How Does Alexie Learn How To Read

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n this short essay Alexie a Spokane Indian writes about how Superman comics helped him learn how to read. Alexie uses his introduction to introduce how Superman comics helped him read books. Then he uses the conclusion to show how far he has come from reading Superman comics. He uses key details in both conclusion and introduction to describe either how he had improved or to introduce the audience to superman comics. The introduction and conclusion work together to create this feeling of improvement from reading Superman comics. This strategy helps readers understand the improvement of Alexie’s reading abilities as he reads Superman comics. I can use this strategy to explain how my reading improved from the AR system. I could introduce by

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