Short Stories
Novels
Improving Reading Skills
Novels & Short Stories
Fun Facts
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They usually has under 10,000 words in a short story.
How many words does a short story usually has?
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Using the reading power. They are "Connections", "Visualization", "Questions", "Inferences", and "Transformed Thoughts".
What are the strategies that help us to understand after reading a novel?
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There were 12.
How many effective ways to improve your reading skills that were on our website?
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Before you go to bed.
When is the best time to read novels or short stories?
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Diamond
If an almond dies, what would it be?
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It can hook readers, and set the theme and the tone of the story, and carries on with the rest of the story.
How does the first line of the short stories work?
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Over a thousand years!
How long have the novels been to a part of human's life?
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Squeeze it in your time. Instead of playing video games, sleeping, use your time on reading books.
What should you do if you really want to learn? hint: the things that you can do when other people are wasting their time sleeping.
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They both have the same structure because they are both telling the stories.
What are the elements of novels and short stories that are the same?
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Rain
What comes down, but never goes up?
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The three points that we need to focus on are characters, plot, and the writing.
What are the three things that we need to focus on during reading a short story?
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There are three different types. They are "Literary Novels", "Genre Fiction", and "Mainstream Fiction".
How many types of novel are there when you classify them briefly? What are they?
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Because it is difficult for you to remember something that is written with unfamiliar vocabulary.
Why do we need to summarize the story in our own word?
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A short story is a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. The first line, paragraph carries on with rest of the story. A novel is a fictional piece of tale or story that is typically written in a narrative style. They give us the opportunity to develop close, even intimate to the characters.
What is the difference between novels and short stories?
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Smile. Because there is a mile between each 's'.
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
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Protagonist is the main character who solves the conflict of a story. Antagonist is the character who is against the protagonist, and makes the conflict.
What are the differences between protagonist and antagonist?
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Genre Fiction.
What is the most popular variety of fiction?
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Using labels. Stick small notes to remind yourself about the story.
What can make you have a good habit as a book-worm?
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Ask yourself questions about the novel/short story. ex:Did I include questions about anything I didn’t understand in the story? Did I evaluate the author’s writing style?
How do you check if you understood the novel/short story or not?
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Are you asleep yet?
What question can you never answer yes to?
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1.Build background knowledge (helps us organize text information) 2.Make sure your purpose for reading (Establish and adjust purpose for reading) 3.Make prediction
What are the strategies that help us to become more thoughtful and meaningful before reading?
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Conflict. Conflict is the struggle between opposing characters or forces. It makes the story move. No conflict, no story!
What is the most important part of a story in novel?
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It also improves your writing skill, and writing skills also improve your reading skills. So, keep a journal and work on your writing skills!
What does your reading skills also improve?
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The more books you read, the more things you can learn. Reading books can not only enlarge your comprehension on reading, but also improves your writing and speaking skills as well.
Why do we have to be a bookworm?
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Fire
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kill me. What am I?
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