- •Unit I What to Read? How to Read?
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Types of Books
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •Listening
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •How One Should Read a Book
- •Writing
- •Have your say
- •Reading Is Interaction
- •Act it out
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •Writing
- •II. Adjectives applied to books
- •III. Aspects of a novel or a story
- •1. Subject, Theme
- •3. Setting, set
- •4. Characters
- •6. Ideas, views, attitudes
- •7. Style
- •8. Spirit, atmosphere, mood, feeling
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •In each set, find the odd-one-out, explain your choice.
- •My Favourite Escape: Books
- •Listening
- •Reading
- •The queen of crime
- •Act it out
- •Interview with an author
- •Have your say
- •Listening
- •Reading
- •Writing
- •An appraisal of a book
- •Have your say
- •II. Read books, rather than about books
- •IV. Read rapidly
- •V. Read by snatches
- •VI. Read what you like
- •VII. Read what you do not like
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Read the Better Magazines and Books
- •Reading
- •What Does it Take to Be a Good Reader?
- •Listening
- •Writing
- •Familiar Quotations
- •Have your say
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •Why Trashy Books Are So Good for Little Boys
- •Writing
- •A letter
- •Act it out
- •Have your say
- •Interview 10 people (first-year students, your relations, friends, etc.) to find out how they select books.
- •Unit 4 how to develop the habit of reading
- •My several worlds
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •Listening
- •Writing
- •Act it out
- •Have your say
- •How Shall The Habit of Reading Be Cultivated?
- •Unit 5 will books survive?
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •Writing
- •Read a good powerbook lately?
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •In each set find the odd-one-out; explain your choice.
- •Reading
- •In the article, find the words that mean approximately the same as the following definition.
- •Death of the book or a novel way to read?
- •Act it out
- •Birth of the book to end all books
- •Have your say
- •III books shall survive
- •Reading
- •Burn them or bury them, you can’t beat books
- •Writing
- •Have your say
- •Brush up everything you have done and get ready for a round-table talk about books and reading.
Reading
Read the passage below and choose the best way to complete the sentences at the bottom.
Mystery, suspense, and detective fiction are modern expressions of literary traditions that are rooted in the history of dark deeds and retribution. In mystery stories a vulnerable character is drawn into a mysterious situation that is revealed to be dangerous as well. Through tenacity, ingenuity, and luck the heroine or hero manages to comprehend and often expose sinister events.
Suspense fiction is a variation on the mystery that emphasizes the vulnerability of the central character, the power of an adversary, and the immediate danger of the situation rather than the character’s growing comprehension of it. Often loosely plotted, suspense stories do not require the neat resolutions found in mysteries and may in fact leave the reader with a sense of moral or supernatural ambiguity. Mysteries tend to lead toward greater understanding through a series of revelations, whereas revelations in suspense stories often intensify ambiguity until the tension is relieved at the end, if at all, only through some form of escape. Thrillers are structured in a similar way but emphasize action, so that the narrative evolves as a series of chases, entrapments, and escapes. The works of Edgar Wallace exemplified the latter genre in its purest form.
Detective fiction, an important variation of the mystery story, substitutes a skeptical, aloof, and intellectually aggressive investigator for the relatively naïve hero or heroine of the mystery. The detective story emphasizes the detective’s investigation and often focuses on the technical details related to the examination of clues, the character of the people involved, the psychology of the criminal, the ambience in which the crime took place, or the unique perspective of the detective. Most fictional detectives are outsiders who operate in the twilight zone between established authority and the underworld yet display skills and traits drawn from both.
Where the detective is a part of established authority, the narrative is likely to be an occupational biography, a courtroom drama, or a police procedural that describes a way of doing rather than of knowing.
In a mystery story the hero or heroine would be
someone with an intellect and aggressive character.
a normal and plain person caught up in a mysterious situation.
a man or woman who uses his/her skills and knowledge to apprehend the criminal.
a sinister character with a mysterious background.
According to the passage, the ending of a suspense fiction story may be
clear and precise.
vague.
contradictory.
upsetting.
An action-packed plot can be found in
thrillers.
mystery stories.
detective stories.
suspense stories.
The detective in a detective story
uses his knowledge and skills to expose the criminal.
through luck and ingenuity uncovers the truth.
using underworld methods and psychology gets to the truth.
by living in the twilight zone gets close to the criminal.
The fiction story most likely to be closer to real life would be
a mystery.
a suspense story.
a detective story.
a thriller.