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Peer reviewedDreher, Mariam Jean; Singer, Harry – Theory into Practice, 1989
Explains eight categories of friendly text features: text organization, signaling, discourse consistency, cohesion, explication, conceptual density, metadiscourse, and instructional devices. Extratext determinants of readability (reader, goal, teacher) are also examined. Within the context of two models of reading, the interaction of these…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Discourse Modes, Intermediate Grades, Readability
