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Can you work out where the plot is
heading? Be ready to tell where you
think this is all leading. Don’t
worry if you’re wrong.
Sometimes the author wants to
trick you. Try to keep one
jump ahead. Share your
expectations and revise them
in the light of what
happens.
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characters and
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what effect is he/she after?
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reading experiences to make
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tease our understanding, they lead us
down alleyways, they trick us. Readers
who can infer and deduce, see the
patterns, they keep a lookout for the
shape in the
shadows – they
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make sense out of the
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Relate to the social,
historical and cultural
background
It sounds sexist, but in those
days no one expected a
middle-class woman to
work.