Literature and Language,9780812371024

Literature and Language

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ISBN13: 9780812371024
ISBN10: 081237102X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-09-01
Publisher(s): McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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Table of Contents

Literature and Language and You 2(6)
Strategies for Reading 8(1)
One Throw 9(5)
W. C. Heinz
Unit One Reality: A Matter of Perception 14(134)
Illusions And Deceptions
16(43)
Elements of Fiction
17(2)
A Mother in Mannville
19(11)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A Retrieved Reformation
30(10)
O. Henry
Elements of Nonfiction
40(2)
Fool's Paradise
42(17)
Floyd Dell
Writer's Workshop First-Person Narrative Guided Assignment: Autobiographical Incident
51(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Essentials Using Pronouns Correctly
55(3)
Study Skills Workshop Working with Peers
58(1)
Blind Spots
59(53)
Elements of Poetry
60(2)
Annabel Lee
62(1)
Edgar Allan Poe
Incident in a Rose Garden
62(7)
Donald Justice
The Necklace
69(11)
Guy de Maupassant
The Stolen Party
80(6)
Liliana Heker
The Pocketbook Game/Insight
86(4)
Alice Childress
Elements of Drama
90(2)
A Sunny Morning
92(20)
Serafin
Joaquin Alvarez Quintero
Writer's Workshop Third-Person Narrative Guided Assignment: The Next Chapter
105(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Editing Skills Punctuating Dialogue
109(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Definition and Example Clues
111(1)
Coming to Terms
112(36)
Snake Boy
113(12)
Jamake Highwater
The Scholarship Jacket
125(8)
Marta Salinas
Saying Yes
133(3)
Diana Chang
On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read
136(12)
David Raymond
Writer's Workshop Description Guided Assignment: Yearbook Sketch
141(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Word Choice Using Vivid Modifiers
145(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Inference Clues
147(1)
Unit Two Obstacles: Facing the Challenge 148(144)
In the Heroic Tradition
150(56)
The Odyssey
151(5)
Homer
Book Nine
Robert Fitzgerald
New Coasts
156(2)
The Lotus Eaters
158(2)
The Land of the Cyclopes
160(16)
Book Ten
Circe, the Enchantress
176(10)
Book Twelve
Sea Perils and Defeat
186(4)
The Sirens
190(1)
Scylla and Charybdis
191(15)
Writer's Workshop Description and Persuasion Guided Assignment: Odyssey Travel Brochure
198(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Skills Avoiding Fragments and Run-ons
202(3)
Thinking Skills Workshop The Language of Advertising
205(1)
Small Victories
206(34)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
207(7)
James Herriot
Everybody Knows Tobie
214(10)
Daniel Garza
An American Childhood
224(16)
Annie Dillard
Writer's Workshop Persuasion and Evaluation Guided Assignment: Literary Recommendation
232(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Making Correct Comparisons
236(3)
Study Skills Workshop Reading Rates
239(1)
Tests of Endurance
240(52)
A Trip to the Edge of Survival
241(13)
Ron Arias
Giving Blood
254(12)
Roberta Silman
The Gift of Cochise
266(14)
Louis L'Amour
The Other Pioneers/Insight
280(12)
Roberto Felix Salazar
Writer's Workshop Synthesis Guided Assignment: Proposal for a Mini-Series
284(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Joining Sentences and Sentence Parts
288(3)
Study Skills Workshop Summarizing
291(1)
Unit Three Relationships: Portraits from Life 292(112)
Bittersweet Memories
294(37)
Aunt Zurletha
295(9)
Ruby Dee
Li Chang's Million
304(10)
Henry Gregor Felsen
The Cub
314(4)
Lois Dykeman Kleihauer
My Father/Insight
318(2)
Erma Bombeck
Taught Me Purple
320(1)
Evelyn Tooley Hunt
The Secret Heart
320(11)
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Process Composition and Speech
324(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Combining with Word Additions
328(2)
Speaking and Listening Workshop Public Speaking
330(1)
Points of Conflict
331(40)
Annie John
332(10)
Jamaica Kincaid
Fish Eyes
342(5)
David Brenner
Fireworks/Insight
347(2)
Amy Lowell
The Hitchhiker
349(22)
Lucille Fletcher
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Explanation of Cause
363(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
367(3)
Study Skills Workshop SQ3R
370(1)
Commanding Respect
371(33)
Thank You, M'am
372(7)
Langston Hughes
A Celebration of Grandfathers
379(4)
Rudolfo A. Anaya
Legacy II/Insight
383(2)
Leroy V. Quintana
Too Soon a Woman
385(5)
