ReadingTheoryandPracticeChapter1Whydowestudyreadingtheory?1.1definitionoftheory1.2Importanceofreadingtheory1.3Usesofreadingtheory1.4ExamplesofreadingtheoryActivity1Activity2Chapter2Whatisreading?2.1definitionofreading2.2majorelementsinreading2.2.1understanding2.2.2writtenlanguage2.2.3texts2.2.4information2.2.5efficiency2.3differenttypesofreadingActivity1Activity2Activity2(continued)Activity3Chapter3Readingandvocabulary3.1.Whatisitto“knowaword”?3.2.Buildingabettervocabulary3.3.Prefixes,rootsandsuffixes3.3.Prefixes,rootsandsuffixes3.3.Prefixes,rootsandsuffixes3.4guessthemeaningofnewwords3.4guessthemeaningofnewwords3.4guessthemeaningofnewwordsActivityChapter4Readingandgrammar4.1.Whygrammar?4.2.Grammarandmeaning4.3.Typesofsentences4.4.DifficultsentencepatternsActivityActivityChapter5Readingandthesoundoflanguage5.1.Soundandsense5.2.Sounddevices5.3.HowsoundexpressesmeaningPunsExampleActivityActivityChapter7ReadingandfiguresofspeechsimileStructureofasimileTypeone:likeTypetwo:asTypetwo:asTypethree:whatTypefour:thanTypefive:andmetaphormetaphormetonymymetonymyMetonymyParodyparodyparodypersonificationonomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaonomatopoeiaeuphemismeuphemismeuphemismeuphemismeuphemismeuphemismHyperboleoverstatementHyperboleoverstatementunderstatementParallelismParallelismParallelismContrastContrastAntithesisAntithesisOxymoronOxymoronPunZeugmaallusionIronyTransferredEpithetClimaxAnticlimaxAlliterationActivityActivityChapter8UnderstandingIdiomsinEnglishDefinitionofanidiomCharacteristicsofidiom:Chapter9UnderstandingEnglishProverbsActivityChapter10Whatismeaning?ThemeaningofwordsThemeaningofsentencesThreetypesofmeaningChapter11UnderstandingshortstoriesMajorelementsofshortstoriesChapter12UnderstandingpoetryPartsofaPoem