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a fashionable literary genre empezar lección
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a type of art, music, literature etc that has a particular style or feature
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A long, fictional narration in prose. Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn are novels, as are War and Peace and Lord of the Flies. empezar lección
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a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. romance, vd. conto, novela, romance. tale, novella, novel.
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I didn’t really understand the plot. empezar lección
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the events that form the main story of a book, film, or play enredo (de peça, de filme) plot
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There’s a common thread linking the different chapters of the book. Halfway through the film I started to lose the thread (= not understand the story) empezar lección
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an idea, feeling, or feature that forms the connection between the different parts of an explanation, story etc (de uma história, conversa, etc.) fio
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Look at the words in the box novel, blog, lyrics, tweet, gossip magazine, biography, social media update, manga empezar lección
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and answer the questions. Use a dictionary if necessary. autobiography, poetry, manual. Wikipedia, website forum, online article, blockbuster
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Witch things can only be read on a screen? empezar lección
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blog, social media update, website forum, online article.
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are about real people's lives? empezar lección
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biography, social media update, autobiography,
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aim to give factual information empezar lección
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usually have pictures, photos or diagrams? empezar lección
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novel, manga, blockbuster.
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Student A: tell Student B the kinds of things you read the most, and which you like reading, and give examples. empezar lección
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Student B: ask questions.
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I enjoy gossip magazines. My favourite is Hola! It's a really easy read after a long day... empezar lección
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What type of book would you take on a long flight? empezar lección
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Puzzles and quizzes, 3D optical and illusions, crosswords, Sudoku and number puzzles, Trivia and quiz books.
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Which book might you say you have read in order to impress someone? The Change Book: How Things Happen Mikael Krogerus Roman Tschäppeler 5 W. W. Norton & Company empezar lección
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Herman Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Princeton University Press, 1957) attempts to formulate an overall view of the scope, theory, principles, and techniques of literary criticism derived exclusively from literature.
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What books should you recommend for someone who enjoys biographies or other factual books? The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau empezar lección
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank John Keegan, History of Warfare
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Do you know a film that is better than the book it is based on? The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Milan Kundera empezar lección
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/movies-that-are-better-than-the-book? utm_term=. yvWrprxO8#. cv2eLerpA
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Read the summary of Gone Girl. Would you like to read the book? empezar lección
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On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne 1 home empezar lección
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On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne returns home
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and 2 that his wife Amy 3. empezar lección
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and finds that his wife Amy has disappeared.
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During the next few days the police and media 4 Nick's life. empezar lección
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During the next few days, the police and media invade Nick’s life.
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Unfortunately for him, they 5 that Nick is the number one suspect for Amy's murder. empezar lección
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Unfortunately for him, they decide that Nick is the number one suspect for Amy’s murder.
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Through her diary entries we find out that Amy 6 happy in her marriage. empezar lección
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Through her diary entries we find out that Amy isn’t happy in the marriage.
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However, as the story 7 , empezar lección
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However, as the story progresses
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we 8 to change our opinions of Nick and Amy empezar lección
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we are forced to change our opinions of Nick and Amy
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as more information 9 about the true state of their relationship. empezar lección
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as more information emerges about the true state of their relationship.
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Which verb forms are used in the summary? The PRESENT TENSE uses the verb's base form (write, work), or, for third-person singular subjects, the base form plus an -s ending (he writes, she works). empezar lección
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Why do you think these verb forms are used? empezar lección
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Do you use the same verb forms when you summarise the plot of a book or film in your language? empezar lección
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In my language the use of the present is usual in the summaries.
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