Athans, Sandra K. and Robin W. Parente. Tips & Tricks for Determining Point of View and Purpose. 2015. 64p. ISBN 978-1-4777-7555-4. Available at 372.47 ATH on the library shelves.
The arrival of the Common Core State Standards has changed the way we teach reading, placing a greater emphasis on reacting to a reading by finding textual evidence to support one’s argument. In this series, the authors demonstrate tips and tricks the reader can use to analyze the text. This particular book is focused on detecting the author’s point of view and the purpose in writing.
Four texts are examined. Two literary texts examined are the famous painting the fence incident from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and an introduction to H.G. Well’s Time Machine. The purpose and the point of view are clearly identified through techniques described by the expert reader. The second set of two informational texts are a section of Theodore Roosevelt’s biography and an editorial penned by Arthur Brisbane on the value of working hard for one’s own sake. The purpose and point of view of these texts is also examined by the expert reader.
This book provides the readers the opportunity to refresh their reading techniques as well as acquire new ones and examine how reflecting on their own reading skills can help them become better readers.
Other books in this series include:
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