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Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes : Platinum Level

ISBN: 9780131804357 | 0131804359
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SCHOOL GROUP
Pub. Date: 4/1/2004

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Table of Contents
Theme: On the Edge
Why Read Literature?
2(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Literal Comprehension Strategies
... MORE(3)
Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket . . . Short Story
6(24)
Jack Finney
Reading Informational Materials: Business Documents Business Letter and Memorandum
25(5)
Comparing Literary Works
from View From the Summit . . . Nonfiction
30(7)
Sir Edmund Hillary
Connections: Literature and Geography from Into Thin Air . . . Nonfiction
37(2)
Jon Krakauer
The Dream Comes True from The Tiger of the Snows . . . Nonfiction
39(11)
Tenzing Norgay
James Ramsey Ullman
Comparing Literary Works
The Monkey's Paw . . . Short Story
50(9)
W. W. Jacobs
The Bridegroom . . . Poem
59(11)
Alexander Pushkin
from A Walk to the Jetty from Annie John . . . Fiction
70(12)
Jamaica Kincaid
The Masque of the Red Death . . . Short Story
82(12)
Edgar Allan Poe
Comparing Literary Works
Spring and All . . . Poem
94(1)
William Carlos Williams
Fear . . . Poem
95(1)
Gabriela Mistral
The street . . . Poem
96(6)
Octavio Paz
Comparing Literary Works
Two Friends . . . Short Story
102(7)
Guy de Maupassant
Damon and Pythias . . . Myth
109(19)
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Narration: Autobiographical Narrative
116(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering a Narrative
120(1)
Assessment Workshop: Context Clues and Word Meanings
121(3)
Theme: Striving for Success
Why Read Literature?
124(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Interactive Reading Strategies
125(3)
from In Commemoration: One Million Volumes . . . Nonfiction
128(10)
Rudolfo A. Anaya
How Much Land Does a Man Need? . . . Short Story
138(20)
Leo Tolstoy
Comparing Literary Works
Success is counted sweetest . . . Poem
158(1)
Emily Dickinson
I dwell in Possibility--- . . . Poem
159(1)
Uncoiling . . . Poem
160(2)
Pat Mora
Columbus Dying . . . Poem
162(6)
Vassar Miller
from My Left Foot . . . Nonfiction
168(14)
Christy Brown
Connections: Literature and Media
Daniel Day-Lewis Plays Christy Brown
178(4)
A Visit to Grandmother . . . Short Story
182(14)
William Melvin Kelley
Comparing Literary Works
After Apple-Picking . . . Poem
196(3)
Robert Frost
Mowing Poem
198(1)
Style . . . Essay
199(1)
Maya Angelou
At Harvesttime . . . Essay
200(6)
The Apple Tree . . . Short Story
206(10)
Katherine Mansfield
Comparing Literary Works
Africa . . . Poem
216(1)
David Diop
Old Song . . . Poem
217(1)
All . . . Poem
218(1)
Bei Dao
Also All . . . Poem
219(1)
Shu Ting
from The Analects . . . Nonfiction
220(22)
Confucius
Reading Informational Materials: Product Information Instructions and Warranty
227(3)
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Exposition: How-to Essay
230(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Descriptive Presentation
234(1)
Assessment Workshop: Facts and Details
235(3)
Theme: Clashing Forces
Why Read Literature?
238(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Interactive Reading Strategies
239(3)
Through the Tunnel . . . Short Story
242(14)
Doris Lessing
The Dog That Bit People . . . Essay
256(10)
James Thurber
Comparing Literary Works
Conscientious Objector . . . Poem
266(1)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A Man . . . Poem
267(1)
Nina Cassian
The Weary Blues . . . Poem
268(2)
Langston Hughes
Jazz Fantasia . . . Poem
270(5)
Carl Sandburg
Reading Informational Materials: Newspaper Features Feel the City's Pulse? It's Be-bop, Man!
275(5)
Ann Douglas
Comparing Literary Works
Like the Sun . . . Short Story
280(4)
R. K. Narayan
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--- . . . Poem
284(6)
Emily Dickinson
Comparing Literary Works
Hearts and Hands . . . Short Story
290(3)
O. Henry
The Fish . . . Poem
293(7)
Elizabeth Bishop
Comparing Literary Works
from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family . . . Nonfiction
300(8)
Yoshiko Uchida
Speech on Japanese American Internment . . . Nonfiction
308(4)
Gerald Ford
Connections: Literature and History from Snow Falling on Cedars . . . Novel
312(6)
David Guterson
The Cabuliwallah . . . Short Story
318(24)
Rabindranath Tagore
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Persuasion: Persuasive Essay
330(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering Persuasive Arguments
334(1)
Assessment Workshop: Stated and Implied Main Ideas
335(3)
Theme: Turning Points
Why Read Literature?
