This thematically arranged anthology encourages the reader's response to a diverse selection of literature, including the essay. Four introductory chapters illustrate ways of responding to and writing about literature, with numerous examples of student writing. Eight thematic chapters follow, with a balance of new and traditional voices, including less frequently anthologized selections from canon writers as well as many works by women, minorities, and writers from other countries. A final chapter presents three poets for in-depth study: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes; in addition, a 32-page full-color section pairs 16 poems with the works of art that inspired them or vice versa.
This compact text-reader offers 46 brief selections (primarily essays, but also short stories and poetry) that focus on connections across our nation's cultures. Part One is a solid introduction to the reading and writing processes, including a clear explanation of ways to develop an essay, with models of student writing; Part Two is an anthology divided into seven themes, each introduced by a pair of photographs.
GUIDELINES FOR WRITERS is a comprehensive rhetoric/reader/handbook that offers instruction, readings, and practical applications for inexperienced writers at the developmental and freshman composition levels. The writing instruction in the first four chapters integrates the importance of reading and shows students how to become active readers and how to respond in writing in accordance to a variety of purposes. Students are shown how to apply criteria which allow them to make informed judgments, to identify and evaluate similarities and differences, and how to write persuasively. A wide variety of student examples and cross-curricular examples are provided throughout the rhetoric section. The apparatus for the anthology follows the organization of the rhetoric section. Each essay features assignments asking students to respond, evaluate, compare, and argue. At the end of each thematic section are assignments for longer papers and topics for research. There are five appendices offering easy-to-use guidance on proofreading and editing, grammar and mechanics, taking essay exams, doing research and documenting sources.
This thematically arranged anthology incorporates poetry, drama, fiction, and the essay. Four introductory chapters illustrate ways of responding to and writing about literature, with numerous examples of student writing. Eight thematic chapters follow, with a balance of new and traditional voices, including less frequently anthologized selections from canonical writers as well as many works by women, minorities, and writers from other countries. A final chapter presents three poets for in-depth study: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Presents a thematically arranged anthology that incorporates poetry, drama, fiction, and the essay. This book illustrates ways of responding to and writing about literature, with examples of student writing. It also includes selections from canonical writers as well as many works by women, minorities, and writers from other countries.
This thematically arranged anthology encourages the reader's response to a diverse selection of literature, including the essay. Four introductory chapters illustrate ways of responding to and writing about literature, with numerous examples of student writing. Eight thematic chapters follow, with a balance of new and traditional voices, including less frequently anthologized selections from canon writers as well as many works by women, minorities, and writers from other countries. A final chapter presents three poets for in-depth study: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes; in addition, a 32-page full-color section pairs 16 poems with the works of art that inspired them or vice versa.
GUIDELINES FOR WRITERS is a comprehensive rhetoric/reader/handbook that offers instruction, readings, and practical applications for inexperienced writers at the developmental and freshman composition levels. The writing instruction in the first four chapters integrates the importance of reading and shows students how to become active readers and how to respond in writing in accordance to a variety of purposes. Students are shown how to apply criteria which allow them to make informed judgments, to identify and evaluate similarities and differences, and how to write persuasively. A wide variety of student examples and cross-curricular examples are provided throughout the rhetoric section. The apparatus for the anthology follows the organization of the rhetoric section. Each essay features assignments asking students to respond, evaluate, compare, and argue. At the end of each thematic section are assignments for longer papers and topics for research. There are five appendices offering easy-to-use guidance on proofreading and editing, grammar and mechanics, taking essay exams, doing research and documenting sources.
McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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ISBN 10
0070607788
ISBN 13
9780070607781
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