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Gift of the Magi
While reading O Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," your class will define and identify situational irony and allusion. Use a study guide (not included, but easy to produce) to record and discuss examples of allusion as you read. Map the...
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World Wide School: Etext of "The Gentle Grafter"
This site provides the complete etext for O. Henry's story, "The Gentle Grafter."
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Classic Reader: "Best Seller" by O Henry
This is the text of the short story "Best-Seller" by O Henry, a story with a twist at the end.
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Classic Reader: Book: "An Adjustment of Nature" by O Henry
This site features the full text of the short story "An Adjustment of Nature" by O Henry.
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O. Henry: The Green Door, Lesson and Activities
This set of lessons and activities includes brief biography of the writer, synopsis, pre-story and other exercises and discussion questions, and a follow up. The plans are downloadable in .pdf or .doc format.
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O.henry: The Last Leaf Lesson and Activities
The ELLSA site offers this very complete set of lessons about The Last Leaf, focusing on setting, but including vocabulary and other elements.
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Read Write Think: Critical and Analytical Thinking About Literary Characters
Contains plans for four lessons that use the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry to teach about characterization using word maps. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...
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Classic Reader: "After Twenty Years" by O Henry
The short story "After Twenty Years" by O Henry is about a man and a cop who meet on the street. It is a great example of O Henry's famous stories with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "Babes in the Jungle" by O Henry
This is the full text of the short story "Babes In the Jungle," a story of two con men in New York, by O Henry who is famous for his surprise endings.
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Classic Reader: "Buried Treasure" by O Henry
This is the full text of the short story "Buried Treasure" by O Henry, an American author who is a master of surprise endings.
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Classic Reader: "Cupid a La Carte" by O Henry
This is the complete text of the short story "Cupid a la Carte" by O Henry.
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Classic Reader: "The Day Resurgent" by O Henry
This is the complete text of the short story "The Day Resurgent" by O Henry.
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Classic Reader: "The Duel" by O Henry
This is the complete text of the short story "The Duel" by O Henry.
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Classic Reader: "The Duplicity of Hargraves" by O Henry
This is the complete text of the short story "The Duplicity of Hargraves" by O Henry.
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Classic Reader: Compliments of the Season by O Henry
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is "Compliments of the Season," a piece from the 1800's. This story was written by the American author named O. Henry or Olivier Henry, both pen names for...
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Classic Reader: "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry
This is the text of the short story "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry; John Lorison, self-exiled to New Orleans, meets Norah Greenway in a cheap restaurant. They soon become friends, but each night, Norah inexplicably leaves John at 8...
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Classic Reader: "The Theory and the Hound" by O Henry
The full text of the short story "The Theory and the Hound" by O Henry. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.