LITERATURE (HIGH SCHOOL)

Introduction to Short Story

As a narrative, a short story, or generay cassi!ied as !iction, is a"ays #rie! and can #e
read in a dinge sitting$ It creates a strong i%&ression on the reader$ Ho"ever, a short
story does not have to #e an e'act %irror o! "hat i!e actuay is$ The short story ao"s
#oth the "riter and the readers !or a creative and i%aginative %ind$ Thus, co%&ared to
rea(i!e stories, a short story is a )styi*ed and arti!icia re!ection$+
,our Study S-is. /re(Reading S-is
The !irst set o! s-is, you %ust #e a#e to use "hen you read !or study &ur&oses is "hat is
-no"n as &re(reading s-is$ These s-is incude surveying, s-i%%ing, and scanning$ In
&ractice, these three s-is are o!ten used together$
Surveying 0 This invoves ta-ing a 1uic- oo- at the entire %ateria to get a genera idea
o! "hat it is a#out$ O!ten it entais oo-ing at tites, na%es o! the author, headings,
&ictures, and other in!or%ation "hich readiy stand out "hen oo-ing at a &age$
S-i%%ing 0 This invoves reading ra&idy through the &age to try to get the %ain ideas
contained in the seection$ E'&erienced readers usuay s-i% #y reading the !irst sentence
or the !irst !e" "ords o! the &aragra&h$
Scanning 0 This s-i ao"s the reader to !ind s&eci!ic in!or%ation 1uic-y, usuay those
"hich ans"er the 1uestions, "ho, "hat, "hen, and "here$ This reading s-i is aso used
"hen one tries to !ind short, s&eci!ic ans"ers to 1uestions a#out the %ateria$
Survey. 2hat is the !ocus o! the essons in the su#3ect4
S-i% . 2hat are the %ain to&ics that "i #e studied during the year4
Scan . 2hat detais see% interesting to you$
Introduction to /oetry
/oetry is said to #e as od as age itse!$ It has #een &art o! our ives as "e istened to t,
or as it is read to us or as "e ourseves read the% !or &easure$5ut &oety is not 3ust
a&&reciated #ecause o! the&easure it gives to those "ho read it6 %ore i%&ortanty, it is
vaued !or the venue it &rovides those "ho use it to e'&ress the%seves and co%%unicate
ther ideas and !eeings$

Syno&sis
A syo&sis is a condensed version o! the origina te't, "hichcan #e a #oo-, a %ovie, or a
&ay$It is shortened and %ore concise$7or instance,a syno&sis %y outine the &ot o! a
te't &roviding the readers enouh3 detais to -no" "hat to e'&ecr !ro% the te't$
I8E9TI7,I9G The Ee%ents o! a short story
The short story has si' integrated ee%entd$Thy sare as !oo"s