The Prentice Hall Reader - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0131828010 ISBN 13: 9780131828018

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2003

Riassunto

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. 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. An excellent reference work as well as an interesting and thoughtful collection of essays.

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This best-selling rhetorical modes reader features ten chapters focusing on classic rhetorical modes such as narration, description and argument and persuasion. Each chapter offers readings scaled by difficulty, suggestions for using the strategy in other disciplines, connecting and anticipating questions, detailed writing exercises and extensive revision activities.

New Features:

• Literary examples of the organizational strategies added to each chapter to help students connect poems or brief short stories with the given strategy.
• New prewriting and rewriting suggestions.
• "Writing Links" for each essay that focuses students' attention on how the writer uses punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, typographical devices and paragraph skills to create an effective essay.

The Companion Website™ is the largest, most extensive Website of any reader. Among its highlights, the site features hotlinks, additional background information on the readings, writing assignments and practice using Web-based materials.

Supplements Include:

• Instructor's Quiz Booklet
• Annotated Instructor's Edition with "teaching strategy" for each essay, class activities, collaborative learning activities, critical reading activities and links to writing.
• Teaching Writing with the Prentice Hall Reader that offers helpful suggestions to the new and seasoned instructor.

Product Description

Book by Miller George

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0131828010
• ISBN 13: 9780131828018
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 704
• Redattore: Miller George
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italia