Exploring Literature Writing and Arguing about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay

Name: Exploring Literature Writing and Arguing about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay
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ISBN: 9780205640188

ISBN-10: 0205640184

ISBN-13: 9780205640188

Edition: 4th 2009

Authors: Frank Madden

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KEY BENEFIT: Featuring culturally rich and diverse literature, this anthology weaves critical thinking into every facet of its writing apparatus and guides you through the process of crafting personal responses into persuasive arguments. The fourth edition opens with five chapters dedicated to writing and aruging about literature followed by an anthology organized around five themes with selections that range from classic to contemporary: Family and Friends; Innocence and Experience; Women and Men; Culture and Identity; and Faith and Doubt. A "Case Study in Context" at the end of every thematic section serves as a springboard for research and writing by exploring the work of significant…

Book details

List price: $97.20
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1376
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English




Making Connections



Participation: Personal Response and Critical Thinking


The Personal Dimension of Reading Literature Personal Response and Critical Thinking Writing to Learn


Your First Response


Checklist: Your First Response


Keeping a Journal or Reading Log


Double-Entry Journals and Logs


The Social Nature of Learning: Collaboration


Personal, Not Private Ourselves as Readers


Different Kinds of Reading


Peter Meinke, Advice to My Son Making Connections with Literature


Images of Ourselves Connecting Through Experience


Paul Zimmer, Zimmer in Grade School Connecting Through Experience


Culture, Experience, and Values Connecting Through Experience


Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays Connecting Through Experience


Marge Piercy, Barbie Doll Being in the Moment


New York Times, ldquo;Birmingham Bomb Kills 4rdquo;


Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham Participating, Not Solving Using Our Imaginations The Whole and Its Parts



Communication: Writing a Response Essay The Response Essay


Checklist: The Basics of a Response Essay Voice and Writing


Voice and Response to Literature Connecting Through Experience


Countee Cullen, Incident Writing to Describe


Choosing Details


Choosing Details from Literature Connecting Through Exper