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2. The Oblong Box (short story) - Wikipedia

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   The Oblong Box" (not a story of crime as Poe told it) is based in part on the murder of the printer Samuel Adams by John C. Colt— which succeeded the death of Mary Rogers as the leading sensational topic for the American press. ^ Vierra, Clifford (1959). "Poe's 'Oblong Box': Factual Origins".

3. Readers theater - Wikipedia

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   Readers theater is a style of theater in which the actors present dramatic readings of narrative material without costumes, props, scenery, or special lighting. Actors use only scripts and vocal expression to help the audience understand the story. Readers theater is also known as "theater of the mind", "interpreters theater", and "story ...

4. Oral interpretation - Wikipedia

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   Oral Interpretation is a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading", though these terms are more conservative and restrictive. In certain applications, oral interpretation is also a theater art – as in reader's theater, in which a work of literature is performed with manuscripts in hand or, more ...

5. Narrative hook - Wikipedia

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   Narrative hook. A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, but ideally it is the opening sentence in the book. [1] [2]

6. The Outsider (short story) - Wikipedia

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   "The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light.

7. Amelia Bedelia (book) - Wikipedia

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   Amelia Bedelia is the first book in the popular Amelia Bedelia children's picture book series about a housekeeper who takes her instructions literally. [1] It was written by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel, and published by Harper and Row in 1963. [2] The idea for the book came from a former housekeeper as well as Peggy's third-grade ...