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A perfect guide for those interested in composition, this user-friendly reader offers an abundance of interesting and appealing essay examples, ...Show synopsisA perfect guide for those interested in composition, this user-friendly reader offers an abundance of interesting and appealing essay examples, easily implemented classroom suggestions, and varied writing assignments. Presents 64 selections that demonstrate how writers organize and structure their essay using the four traditional modes of discourse -- narration, description, exposition, and argumentation. Features a wide range of essays -- from classic to contemporary selections, and including 23 new essays on current topics like electronic communication, e-mail, cyberspace, and the Internet -- all arranged in difficulty from fairly simple to somewhat complex. Provides prewriting and rewriting suggestions to emphasize the writing process. Contains a chapter on how to write an essay, with advice on every stage of the writing process. Examines how to gather and use information from electronic sources, including tips about keyword searches and web search engines. Now comes with its own web site.Hide synopsis
The Prentice Hall Reader (Prentice Hall) – Trade paperback (2009)
by
George Miller
Trade paperback, Prentice Hall 2009
English
9th ed.
648 pages
ISBN: 0205664520 ISBN-13: 9780205664528
This best-selling collection features ten chapters focusing on the classic methods of narration, description, argument, and persuasion. It contains classic and contemporary essays about popular culture, along with advice about how to read analytically, and how to write persuasively and effectively. Fifteen new essays, including timely topics such as Wikipedia, Facebook, and Iraq. KEY TOPICS: Each chapter is organized clearly and effectively, enabling the reader to not only understand each essay and but also what the writer ...Show moreThis best-selling collection features ten chapters focusing on the classic methods of narration, description, argument, and persuasion. It contains classic and contemporary essays about popular culture, along with advice about how to read analytically, and how to write persuasively and effectively. Fifteen new essays, including timely topics such as Wikipedia, Facebook, and Iraq. KEY TOPICS: Each chapter is organized clearly and effectively, enabling the reader to not only understand each essay and but also what the writer was trying to convey. MARKET: An excellent reference work as well as an interesting and thoughtful collection of essays.Hide
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I skimmed through this text to find a few essays to read as models to my high school writing class. I gave up trying to find one that wasn't political or in some sense overly wrought about some current "issue." I detected a sociological agenda that attempts to change students' idiological outlook in ...
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