Publisher's Synopsis
Appropriate for freshman composition, Readings for Writers provides more reading selections than competing texts and proven writing instruction arranged by instruction type: advice, discussion or critical thinking. New coverage of the process approach covers process writing as a rhetorical mode, and expanded coverage of argumentation and persuasive writing includes new essays. Features: * Ten student essays offer accessible models for writing instruction. * Writing assignments in each chapter offer students both collaborative projects and writings for specific audiences. * A diversity of selections expose students to both multicultural and classic voices. * 17 selections of fiction poetry. New to this edition: * Revised Issues for Critical Thinking sections - now including ageism, immigrant vs. American culture, and AIDS - appear in each chapter with a reproduction of a painting that illustrates the issue. * Twenty-seven new selections keep coverage current and interesting for students and instructors.;* New chapter on process writing as a rhetorical mode, combined with a thematic table of contents, makes this book a helpful tool for instructiors in both process and rhetorical modes.
