(Each Chapter contains Pre-Reading Vocabulary-Context, Pre-Reading Vocabulary-Word Attack, Pre-Reading Questions, About the Author, Journal, Follow Up Questions, and Writing.) Foreword. Introduction to the Instructor. Introduction to the Student. Ripe Figs-A Sample Lesson. 1. CHARACTERS and Conflicts. Eudora Welty, A Worn Path.

Roberta Fernandez, Zulema. James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart. Ray Bradbury, There Will Come Soft Rains. 2. SETTING and Props. Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Mark Twain, Strong Temptations-Strategic Movement-The Innocents Beguiled.

Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado. Jack London, To Build a Fire. Alice Walker, Everyday Use. 3. PLOT and Foreshadowing. Frank Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger? Langston Hughes, One Friday Morning. Maxine Hong Kingston, No Name Woman. Shirley Jackson, The Lottery.

Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People. 4. IRONY. Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour. O. Henry, Gifts of the Magi. O. Henry, The Ransom of Red Chief.

Dorothy Parker, Wonderful Old Gentleman. Zora Neale Hurston, Sweat. 5. EXTENDED STUDY. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily. Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death.

Herman Melville, The Bell-Tower.