Reading and Writing Paragraphs teaches the basic skills essential good academic writing and illustrates how the companion skills of reading and writing are parts of a larger, interrelated process"--
Welcome to Mosaics: Focusing on Essays, Third Edition-the text that helps students help themselves as they study their own writing. It contains a multitude of exercises and activities that encourages students to apply the techniques and skills of good writing to their own assignments. With all three texts in the Mosaics series, students start writing when the learning begins, not when the learning ends. Book jacket.
The Prose Reader promotes the skills of thinking, reading, and writing, enabling the user to think more clearly and logically--both in his/her mind and on paper. Prose models are intended to inspire, encouraging improved writing with a partnership with some of the best examples of professional prose available today. Each chapter begins with an explanation of a single technique, with essays that follow each chapter introduction selected from a wide variety of well-known contemporary authors. It helps readers discover various ways of thinking about and analyzing the essay. The book progresses from selections that require literal skills (Description, Narration, and Example) through readings involving more interpretation (Process Analysis, Division/Classification, Comparison/Contrast, and Definition) to essays that demand a high degree of analytical thought (Cause/Effect and Argument/Persuasion). An excellent and demanding reader for anyone interested in building their reading, writing, and thinking skills.
For courses in first-year composition. This version of The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading and Writing has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)* Organized by rhetorical modes to showcase contemporary works by diverse authors Lucid writing follows lucid thinking - and The Prose Reader, Eleventh Edition helps students think more clearly and logically in their minds and on paper. Organized by rhetorical pattern, this reader builds upon critical thinking as the foundation for close reading and effective writing. Numerous discussion questions and writing assignments for each selection lead students from literal-level responses to interpretation and analysis. These questions, and the essays they frame, immerse students in some of the best examples of professional prose available today. * The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the "increasing mobility of texts," MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- The Mosaics Reader uses high-interest readings from a complemented by creative, principled reading and writing exercises and activities to get students reading and writing in the rhetorical modes.
Nexus presents the traditional rhetorical modes as different ways of thinking about our contemporary world, no matter the medium. It builds on students' multimedia communication skills by using a mix of readings in contemporary and traditional genres to improve students' college writing skills. Nexus starts where students' interests lie—with engaging essays, interviews, blog conversations, Web sites, and YouTube videos. These “readings” are presented in a lively, highly visual format that draws on the daily environment in which students are immersed, including electronic and visual sources that are stimulating, energizing, and directly related to topics they are studying. While the format of Nexus is contemporary and stimulating, the content is substantive and pedagogically sound. Students are asked continually throughout this text to pull ideas from multiple media and respond to them first with critical thinking and writing and then by creating a project through a written, oral, visual, or electronic medium of their own choice.
Welcome to Mosaics: Focusing on Essays, Third Edition-the text that helps students help themselves as they study their own writing. It contains a multitude of exercises and activities that encourages students to apply the techniques and skills of good writing to their own assignments. With all three texts in the Mosaics series, students start writing when the learning begins, not when the learning ends. Book jacket.
ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- Mosaics illustrates how reading and writing are part of an interrelated process, and encourages students to discover how the “mosaics” of their own reading and writing processes work together to form a coherent whole.
Reader's Choice challenges you to think, read, and write on a literal, interpretive, and critical level by discussing various rhetorical strategies through the use of both student and professional essays. Each chapter discusses in detail a single rhetorical technique and includes a selection of professional readings in order to demonstrate the use of that particular technique. Questions following each reading are designed to guide you from a literal understanding of the piece, to interpretation, and finally to analysis.
Part of a three-level developmental writing series that integrates critical thinking, reading, writing, revising, and editing. This volume teaches the processes and skills common to all good academic writing. It includes both professional and student models as well as a multitude of exercises and activities which help users apply the techniques and skills to their own writing. This handbook focuses on paragraphs in the context of essays, with related grammar, syntax, and mechanics covered in detail in the r Revising and Editing sections. The rhetorically based instruction is repeated at more sophisticated levels in each of the three books.
Part of a three-level developmental series that integrates critical thinking, reading, writing, revising, and editing, this book teaches the processes and skills common to all good academic writing. It includes both professional and student writing samples as well as a multitude of exercises and activities that address the writing process, writing effective sentences, sentences in context, and readings. This is for anyone looking to develop effective reading comprehension and writing skills.
Intended for Introductory Developmental Writing Courses at the college level. Also, it is a very useful tool as a Freshman Composition Handbook. This text reinforces the skills needed for effective written communication. Contemporary student and professional essays guide users through each of the eight primary purposes for writing, and are coupled with collaborative and individual assignments encouraging peer discussion and debate. Built-in grammar and revision guides fall at the end of each chapter: "Focus on Essays" provides information on the larger issues of essay organization, "Focus on Paragraphs" discusses editing techniques and structure, while "Focus on Sentences" offers a concise summary of the basic rules of grammar and usage.
Part of a three-level developmental writing series that integrates critical thinking, reading, and writing, "Mosaics: Focusing on Paragraphs in Context, " Fourth Edition specifically highlights paragraph development while guiding students towards a reading and writing routine that fits their lifestyle.. An abundance of exercises and activities is included to help readers apply the techniques and practices of good writing to their own work. This book is explored in four major parts: 1) Reading and Writing for Success in College; 2) Reading and Writing effective Praragraphs; 3) Essays: Paragraphs in Context; and 4) The Handbook. For professionals with a career in writing and/or education.
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