How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids

Informationen zum Autor Thomas C. Foster is the author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, How to Write Like a Writer, How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor , and other works. He is professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he taught classes in contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry as well as creative writing and freelance writing. He is also the author of several books on twentieth-century British and Irish literature and poetry. Klappentext Did you know the Grinch was on a quest? What does it mean when a hero takes a journey? Gets caught in the rain? Or eats green eggs and ham? And what are vampires really about? One thing is certain—there's always more to a story than you think! In this funny and practical young readers' version of Thomas C. Foster's New York Times bestselling book How to Read Literature Like a Professor , Foster offers a whole new perspective on reading, drawing from a wide range of classics and favorites to explore what stories mean to us and how we can understand them. Using all genres—novels, short stories, plays, poems, movies, and song lyrics—Foster gives kids the hidden tools for reading, making it fun and exciting! 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: Thomas C Foster, Thomas C. Foster
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2013
• EAN: 9780062200860
• ISBN: 978-0-06-220086-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, EDUCATION: Professional Development, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Books & Libraries, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Language Arts / General, EDUCATION: Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Language Arts / Journal Writing, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Concepts / General, EDUCATION: Arts in Education, EDUCATION: Reference, EDUCATION: Research, EDUCATION: Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities