Exercise 12

a) Find in the texts the words, which have the similar meanings as the following words:

widest, chief, to include, to like, various, information;

b) Find in the texts the words, which have the opposite meanings to the following words:

narrowest, nothing, fiction, long, imaginary, tragedy.

EXERCISE 13. Complete the following sentences in a logical way:

1. Literature is...

2. Literature, in its broadest sense, means...

3. Literature has two...

4. Most fiction is...

5. Non-fiction is...

6. A creative reader considers...

7. Our ability to judge literature intelligently develops as...

8. We read literature because...

9. The main forms of literature are...

10. The novel tells us about...

11. The characters and situations in the short stories are...

12. Drama is written to...

13. There are two main forms of drama:...

14. Poetry usually has...

15. There are three main types of poetry:...

EXERCISE 14. Answer the questions about literature:

1. What word is the term “literature” derived from?

2. What does literature mean in its broadest sense?

3. Literature is one of the fine arts, isn’t it?

4. What parts can literature be divided into?

5. What is fiction?

6. What does fiction include?

7. What is non-fiction?

8. What are the chief forms of non-fiction?

9. What does creative reading lead to?

10. What are the rules for judging literature?

11. How do our critical skills develop?

12. Why are we fond of reading?

13. What kinds of novels do you know?

14. What are the characteristics of the short story?

15. What are the major forms of drama?

16. What are the main types of poetry?

EXERCISE 15. Agree or disagree with the following statements; add some more information:

1. Literature is one of the fine arts.

2. Most literature is fiction.

3. Non-fiction is narrative writing.

4. Creative reading is enjoyment.

5. Our ability to judge literature develops.

6. Most of us like to read.

7. We read only for information.

8. The novel is a long work of fiction.

9. The short story is a short work of fiction.

10. A drama always takes the form of dialogue.

11. It is easy to write poems.

EXERCISE 16.

a) Read and translate the following dialogue;

b) Memorize and dramatize the dialogue;

c) Act out a similar dialogue.