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ERIC Number: EJ560807
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Shades of Meaning: Using Color to Enhance Reading.
Viau, Elizabeth Anne
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v41 n6 p476-77 Mar 1998
Shows how word processors and color printers are promising tools for helping students to think more clearly as they read. Discusses how students can use different colored lettering to identify topic sentences; to separate descriptive from narrative or informational writing; to separate information from emotion in writing; and to make changes if appropriate. (SR)
Descriptors: Color, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Word Processing
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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