Prentice Hall Reader

Name: Prentice Hall Reader
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ISBN: 9780205664528

ISBN-10: 0205664520

ISBN-13: 9780205664528

Edition: 9th 2010

Authors: George E. Miller

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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.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.

Book details

List price: $75.80
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Thematic Contents


Preface How To Read An Essay


Exploring the links between reading and writing


Why do you read essays in a writing course?


How does reading an essay help you become a better writer?


How does writing help you become a better reader?


What is the difference between an active and a passive reader?


What steps do you follow to become an active reader?


Practicing active reading: A model Lewis Thomas


ldquo;On Cloning a Human Beingrdquo;


Some things to remember about active reading


How To Write An Essay


Getting ready to write


Where do you start when you have an assigned topic?


Where do you start when you have to choose your own topic?


How do you gather information?


Exploring personal experience and observation


Freewriting to get words down


Daily writing in journals and blogs


Brainstorming and mapping