How to Read Literature - Author's Casual and Humorous Language

In the informative and enjoyable book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, author Thomas C. Foster does an exquisite job of conveying important and knowledgeable information to readers eager to learn about literature.  Foster does so by using very casual language, referring to his audience in the informal "you" tense and making use of several relate able metaphors and analogies.  The comprehensible and simple language that Foster uses along with his humorous yet credible tone makes this book an enjoyable read for a variety of readers. Foster's language and overall tone is the complete opposite to what one would immediately perceive by reading simply the title of the book.  While at first glance an AP Lit student may see this book as a drag of a summer read, his/her mind will quickly be changed within the first paragraph of book by the author's captivating way of displaying important knowledge about reading literature in a fun and enjoyable read.