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Direct linkLewis, William E.; Ferretti, Ralph P. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
Literary scholars use specific critical lenses called "topoi" (Fahnestock & Secor, 1991) to read literature and write their interpretations of these texts. Literary topoi are used in the discourse of modern college literature classrooms (Wilder, 2002) and are associated with higher grades in students' literature classes (Wilder, 2002, 2005).…
Descriptors: High School Students, Essays, Interpretive Skills, Literary Criticism
