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Unit 4 Exploring literature
Integrated skills
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Types of literature
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What type of literature do they belong to?
Types of literature
Novel
• A long, detailed story with many characters
• Usually divided into several chapters
Charles Dickens:
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
Types of literature
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• A short piece of writing with a few characters
The Cop and the Anthem
The Gift of the Magi
The Last Leaf
Types of literature
Short story
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If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind?
— “Ode to the West Wind”
Types of literature
If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind?
— “Ode to the West Wind”
If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind?
— “Ode to the West Wind”
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• Using beautiful, artistic language to express feelings or describe situations
• Often written in separate lines
George Gordon Byron:
“Don Juan”
William Butler Yeats:
“When you are old”
Types of literature
Poetry
What type of literature does it belong to?
William Shakespeare:
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
King Lear
Cao Yu:
Thunder
Sunrise
Types of literature
Play
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• A story written for performance on the stage
• Usually made up of dialogues between
characters and stage directions
Types of literature
Play
Types of literature
Autobiography
Writer:
Benjamin Franklin
a self-written account of the life of oneself
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• a detailed description of a person’s life
Types of literature
Biography
Writer:
Romain Rolland
Types of literature
Autobiography vs Biography
Types of literature
Autobiography
Biography
The story of the writer’s own life
The story of a person’s life written by someone else
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Watching
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What types of literature are the most popular?
What types of literature are the least popular?
Please have a guess:
Pre-watching
Prediction
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After Gary’s introduction, the school librarian asked the Book Club members to recommend some books. Watch the video and finish the exercises below.
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Viewing
B1 Watch the video and c