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Drawing on Text Features for Reading Comprehension and Composing
Author(s) -
Risko Victoria J.,
WalkerDalhouse Doris,
Bridges Erin S.,
Wilson Ali
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.64.5.12
Subject(s) - comprehension , reading comprehension , narrative , affect (linguistics) , psychology , reading (process) , poetry , linguistics , communication , philosophy
Students read multiple‐genre texts such as graphic novels, poetry, brochures, digitized texts with videos, and informational and narrative texts. Features such as overlapping illustrations and implied cause‐and‐effect relationships can affect students' comprehension. Teaching with these texts and drawing attention to organizational features hold promise for deepening students' interest, engagement, and comprehension and enhancing complexity of their compositions.