Dorothy M. Johnson
A Journey/Insight
390(2)
Nikki Giovanni
The Courage That My Mother Had
392(1)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lineage
392(12)
Margaret Walker
Writer's Workshop Exposition: Supporting Generalizations Guided Assignment: Character Analysis
397(3)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Pronoun Agreement
400(3)
Speaking and Listening Workshop Interview Tips
403(1)
Unit Four High Expectations: Unexpected Results 404(140)
Sheer Determination
406(47)
Frederick Douglass
407(13)
J. A. Rogers
The Way Up
420(9)
William Hoffman
Thumbprint/Insight
429(4)
Eve Merriam
The United States vs. Susan B. Anthony
433(20)
Margaret Truman
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Research Biography
446(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Coherence Using Effective Transitions
450(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Levels of Language
452(1)
Making Adjustments
453(50)
A Measure of Freedom
454(13)
Jade Snow Wong
Prospective Immigrants Please Note
467(1)
Adrienne Rich
Lost
467(4)
Bruce Ignacio
Brothers Are the Same
471(14)
Beryl Markham
Say It with Flowers
485(7)
Toshio Mori
Identity/Insight
492(11)
Julio Noboa Polanco
Writer's Workshop Persuasion Guided Assignment: Letter to the Editor
496(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Adding Phrases
500(2)
Life Skills Workshop Forms and Applications
502(1)
Lessons Learned
503(41)
A Choice of Weapons
504(7)
Gordon Parks
The Artist/Insight
511(4)
Isabelle C. Chang
Just Try to Forget
515(7)
Nathaniel Benchley
Every Good Boy Does Fine/Insight
522(4)
David Wagoner
Beauty Is Truth
526(18)
Anna Guest
Writer's Workshop Narration Guided Assignment: Reflective Essay
536(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Clarity Avoiding Unnecessary Shifts in Tense
540(3)
Study Skills Workshop Taking Objective Tests
543(1)
Unit Five Turning Points: Moments to Remember 544(170)
Opportunity Knocks
546(41)
Three Wise Guys: Un Cuento de Navidad/A Christmas Story
547(9)
Sandra Cisneros
Red Dress---1946
556(10)
Alice Munro
Long Distance/Insight
566(4)
Carole Gregory
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
570(6)
Maya Angelou
Metaphor/Insight
576(11)
Eve Merriam
Writer's Workshop Creative Expression Guided Assignment: Poetry
580(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Word Choice Using Figurative Language
584(2)
Vocabulary Workshop Denotation and Connotation
586(1)
Decisions and Consequences
587(44)
Button, Button
588(10)
Richard Matheson
The Two Brothers
598(1)
Leo Tolstoy
the lesson of the month
598(6)
Don Marquis
Not to Go with the Others
604(5)
John Hersey
The Scarlet Ibis
609(10)
James Hurst
Woman with Flower/Insight
619(12)
Naomi Long Madgett
Writer's Workshop Exposition Guided Assignment: Newspaper Article
623(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Sentence Building Advanced Sentence Combining
627(3)
Thinking Skills Workshop Fact and Opinion
630(1)
Awakenings
631(83)
The Miracle Worker
632(3)
William Gibson
Act One
635(25)
Act Two
660(25)
Act Three
685(16)
Fable for When There's No Way Out/Insight
701(13)
May Swenson
Writer's Workshop Literary Analysis Guided Assignment: Characters in Contrast
706(4)
Language From Literature
Language Workshop Style Achieving Sentence Variety
710(3)
Speaking and Listening Workshop Dramatic Reading
713(1)
Unit Six The Classic Tradition 714(142)
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
716(6)
William Shakespeare
Act One
722(30)
Act Two
752(26)
Act Three
778(31)
Act Four
809(17)
Act Five
826(30)
Writer's Workshop Writer's Choice Guided Assignment Options
846(3)
Language From Literature
Writer's Workshop Self-Assessment Year-end Portfolio Review
849(1)
Language Workshop Clarity Confusing Verb Pairs
850(3)
Life Skills Workshop Finding a Summer Job
853(3)
Handbook Section
READER'S HANDBOOK 856(22)
Glossary
856(8)
Literary Terms
864(10)
Biographies of the Authors
874(4)
WRITER'S HANDBOOK 878(15)
The Writing Process
878(5)
Writing with Computers
883(2)
Guidelines for Research and Report Writing
885(6)
Correct Business Letter Form
891(2)
LANGUAGE HANDBOOK 893(83)
Writing Complete Sentences
894(7)
Using Nouns
901(4)
Using Pronouns
905(12)
Using Modifiers
917(15)
Using Verbs
932(11)
Subject and Verb Agreement
943(7)
Sentence Structure
950(6)
Using Capitalization
956(6)
Using Punctuation
962(14)
Index of Fine Art 976(2)
Index of Skills 978(8)
Index of Titles and Authors 986(2)
Acknowledgments 988

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