Title: Trites does not consider cognitive abilities of adolescents
Review: Teaching children to read beyond the words is an important pedagogy, but one must consider the level of cognition of the audience. Trites uses young adult and childrens' literature to highlight her points. But her analagies and metaphors are leaps and bounds beyond the realm of understanding of youth. In fact, many of her examples are difficult for graduate students to comprehend. Only a few analogies are comprehensible to a youthful audience. She is a genius at literary analysis, but she needs to consider an age appropriate curriculum. I will not refer to this text in the future, nor will I recommend it to others.
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