Feature Summary- 66 professionally published pieces, including 9 poems, and 25 pieces by
classroom authors (undergraduate and graduate students and their instructors)
- A wide selection of works by celebrated authors, including Lorrie Moore,
Sherman Alexie, Barbara Kingsolver, Jamaica Kincaid, Mike Rose, and many more
- Consider This headnotes preceding every selection combine biographical information,
suggestions for rhetorical analysis, discussions of theme, and pre? and post?reading
activities.
- Connecting to Reading prompts, Connecting to Writing prompts, and Writing
Projects in every chapter encourage students to reflect on what they’ve
read in a writing process journal, prepare for small or large group discussions,
write (both individually and collaboratively), and do research, in the library,
online, and in the field.
- Unique organization around different aspects of the writing process (e.g.,
"Writers and Ways of Writing"; "The Literacy Narrative";
and "Considering Community and Audience") brings the connection
between reading and writing closer for students in the composition classroom.
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