How to read literature like a professor: for kids
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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.
Notes
Foster, T. C. (2013). How to read literature like a professor: for kids. First edition. New York, NY, Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Foster, Thomas C. 2013. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids. New York, NY, Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Foster, Thomas C, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids. New York, NY, Harper, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids. First edition. New York, NY, Harper, 2013.
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