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The go-to bestselling guide to help young people navigate from a middle school book report to English Comp 101
In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers.
With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other key techniques to make a story come to life.
From that very first middle school book report to that first college course, kids need to be able to understand the layers of meaning in literature. Foster makes learning this important skill fun and exciting by using examples from How the Grinch Stole Christmas to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from short stories and poems to movie scripts.
This go-to guide unlocks all the hidden secrets to reading, making it entertaining and satisfying.
Publisher : HarperCollins
Publication date : April 23, 2013
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 0062200852
ISBN-13 : 978-0062200853
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Reading age : 10 – 13 years, from customers
Dimensions : 5.12 x 0.35 x 7.62 inches
Grade level : 3 – 7
Lexile measure : 820L
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