Prentice Hall Literature: Platinum (Paramount Edition)
By:
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- Originally fiction meant anything made up, created, or shaped. Today we have refined the definition to mean a prose story based on the imagination of the author. Fiction writers may imitate the forms of nonfiction or use true or historically accurate details in their stories. At the same time, they write not to re-create reality but to entertain and perhaps to comment on human existence. One of the most popular forms of fiction, the short story was first defined by Edgar Allan Poe. He was sure that "worldly Interests" prevented most readers from concentrating on reading. He felt that a short, concentrated tale that could be read in one sitting and that created a single, powerful Impression was the best type of fiction. Today, Innumerable writers have followed Poe's recommendations, creating stories on a vast array of subjects. For instance, this unit includes short stories ranging from a tale of three wishes to a story of an empty house after a nuclear war.
- Copyright:
- 1994
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 1,026 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780137224302
- Publisher:
- Prentice Hall (School Division)
- Date of Addition:
- 10/19/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Prentice-Hall, Inc
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Textbooks, Language Arts
- Grade Levels:
- Tenth grade
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.