An Elementary Spanish Reader

Chapter 22: NOTE:

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Aimed at beginner students, the reader collects short, simplified Spanish selections—folk tales, fables, legends, riddles, and brief anecdotes—arranged to let learners begin reading early. Vocabulary for each selection lists relevant verb forms while authorial notes are minimal; frequent repetition of common words and sentence structures builds everyday usage and comprehension. Texts range from adapted traditional stories and moral fables to brief narratives and exercises, increasing in difficulty, and are accompanied by a concise vocabulary section. The overall design emphasizes oral and reading fluency through accessible language and repeated practice.

NOTE:

[1] Besides blank verse and ordinary rhyme, with which we are familiar in English verse, Spanish verse has also a vocalic rhyme called assonance. When the vowels are the same beginning with the last accented syllable, but the consonants different, the rhyme is called assonance, e.g. boca—tropa.

Assonance of the even lines (2, 4, etc.) is the usual rule in Spanish poetry. In a short poem the same assonance is often kept throughout the composition. In El Burro Flautista the assonance is that of the last syllable only, e.g. mal—casualidad. In El Pato y la Serpiente, p. 40, the assonance is a—o, e.g. pato—dado—canso, etc. In Los Dos Conejos, p. 41, the assonance is e—o, e.g. perros—conejo—compañero, etc.