Crossing Cultures Readings for Composition

Name: Crossing Cultures Readings for Composition
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ISBN: 9780618918065

ISBN-10: 061891806X

ISBN-13: 9780618918065

Edition: 7th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Annie Knepler, Ellie Knepler, Myrna Knepler

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This multicultural reader uses engaging selections to introduce students to the wide variety of cultures in the United States. Organized by themes such as Education, Growing Up, and Families, the collection provides thought-provoking material for class discussion as well as compelling ideas for writing. Straightforward pedagogy includes exercises that help students to analyze both the content and style of each reading, as well as writing prompts that serve as essay assignments or in-class writing activities. Reading selections in Crossing Cultures vary in length and difficulty to provide suitable material for both less experienced and more sophisticated student readers and writers. Each…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 2/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.98" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Rhetorical Contents


Preface


Introduction: Reading and Thinking Critically


What Does It Mean to Read Critically?


Looking Ahead


Identifying the Thesis


Identifying Claims and Evidence


Identifying Patterns and Techniques


Making Your Mark


Reading New or Difficult Material


Using the Questions



Growing Up


The Jacket



Barba Nikos



Girlhood Among Ghosts



Saying Something in African



Scents



Bikinis and Tiaras: Quinceaneras



Incident




Education


One Man's Kids



Indian Education



Graduation



The Field Trip



I Just Wanna Be Average



Living in Two Worlds



No Kinda Sense



Class Poem




Families


Role Reversal



Where Are the Good Old Days?



Courtship Ideas of South Asians Get a U.S. Touch



The Kitchen



Love You, K2a2a, Whoever You Are



My Papa's Waltz




Working and Spending


"Proud to Work for the University"



Less Is More: A Call for Shorter Work Hours



On Dumpster Diving



High-Tech Wasteland



Meet the Life Hackers



Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper




Defining Ourselves


An Ethnic Trump



The People in Me



The Double Helix



Hearing the Sweetest Songs



The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria



Hair



The College Dropout Boom



Time Stood Still Again




American Encounters


What Is an American?



Night Walker



Alien Turf



I Learn What I Am



Two Ways to Belong in America



Amerka, Amerka: A Palestinian Abroad in the Land of the Free



Black Like Them



In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers




Home and Away


Home Is Every Place



My Lai, Thirty Years After



A Close Encounter



Picka Pocketoni



To live in the Borderlands means you...




Communicating


The Meaning of a Word



Mother Tongue



Urdu, My Love Song



Unplugged



Switch on Bhutan



The Hidden (In Plain Sight) Persuaders



Why We Tell Stories



Credits


Author/Title Index