338(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Critically
339(3)
from Speak, Memory . . . Nonfiction
342(10)
Vladimir Nabokov
Games at Twilight . . . Short Story
352(14)
Anita Desai
Comparing Literary Works
The Bridge . . . Poem
366(1)
Leopold Staff
The Old Stoic . . . Poem
367(1)
Emily Bronte
I Am Not One of Those Who Left the Land . . . Poem
368(1)
Anna Akhmatova
Speech During the Invasion of Constantinople . . . Speech
369(7)
Empress Theodora
The Good Deed . . . Short Story
376(22)
Pearl S. Buck
Comparing Literary Works
Thoughts of Hanoi . . . Poem
398(3)
Nguyen Thi Vinh
Auto Wreck . . . Poem
401(1)
Karl Shapiro
Pride . . . Poem
402(2)
Dahlia Ravikovitch
Before the Law . . . Parable
404(7)
Franz Kafka
Reading Informational Materials: Persuasive Articles
65-MPH Speed Limit Is Saving Lives
411(3)
Charles Lave
Connections: Literature and History
Calling Home from Going After Cacciato
414(16)
Tim O'Brien
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Narration: Reflective Essay
418(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Comparing Media Coverage
422(1)
Assessment Workshop: Cause and Effect
423(3)
Theme: Expanding Horizons
Why Read Literature?
426(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Fiction
427(3)
The Widow and the Parrot . . . Short Story
430(14)
Virginia Woolf
Civil Peace . . . Short Story
444(12)
Chinua Achebe
Comparing Literary Works
How to React to Familiar Faces . . . Essay
456(2)
Umberto Eco
The Bean Eaters . . . Poem
458(6)
Gwendolyn Brooks
Comparing Literary Works
A Picture From the Past: Emily Dickinson . . . Essay
464(2)
Reynolds Price
What Makes a Degas a Degas? . . . Essay
466(8)
Richard Muhlberger
Connections: Literature and Humanities
from Angela's Ashes . . . Autobiography
474(10)
Frank McCourt
The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog . . . Myth
484(14)
The Street of the Canon from Mexican Village . . . Short Story
498(14)
Josephina Niggli
Comparing Literary Works
A Storm in the Mountains . . . Prose
512(1)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In the Orchard . . . Poem
513(1)
Henrik Ibsen
A Tree Telling of Orpheus . . . Poem
514(9)
Denise Levertov
Reading Informational Materials: Cause-and-Effect Articles
Lightning and Thunder
523(17)
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Research Writing
526(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyzing Types of Arguments
532(1)
Assessment Workshop: Graphic Aids
533(3)
Genre: Short Stories
Why Read Literature?
536(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Constructing Meaning
537(3)
The Open Window . . . Plot
540(10)
Saki (H. H. Munro)
Leiningen Versus the Ants . . . Conflict
550(26)
Carl Stephenson
By the Waters of Babylon . . . Point of View
576(20)
Stephen Vincent Benet
Reading Informational Materials: Web Sites Egyptology Resources Web Site
591(5)
Comparing Literary Works
A Problem . . . Character
596(8)
Anton Chekhov
Luck . . . Character
604(10)
Mark Twain
Comparing Literary Works
There Will Come Soft Rains . . . Setting
614(7)
Ray Bradbury
The Garden of Stubborn Cats . . . Setting
621(11)
Italo Calvino
Connections: Literature and Technology
from The Future of Luxury
632(6)
Hans Enzensberger
Comparing Literary Works
The Princess and All the Kingdom . . . Theme
638(3)
Par Lagerkvist
The Censors . . . Theme
641(19)
Luisa Valenzuela
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Narration: Short Story
648(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Effective Listening
652(1)
Assessment: Forms of Propaganda
653(3)
Genre: Nonfiction
Why Read Literature?
656(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Nonfiction
657(3)
The Marginal World . . . Expository Essay
660(11)
Rachel Carson
Reading Informational Materials: Brochures
Aquarium of the Pacific . . . Brochure
671(5)
Comparing Literary Works
from The Way to Rainy Mountain . . . Reflective Essay
676(7)
N. Scott Momaday
from Nobel Lecture . . . Persuasive Essay
683(4)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Keep Memory Alive . . . Persuasive Essay
687(7)
Elie Wiesel
Comparing Literary Works
A Child's Christmas in Wales . . . Autobiography
694(8)
Dylan Thomas
Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer . . . Biography
702(10)
Langston Hughes
Flood . . . Descriptive Essay
712(12)
Annie Dillard
Mothers & Daughters . . . Visual Essay
724(10)
Tillie Olsen
Estelle Jussim
Connections: Literature and Art The Life and Times of Mary Cassatt
730(4)
Comparing Literary Works
Star Wars---A Trip to a Far Galaxy That's Fun and Funny . . . Critical Review
734(3)
Vincent Canby
Star Wars: Breakthrough Film Still Has the Force . . . Critical Review
737(11)
Roger Ebert
Comparing Literary Works
Imitating Nature's Mineral Artistry . . . Technical Article
748(5)
Paul O'Neil
Work That Counts . . . Technical Article
753(19)
Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
758(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyze a Media Presentation
762(1)
Assessment Workshop: Comparing and Contrasting
763(3)
Genre: Drama
Why Read Literature?
