The Pleasure of The Pleasure of Reading Reading Topical Vocabulary
The Pleasure of The Pleasure of ReadingReading
Topical Vocabulary
Say to what categories these Say to what categories these books belong:books belong:
A detective A detective storystory
A travel bookA travel book
A storyA story
An adventure An adventure storystory
A classic\a A classic\a novelnovel
A historical A historical novelnovel
A fairy taleA fairy tale
A novelA novel
A science A science fiction bookfiction book
An adventure An adventure bookbook
A folktaleA folktale
A biographyA biography
A horror A horror storystory
What is it?What is it?
Someone who is good at somethingA person about whom many people have
heardA person in a bookA book in which different things happen q
uicklyA book which makes you feel unhappy an
d disappointed
What is it?What is it?
Someone who writes in a clever and funny way about people and events
A book that has a hard coverA book small enough to fit into your
pocketA shorter form of an edition, produced by
making cuts in the originalA clever and funny book
TalentedTalented
Well-knownWell-known
A characterA character
Fast-movingFast-moving
DepressingDepressing
A humoristA humorist
A hardbackA hardback
A pocket editionA pocket edition
An abridged editionAn abridged edition
Witty Witty