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Peer reviewedHass, Christina; Flower, Linda – College Composition and Communication, 1988
Asserts that teachers should help students move beyond an information-exchange view of reading to a more complex rhetorical model of constructing meaning. Reports on a study which investigated meaning constructions and compares the more traditional function/feature strategies of constructing meaning with rhetorical strategies, which construct…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSloan, Gary – College Composition and Communication, 1988
Explores the concept of ambiity in semantic relationships, and discusses several causes of relational ambiguity, including differing world views, subtext construction, and selective focusing. Asserts that while most instances of relational ambiguity do not impair text comprehension, readers should be aware of possible ambiguities. (MM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Figurative Language