766(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Drama
767(1)
Greek Theater
768(4)
Antigone
Sophocles
Prologue Through Scene 2 . Protagonist and Antagonist
772(19)
Scenes 3 Through 5 . . . Tragic Character
791(22)
Reading Informational Materials: Arts-and-Leisure Articles
Private Horror Made Public
813(1)
Ben Brantley
After 1,500 Years, Colosseum Reopens for Shows
814(8)
Ben Brantley
William Shakespeare
816(2)
Shakespeare on Stage
818(4)
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
Act I . . . Exposition in Drama
822(19)
Act II . . . Blank Verse
841(20)
Act III . . . Dramatic Speeches
861(21)
Connections: Literature and History
Eulogy for a Fallen Leader (Yitzhak Rabin)
882(46)
Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof
Act IV . . . Conflict
884(17)
Act V . . . Tragedy
901(15)
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Response to Literature
916(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Oral Response to Literature
920(1)
Assessment Workshop: Characteristics of Text
921(3)
Genre: Poetry
Why Read Literature?
924(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Poetry
925(3)
The Stolen Child . . . Atmosphere
928(6)
William Butler Yeats
Connections: Literature and Music
Cat's in the Cradle . . . Song
934(4)
Harry
Sandy Chapin
Comparing Literary Works
In Flanders Fields . . . Musical Devices
938(1)
John McCrae
The Kraken . . . Musical Devices
939(1)
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Meeting at Night . . . Musical Devices
940(1)
Robert Browning
Reapers . . . Musical Devices
941(1)
Jean Toomer
Prayer of First Dancers . . . Musical Devices
942(8)
Comparing Literary Works
The Wind---tapped like a tired Man . . . Figurative Language
950(1)
Emily Dickinson
A Pace Like That . . . Figurative Language
951(1)
Yehuda Amichai
Metaphor . . . Figurative Language
952(2)
Eve Merriam
Right Hand . . . Figurative Language
954(6)
Philip Fried
Comparing Literary Works
La Belle Dame sans Merci . . . Narrative Poem
960(3)
John Keats
Danny Deever . . . Dramatic Poem
963(7)
Rudyard Kipling
Comparing Literary Works
Jade Flower Palace . . . Lyric Poem
970(1)
Tu Fu
The Moon at the Fortified Pass . . . Lyric Poem
971(1)
Li Po
The Guitar . . . Lyric Poem
972(2)
Federico Garcia Lorca
What Are Friends For . . . Free Verse
974(1)
Rosellen Brown
Making a Fist . . . Free Verse
975(1)
Naomi Shihab Nye
Some Like Poetry . . . Free Verse
976(5)
Wislawa Szymborska
Reading Informational Materials: Historical Essays
The History of the Guitar
981(5)
Thomas A. Hill
Comparing Literary Works
The Waking . . . Poetic Forms
986(2)
Theodore Roethke
Tanka . . . Poetic Forms
988(1)
Ki no Tsurayuki
Tanka . . . Poetic Forms
988(1)
Priest Jakuren
Haiku . . . Poetic Forms
989(1)
Matsuo Basho
Haiku . . . Poetic Forms
989(1)
Kobayashi Issa
Sonnet 18 . . . Poetic Forms
990(16)
William Shakespeare
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Writing for Assessment
994(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Multimedia Presentation
998(1)
Assessment Workshop: Analyzing an Author's Meaning
999(3)
Genre: Epics and Legends
Why Read Literature?
1002(1)
How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Epics and Legends
1003(3)
from Don Quixote . . . Parody
1006(14)
Miguel de Cervantes
Comparing Literary Works
Morte d'Arthur . . . Legend
1020(10)
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Arthur Becomes King of Britain from The Once and Future King . . . Legend
1030(16)
T. H. White
Connections: Literature and Media
Star Wars: An Epic for Today . . . Essay
1046(6)
Eric P. Nash
Rama's Initiation from the Ramayana . . . Epic Hero
1052(12)
R. K. Narayan
from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali . . . Epic Conflict
1064(13)
D. T. Niane
Reading Informational Materials: Reference Materials
Mali . . . Atlas
1077(8)
Dorling Kindersley
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Letter to the Editor
1080(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Interviewing Techniques
1084(1)
Assessment Workshop: Organization
1085

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