1052 Week 6

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE

Written by the woman who gave us When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail, Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle combines romance and New York City like few others.

With references to the movie classic, An Affair to Remember, including a moment atop the Empire State Building, this is an instant romantic comedy for the ages.

It is a 1993 American film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, staring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over 220 million worldwide.

ELEMENTS OF FICTION

1. What do you expect?

2. What happens in the story?

3. How is the story narrated?

4. Who are the characters?

5. What is the setting of the story?

6. What do you notice about how the story is written?

7. What does the story mean? 

TENDER IS THE NIGHT

It was published in 1933 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American author famous for his novel, The Great Gatsby.

The title is taken from the poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats.

VOCABULARY

Prefixes

para- = at or to one side, beside, side by side

paragraph /ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf/

e.g. The students were asked to paragraph an essay in class.

ob- = against

obstacle /ˈɒbstək(ə)l/

e.g. Disabled people succeed in overcoming many obstacles in everyday life.

de- = down, away

descend /dɪˈsend/

e.g. The custom has descended to our day.

Roots

dict = say

dictate /dɪkˈteɪt/

e.g. The police dictated where the large, noisy crowd should stand during the parade.

prim = first

primitive /ˈprɪmətɪv/

e.g. Living conditions in the village are still quite primitive.

Suffixes

ant, ent = full of

ardent /ˈɑː(r)d(ə)nt/

e.g. A man of unnatural passions and grossly superstitious, he was an ardent lover of nature.

Raymond Carver

American short story writer and poet whose realistic writings about the working poor mirrored his own life.

He was one of a handful of contemporary short story writers credited with reviving what was once thought of as a dying literary form.

Carver also wrote extensively as a poet. A collection of his poetry, including some works being written shortly before his death, was published in A New Path to the Waterfall.