总序

前言

Unit One  “On Doors” by ChristopherDarlingtonMorley

  Literary Device: Symbol(象征)

  CompositionGuide: AchievingCoherence

  Further Reading: “A Letter to Father Time(New Year's Eve)” by Christopher Darlington Morley

Unit Two  “On Doors” by ChristopherDarlingtonMorley

  “On Going a Journey“byWilliamHazlitt

  Literary Device: Rhetorical Question(修辞性问句)

  Composition Guide: Position Defending

  FurtherReading: “GoingOutfor a Walk” by Max Beerbohm

Unit Three  “A Piece of Chalk” by G．K．Chesterton

  Literary Device: Hyperbole／Exaggeration(夸张)

  Composition Guide: Narratingand Reflecting

  Further Reading: “On Running After One's Hat”by G．K．Chesterton

Unit Four  “A Relic”by Max Beerbohm

  Literary Device: Allusion(引喻)

  CompositionGuide: Narrative Point of View

  FurtherReading: “They All Just Went Away”by Joyce Carol Oates

Unit Five  “On Lying Awake at Night” by Stewart Edward White

  Literary Device: Personification(拟人)

  Composition Guide: Description

  Further Reading: “NiagaraFalls”by Rupert Brooke

Unit Six  “Rude Am I in My Speech”by Caryl Phillips

  Literary Devices: Metaphor and Simile(隐喻与明喻)

  Composition Guide: Compare and Contrast

  Further Reading: “Do He Have Your Number, Mr．Jeffrey?” by Gayle Pemberton

Unit Seven  “AboutFace”by Joseph Epstein

  Literary Device: Transferred Epithet(移就)

  CompositionGuide: Paragraph Development

  Further Reading: “My Face” by Robert Benchley

Unit Eight  “La Paz”by Jan Morris

  Literary Device: Rhyme(押韵)

  CompositionGuide: TravelEssay

  FurtherReading: “Pamplonain July”by Ernest Hemingway

Unit Nine  “Grieving”byMeenakshi cigiDurham

  Literary Device: Humor(幽默)

  Composition Guide: FreeAssociation

  Further Reading: “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?” by Mark Edmundson

Unit Ten  “Trivia”by Logan Pearsall Smith

  Literary Device:  Epiphany(顿悟)

  CompositionGuide: Ironic Turn of Mealxing

  Further Reading: “The Note-Books of Samuel Butler” by Samuel Butler

Unit Eleven  “Thomas Hobbes”by Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

  Literary Devices: Metonymy and Synecdoche(换喻与提喻)

  Composition Guide: Biographical Essay

  FurtherReading: “William James”by John Jay Chapman

Unit Twelve  “Disaster Always Waits on Early Wit” by Samuel Johnson

  Literary Device: Parallelism(排比)

  Composition Guide: Semantic or Concept Map

  Further Reading: “Domestick greatness unattainable” by Samuel Johnson

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