Widely praised for its thought-provoking readings, The Longman Reader remains the most successful rhetorically organized freshman composition reader. The Longman Reader features highly praised writing pedagogy in a rhetorically-organized reader. The opening chapter offers specific strategies for active reading, and for each pattern-of-development chapter, The Longman Reader includes a detailed introduction that asks the reader to consider audience and purpose, concrete revision strategies, a peer review checklist, an annotated sample essay with extensive analysis, prewriting and revising activities, and a comprehensive list of possible writing topics. Both beloved and fresh professional essays range widely in subject matter and approach, from the humorous to the informative, from personal meditation to argument, and capture the reader's interest while clearly illustrating a specific pattern of development.
| ISBN | 0205632564 | | Pages | 704 | | ISBN13 | 9780205632565
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 744 | | Imprint | Longman Inc | | Published in | New Jersey | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780321481733 | | Publication date | 28 Dec 2008 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Library of Congress | 2008046764 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 808.0427 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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Preface. 1. The Reading Process. Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection. First Reading: A Checklist. Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection. Second Reading: A Checklist. Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection. Evaluating a Selection: A Checklist. Ellen Goodman, Family Counterculture. 2. The Writing Process. Stage 1: Prewrite. * Figure 2.1: Stages of the Writing Process Analyzing Your Audience: A Checklist. Stage 2: Identify the Thesis. Stage 3: Support the Thesis with Evidence. Stage 4: Organize the Evidence. Outlining: A Checklist. Stage 5: Write the First Draft. * Figure 2.2: Structure of an Essay Turning Outline Into First Draft: A Checklist. Stage 6: Revise the Essay. * State 7: Edit and Proofread Student Essay. Commentary. 3. Description. What Is Description? How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Description in an Essay. Description: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. * Figure 3.1: Development Diagram: Writing a Description Essay. * Revision Strategies. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Description. Maya Angelou, Sister Flowers. * Figure 3.2: Essay Structure Diagram: "Sister Flowers" by Maya Angelou. Gordon Parks, Flavio's Home. David Helvarg,The Storm This Time. * Gary Kamiya, Life, Death and Spring. Judith Ortiz Cofer, A Partial Remembrance of Puerto Rican Childhood. Additional Writing Topics. 4. Narration. What Is Narration? How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Narration in an Essay. * Figure 4.1: Development Diagram: Writing a Narration Essay. * Revision Strategies. Narration: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Narration. Audre Lerde, The Fourth of July. * Figure 4.2: Essay Structure Diagram: "The Fourth of July" by Audre Lorde. George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant. * Joan Murray, Someone's Mother. Langston Hughes, Salvation. Adam Mayblum, The Price We Pay. Additional Writing Topics. 5. Exemplification. What Is Exemplification? How Exemplification Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Exemplification in an Essay. * Figure 5.1 Development Diagram: Writing an Exemplification Essay. * Revision Strategies. Exemplification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Exemplification. Kay S. Hymowitz, Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen. * Figure 5.2: Essay Structure Diagram: "Tweens: Ten Going On Sixteen" by Kay S. Kymowitz . Charles Sykes, The "Values" Wasteland. Leslie Savan, Black Talk and Pop Culture. Beth Johnson, Bombs Bursting in Air. * Eric Wilson, The Miracle of Melancholia. Additional Writing Topics. 6. Division-Classification. What Is Division-Classification? How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Division-Classification in an Essay. * Figure 6.1: Development Diagram: Writing a Division-Classification Essay. * Revision Strategies. Division-Classification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Division-Classification. Ann McClintock, Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising. * Figure 6.2 Essay Structure Diagram: "Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising" by Ann McClintock. Stephanie Ericsson, The Ways We Lie. William Zinsser, College Pressures. David Brooks, Psst! Human Capital. * Marion Winik, What Are Friends For? Additional Writing Topics. 7. Process Analysis. What Is Process Analysis? How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Process Analysis in an Essay. * Figure 7.1: Development Diagram: Writing a Process Analysis Essay. * Revision Strategies. Process Analysis: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Process Analysis. Clifford Stoll, Cyberschool. * Figure 7.2: Essay Structure Diagram: "Cyberschool" by Clifford Stoll. David Shipley, Talk About Editing. Jessica Mitford, The American Way of Death. Amy Sutherland, What Shamu T
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