Encounters: Essays for Exploration and Inquiry

by Pat C. Hoy II, Robert DiYanni

With pedagogy that encourages students to respond to print and visual texts, Encounters provides a spectrum of provocative and beatifully written student and professional essays.

Alphabetically organized, this versatile reader for first year writing courses offers a strong selection of student essays. The approach emphasizes the writing process and the craft of writing. Professional readings are organized to build from the informal essay to formal academic and argument writing. There is a section on reading and writing about artwork and photography that explains how to analyze paintings and photographs.

832 pages, Paperback

First published November 23, 1999

Reviews

[Drew Lackovic · Rating 2 out of 5]

this is a fairly terrible reader for english comp classes if you have to teach academic argument. It contains a lot of very nice expository and personal essays, but very few arguments.