What's New| This compact, student-friendly reader includes short essays on a range of rhetorically-arranged topics. Each selection is supported by exceptionally thorough and thoughtfully designed editorial apparatus that integrates reading, writing, and critical thinking. The quality, variety, and number of reading, writing, and thinking prompts provide students with ample support for reading and writing and can be adapted to a number of teaching approaches.
Visuals. Included at the end of each chapter, these photographs and cartoons add interest to the text and give students alternate ways to come up with topics and apply the writing patterns.
30% New Essays. New selections for this edition include essays by Russell Baker, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Annie Dillard, Bob Herbert, Katha Pollitt, Shelby Steele, James Q. Wilson, and Ronald Takaki.
Appendix on Research. The appendix includes help with locating and evaluating sources, guidelines for documenting print and online sources, and a sample research paper.
Short Readings that are substantial enough to engage students (usually 1-3 pages in length), these selections allow instructors plenty of flexibility, including the option of assigning several essays for a class session.
Diversity of Topics. Selections address a wide variety of issues, themes, and perspectives, including college students' attitudes about their future careers, the death penalty, reparations for slavery, and free speech on campus.
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