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Smith, William H. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Examines the meaning of "Jack and Jill" according to different semantic theories. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Discourse Analysis, Literary Criticism, Psycholinguistics
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Vaughan, Joseph L., Jr. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Describes a method to improve student comprehension of content area materials that involves three distinct readings, each followed by a progressively more detailed graphic overview of the content. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Discourse Analysis, Learning Theories
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Miller, Susan – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1984
Examines the experience of reading student writing by holding it against current views of reading from literary theory and composition studies. Describes this experience as a concentrated effort at once to read and not to "read" the student writing. (MS)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audience Awareness, Discourse Analysis, English Instruction
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Horning, Alice S. – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1986
Offers an approach to text analysis that discusses what makes good writing good. Argues that good writing involves the presentation of propositions that are not too dense, in a schema that is familiar or explained carefully, requiring not much inference on the part of the reader, and in a pattern that is coherent from beginning to end. (MS)
Descriptors: Coherence, Discourse Analysis, English Instruction, Higher Education