Extensive Reading (analyzing the text)


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1. Information about the author and to the type (genre) the book belongs to.

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2. Time, place, background of the story (to be supported with the details of the text).

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3. The plot of the book / the summary

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4. Types of narration (dialogue, 1st person narration, 3d person narration, represented speech, inner speech, description, stream of consciousness).

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5. The composition (the structure): exposition, development (static or dynamic), climax (conflict), outcome (open or closed).

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6. Introduction of the main characters. Background of the characters (age, profession, social position, traits of character, evolution of the characters, the way he/she is presented in the text). Your own opinion of the characters.

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7. General characteristics of the text
a) the style and the genre, key-words, the topic sentence, different types of paragraphs (description, narration, argumentation, exposition), humour (of words or situation), digression.

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b) lexical side: word-usage (synonyms, antonyms, homonyms), word formation (conversion, affixation, composition), shortenings, borrowings, phraseological units).

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c) grammar side (standard or non-standard – why?; types and volume of sentences, non-finite forms).

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d) the graphic side: graphons, italics, drawings, the length of paragraphs, verses, numerous details - how they contribute to the atmosphere of the book.

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8. The author’s message of the story and how it is realized.

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9. Your attitude towards the things described.

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