- •Ноу «липецкий эколого-гуманитарный иститут»
- •Contents preface ……………………………………………………………………..….5 part one…………………………………………………………………….…..6
- •Preface
- •Part one
- •Analytical reading and its concern
- •The Subject Matter of Analytical Reading
- •1.2. Literary Work
- •2. Language as the medium of literature
- •2.1. Meanings of Linguistic Units Connotation in the Word’s Dictionary Meaning
- •2.2. Denotation and Connotation in Imaginative Literature
- •3. Literary text as poetic structure
- •3.1. Verbal and Supraverbal Layers of the Literary Text
- •3.2. Principles of Poetic Structure Cohesion
- •4. Components of poetic structure: Macro-Components of Poetic Structure
- •4.1. Literary Image
- •4.2. Theme and Idea
- •4.3. Plot
- •Composition
- •4.5. Genre
- •4.6. Tonal System
- •5. Components of poetic structure: Micro-Components of Poetic Structure
- •5.1. Tropes
- •5.1.1. Tropes Based on the Interaction of Different Types of Lexical Meanings
- •5.1.2. Tropes based on the Intensification of a Certain Feature of a Thing or Phenomenon
- •5.1.3. Tropes Based on Peculiar Use of Set Expressions
- •5.2. Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices
- •5.3. Figures of speech
- •Part two
- •Selecting a Topic Sentence
- •Checking the Topic
- •Checking Your Progress
- •Mini-test
- •Unit 2. Practice with ideas Locating Key Elements for the Idea
- •Selecting the Correct Idea
- •Checking the Idea
- •Formulating Ideas
- •Checking Your Progress:
- •Revision
- •Unit 3. Practice with principles of poetic structure cohesion
- •Grown up pink
- •Shiseido
- •Checking Your Progress
- •Tropes based on the Intensification of a Certain Feature of a Thing or Phenomenon
- •Tropes based on Peculiar Use of Set Expressions
- •Hear the loud alarum bells –
- •What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
- •Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices
- •Figures of Speech
- •Revision
- •Helping Phrases
- •Unit 5. Understanding poetry
- •To say that for destruction ice
- •A rip tide is raging
- •Checking Your Progress
- •Tips on literary work analysis
- •Practice with extracts From The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
- •From The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
- •From The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
- •From Come Together by Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees
- •From Come Together by Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees
- •From Vertical Run by Joseph r. Garber
- •From Vertical Run by Joseph r. Garber
- •From Vertical Run by Joseph r. Garber
- •From The Web by Jonathan Kellerman
- •From The Class by Eric Segal
- •From The Blue Note by Charlotte Bingham
- •From Blackout by Campbell Armstrong
- •From Blackout by Campbell Armstrong
- •From Blackout by Campbell Armstrong
- •From Blackout by Campbell Armstrong
- •From Blackout by Campbell Armstrong
- •From Blackout by Campbell Armstrong
- •From Simply Divine by Wendy Holden
- •From Dance While You Can by Susan Lewis
- •From Dance While You Can by Susan Lewis
- •From Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
- •From Whispers by Dean Koontz
- •From Whispers by Dean Koontz
- •From Man and Boy by Tony Parson
- •From Man and Boy by Tony Parson
- •From Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
- •Checking your progress
- •Scheme of Extract Analysis
- •From Whispers by Dean Koontz
- •From Needful Things by Stephen King
- •From Rising Sun by Jeffrey Archer
- •From Sinners by Jackie Collins
- •From Sinners by Jackie Collins
- •From False Memory by Dean Koontz
- •Revision
- •From Come Together by Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees
- •From Man and Boy by Tony Parson
- •From Man and Boy by Tony Parson
- •From Sinners by Jackie Collins
- •Bibliography
Selecting the Correct Idea
Exercise 2.3. Here each passage is followed by three possible variants of idea. Choose the letter of the variant that would best formulate the author's message
Example:
That was not how she and Julian had been. They had been twin souls. /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note/
In contrast to the first couple, the second is a perfect match
She and Julian looked very much alike
She and Julian made an ideal couple in contrast to the rest of spouses
Apparently the second couple had as much in common as only twins could. Therefore you should choose the letter (A).
“Roberta, I can bring pressure to bear in certain quarter to de-fame you” /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note/
Someone is going to make Roberta bear pressure in certain quarters
Someone threatens Roberta to disgrace her and thus strip of social position.
Roberta has lost fame in certain quarters
Rain fell into short soft hair and ran down her face, and mascara tracks that resembled some kind of weird shorthand message slid across her cheeks. /Campbell Armstrong Blackout/
It rained heavily that day
The woman did not like the rain
The rain made her look ugly by destroying her makeup
Not many men want to marry damaged goods even nowadays, do they? /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note/
Nowadays only e few men would marry just for the sake of marriage
Men, irrespective of their age and looks, prefer to stay single
Men, irrespective of their age and looks, prefer to marry young unblemished girls instead of older or divorced women
Sometimes it was difficult, sometimes their faces were mere shadows. /Jackie Collins Sinners/
Sometimes the character saw shadows instead of faces
The character could hardly recollect people from the past
The character had sight problem
Now she started to run, away from Bobbie, and away from Dick, too, away from all realities. /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note/
The woman wanted to distract herself from reality, because it was too painful
The woman left her companions for a new lover
Bobbie and Dick spoilt the woman’s mood
His lightweight summer suit was soaked and clung to him like a second skin. /Campbell Armstrong Blackout/
The suit turned into the man’s skin
The wet suit distinctively showed the shape of the man’s body
The suit became invisible on the man’s body
He bought her presents, jewelry, furs, a new car. She accepted them all in a cold unthrilled way. /Jackie Collins Sinners/
The woman did not like the presents
The woman wanted a more expensive present
The woman did not love the man
And seeing their look, directed straight at her, it seemed to Bobbie that that was how the Jesuits’ eyes during the Spanish Inquisition must have looked; brown, hard flints, with not a flicker of humour or humanity. /Charlotte Bingham The Blue Note/
The look Bobbie received was harsh and cruel
Bobbie witnessed the Spanish Inquisition
Bobbie was frightened every time someone looked straight at her
He has a faint Brooklyn accent, but in spite of that he is as brutally correct and as cuttingly punctilious as a third-generation English butler. /Stephen King The Breathing Method/ (fromDifferent Seasonsby Stephen King/
The speaker doesn’t like the man because of his accent
The man’s manners gave away his occupation and true social position
Although the man’s manner manners were aimed at a higher social position, his accent revealed his low-class origin
Ruby sat on the edge of my brown folding client’s chair, her shoulders slumped, her entire upper body wrapped around the cup of coffee, as if it might be the last warm thing in life. /John Grisham The Street Lawyer/
Ruby wanted to drink her cup of coffee very much
Ruby felt very cold
Ruby was tired and hungry