Widely praised for its superior teaching apparatus and thought-provoking readings, The Longman Reader remains the most successful rhetorically organized freshman composition reader.
| ISBN | 0321481739 | | Pages | 8 | | ISBN13 | 9780321481733
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 816 | | Imprint | Longman Inc | | Published in | New Jersey | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780321323408 | | Publication date | 11 Apr 2007 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Library of Congress | 2006047900 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 808.0427 | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | 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. 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. Turning Outline Into First Draft: A Checklist. Stage 6: Revise the Essay. 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. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Description. Gordon Parks, Flavio's Home. * David Helvarg,The Storm This Time. Maya Angelou, Sister Flowers. E.B. White, Once More to the Lake. 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. Narration: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Narration. Audre Lerde, The Fourth of July. George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant. * Charmie Gholson, Charity Display? 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. Exemplification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Exemplification. Charles Sykes, The "Values" Wasteland. * Leslie Savan, Black Talk and Pop Culture. Kay S. Hymowitz, Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen. Beth Johnson, Bombs Bursting in Air. Barbara Ehrenreich, What I've Learned From Men. 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. Division-Classification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Division-Classification. Stephanie Ericsson, The Ways We Lie. William Zinsser, College Pressures. William Lutz, Doublespeak. Ann McClintock, Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising. * David Brooks, Psst! Human Capital. 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. Process Analysis: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Process Analysis. * David Shipley, Talk About Editing. Jessica Mitford, The American Way of Death. Clifford Stoll, Cyberschool. Paul Roberts, How to Say Nothing in 500 Words. Caroline Rego, The Fine Art of Complaining. Additional Writing Topics. 8. Comparison-Contrast. What Is Comparison-Contrast? How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay. Comparison-Contrast: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Comparison-Contrast. Rachel Carson, A Fable for Tomorrow. Joseph H. Suina, And Then I Went to School. Richard Rodriguez, Workers. Dave Barry, The Ugly Truth About Beauty. Stephen Chapman, The Prisoner's Dilemma. Additional Writing Topics. 9. Cause-Effect. What Is Cause-Effect? How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience. Suggestions for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay. Cause-Effect: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist. Student Essay. Commentary. Activities: Cause-Effect. Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies. Jacques D'Amboise, Showing What Is Possible. Alice Walker, Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self. Joh
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