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READING BOOKS Do you prefer reading fiction or non-fiction? (What’s the difference between them?) Who’s your favourite Czech/foreign writer? What’s your favourite historical period in literature? Do you regularly read a newspaper/magazine? If so, which one? What do you think of reading comics? Do you like poetry and why?

TYPES OF LITERATURE Literary forms: PROSE DRAMA POETRY say an example of each What do these people write / do with the books? writer author journalist poet playwright publisher illustrator bookseller

GENRES OF LITERATURE FICTION novel tale / short story detective story historical novel romances western mystery sci - fi adventure story true life story war novel psychological novel poem (ballad, epic, lyric, sonnet) play (drama, comedy, tragedy) children’s rhyme fairy tale fable utopia folk literature myth

GENRES OF LITERATURE NON-FICTION encyclopaedia, (picture) dictionary atlas memory, biography, autobiography self-help book, ”how to” book, manual travel guide cookery book booklet, catalogue chronicle

PARTS OF BOOK Book cover Book back Book binding - paperback/hardback Blurb Chapters, pages (leaves), paragraphs, lines, sentences, words, letters

PARTS OF BOOK TB p.191 prologue, preface, foreword, introduction, dedication, acknowledgments, epilogue, notes (footnotes, notes of novelist/writer, notes of publisher, …) glossary, index, references, appendix, table of contents, For description of a book you need to know its: message, plot, brief content!!!!

WHAT ELSE CAN PEOPLE READ? Leaflets Brochures Guide books Textbooks Magazines Newspapers Reviews Recipes Maps Letters Junk mail Service instructions Captions, subtitles Invitations Tarot cards Street signs Scrolls of papyrus/ parchment Letters carved in stones From coffee-grounds, palms Between the lines …

SHOULD PEOPLE READ? Why yes??? Why not??? Discuss in pairs:

SHOULD PEOPLE READ? audio records brief contents available everywhere (for school) TV, films, video, DVDs, the Internet, downloading Consequences: no imagination no creativity poor vocabulary poor grammar wasted wisdom They enjoy it Teachers make them do it They need some info They learn from it Reading: improves our language (enriches our vocabulary) and knowledge supports our imagination, reprieve from reality we can read much faster (mostly) exploring new places, cultures, lives WHY YES? WHY NOT? A LOT OF WISDOM IN BOOKS!!!

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