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Brittain, Mary M. – 1985
A study examined basal readers and trade books in terms of reading ease as estimated by readability formulas and the incidence of figurative language. Based on an earlier study, the study had three major goals: to (1) assess and compare two reading series ("A" and "B") at each of two grade levels; (2) assess and compare…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Figurative Language
