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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.

- Thomas C. Foster - Author
- David de Vries - Narrator
OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781705296332
- File size: 101666 KB
- Release date: February 16, 2021
- Duration: 03:31:48
Formats
OverDrive Listen audiobook
Languages
English
Levels
Lexile® Measure:820
Text Difficulty:3-4
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.

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Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Edition:
UnabridgedOverDrive Listen audiobook
ISBN: 9781705296332
File size: 101666 KB
Release date: February 16, 2021
Duration: 03:31:48
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Creators
- Thomas C. Foster - Author
- David de Vries - Narrator
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Formats
OverDrive Listen audiobook
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Languages
English
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Levels
Lexile® Measure: 820
Text Difficulty: 3-4
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