibility and Appropriateness of Secondary Sources | |
| Choosing Organization Strategies | |
| Refining the Introduction and Conclusion | |
| Background Narrative on "Excursion into Neverland: The Importance of the Edenic World in Peter and Wendy and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Organizing the Comparative Essay | |
| Writing the Essay | |
| Background Narrative on "Love and Money in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility: A Comparison of Novel and Film" | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Comparing a Film Version and the Original Text | |
| Final Tips | |
| Advice for Essay Examinations | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| A Brief Guide to Documenting Sources | |
| Grammar, Punctuation, and Style | |
| Index of Authors and Works | |
| Index of Terms | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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