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Critical ReadingLessons
CreatedbyAngela Maiers, 2006
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Critical Reading With Nonfiction
1.What is the author’s purpose for writing nonfiction?Describe three of those purposes.4.How is an authors point of view different in fiction textsthan in nonfiction texts?7.Name three ways a reader can determine the writersattitude or view of the topic he/she is writing about?10.What is difference between tone and mood?12.Does bias exist in all nonfiction text ? Explain
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Internal Text Structures
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Goosebumps make me shiver. I get little bumps on my skin. They look like sesame seeds.
QUESTION/ANSWER
What happens to people when they shiver? They get goosebumps.
SEQUENCE
Goosebumps make me shiver. First I get cold. Then I shake all over.
COMPARE/CONTRAST
Goosebumps make me shiver. I get them when I am cold. Some peopleget them from fear. Others get goosebumps when they are touched emotionally.
PROBLEM/SOLUTION
Goosebumps make me shiver. But they disappear as soon as I wrapmyself in something warm.
CAUSE/EFFECT
Goosebumps make me shiver. When the temperature drops below 45 degrees, my skin crinkles into goosebumps.
Adapted from Harvey, 2003)
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