Read each title carefully. Then, select a likely purpose for reading that text.

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✔ read fiction for pleasure; The Water Dancer, a novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates:: read fiction for pleasure; Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover:: learn about someone’s life; A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, a history by William Manchester:: gather information for an academic paper; Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard, a guide by Jessi Bloom:: consider a new project

Self-Selecting Texts

Read each title carefully. Then, select a likely purpose for reading that text.

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