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Between worlds (7th ed ) (7th Ed.) A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook

Langue : Anglais

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Couverture de l’ouvrage Between worlds (7th ed )

This immediately engaging composition resource features a thematically-organized collection of readings, a modes-based rhetoric, and a concise handbook.

Between Worlds opens with more than 75 multi-genre readings reflecting the human condition of being 'in between'-generations, cultures, genders, perceptions, points of view. A research chapter with information on using and documenting sources in MLA and APA style and a brief handbook section are also included. Between Worlds emphasizes the importance of reading, critical thinking, and analysis in all writing.

Part IThe Reader

Getting the Most from Your Reading

Active Reading

"Thanksgiving"Ellen Goodman

Discussion of Active Reading

Active Reading as Prewriting

Practicing Active Reading

Chapter 1Between Generations

The Good Daughter,Caroline Hwang

A Cabdriver's Daughter, Waheeda Samady

The Color of Love,Danzy Senna

Breaking Tradition,Janice Mirikitani

Who Shot Johnny?Debra Dickerson

On Teenagers and Tattoos,Andres Martin

The Only Child,John Leonard

Johnny Depp: A Pirate's Life, Sean Smith

Chapter 2Between Genders

Who's Cheap?Adair Lara

Peaches,Reginald McKnight

Blue Spruce,Stephen Perry

Watching My Back,Jeff Z. Klein

Pigskin, Patriarchy, and Pain,Don Sabo

The Work, Dana Beardsley Crotwell

When a Woman Says No,Ellen Goodman

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?Joyce Carol Oates

A Fine Romance, David Denby

Chapter 3Between Cultures

Living in Two Worlds,Marcus Mabry

Terra Firma A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery,Alfredo Qui~nones-Hinojosa

Mr. Z,M. Carl Holman

Race Is a Four-Letter Word,Teja Arboleda

An Identity Reduced to a Burka,Semeen Issa and Laila Al-Marayati

Hidden in Plain Sight,Zaiba Malik

The Myth of the Latin Woman,Judith Ortiz Cofer

Los Vendidos,Luis Valdez

Crash, Roger Ebert

Bigotry as the Outer Side of Inner Angst, A. O. Scott

Crash Writing Topics

Thinking about the Film, Writing from the Film, and Connecting with other Texts

Chapter 4Between Perceptions

Living under Circe's Spell,Matthew Soyster

The Difference Between Pity and Empathy,John A. Vaughn

In Groups We Shrink, Carol Tavris

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,J. K. Rowling

The Myth of the Latin Woman,Judith Ortiz Cofer

If the Genes Fit,Dan Neil

Black Men and Public Space,Brent Staples

King Curtis's Echo,Max Thayer

Blue Spruce,Stephen Perry

Discrimination at Large,Jennifer A. Coleman

O.K., So I'm Fat,Neil Steinberg

'Diabesity,' A Crisis in an Expanding Country,Jane E. Brody

Bodily Harm,Pamela Erens

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression,Martin Luther King Jr.

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A unique structure—thematic readings, combined with a modes rhetoric—encourages students to think both widely and strategically about their own writing.
  • Students are introduced to diverse forms, styles, and perspectives in readings, which range from short, focused pieces to longer, more complex forms, and include numerous editorials, commentaries, expository essays, arguments, film reviews, and literary selections.
  • Accessible coverage of rhetorical process explores the most commonly assigned writing projects–argument, summary, narration, definition, evaluative response, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, analysis, essay exams, and the research paper.
  • New treatment of film adds film content to each of the five chapters in Part I, including intriguing essays on The King’s Speech, Crash, An Inconvenient Truth, and contemporary romantic comedy, and offers exciting guidance for “reading” film actively.
  • Sample student papers in various stages of the writing process–from prewriting to final draft–model the real-life student writing process.
  • Abrief handbook section focuses on most common errors and frequently-confused words; marginal editing symbols appear inside the back cover.
  • Pedagogy after each reading includes questions that discuss content, audience, and purpose (Thinking about the Text; essay prompts (Writing about the Text); and assignments that connect to other readings in the text and/or additional material on the Internet (Connecting to Other Texts).
  • New treatment of film adds film content to each of the five chapters in Part I, including intriguing essays on The King’s Speech, Crash, An Inconvenient Truth, and contemporary romantic comedy, and offers exciting guidance for “reading” film actively.

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