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The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading, and Writing
For courses in first-year composition.
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Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading and Writing has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)*
Organized by rhetorical modes to showcase contemporary works by diverse authors Lucid writing follows lucid thinking - and The Prose Reader, Eleventh Edition helps students think more clearly and logically in their minds and on paper. Organized by rhetorical pattern, this reader builds upon critical thinking as the foundation for close reading and effective writing. Numerous discussion questions and writing assignments for each selection lead students from literal-level responses to interpretation and analysis. These questions, and the essays they frame, immerse students in some of the best examples of professional prose available today.
* The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the "increasing mobility of texts," MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
Organized by rhetorical modes to showcase contemporary works by diverse authors Lucid writing follows lucid thinking - and The Prose Reader, Eleventh Edition helps students think more clearly and logically in their minds and on paper. Organized by rhetorical pattern, this reader builds upon critical thinking as the foundation for close reading and effective writing. Numerous discussion questions and writing assignments for each selection lead students from literal-level responses to interpretation and analysis. These questions, and the essays they frame, immerse students in some of the best examples of professional prose available today.
* The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the "increasing mobility of texts," MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
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678 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1996
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June 9, 2016
I read it cover to cover in a week's time.
I'm 20 years old. I LOVED every bit of it.
I wish they had used this in my high school.
This book offers complete explanations on how to write, how to read, how to think. It doesn't tell you what to think.
What I like most is that it gives you a taste of all types of pieces of literature, literature that maybe you wouldn't have known existed or known that you enjoyed reading before you read this book. It allows you to dip your feet into new worlds, tentatively test tasting a few pieces before you decide to delve in. This book is a wonderful "starter guide" for readers who want to explore deeper into the world of books, or for writers hoping to broaden their minds and reading experience and sharpen their skills.
The book encourages different perspectives, passion for truth and justice, and looking at things in numerable ways.
Anyone who reads these books can teach themselves: The authors fully equip them with what they need to achieve the same, if not better results by reading and teaching themselves compared to in class by a teacher.
My writing and reading skills actually HAVE improved after reading these stories presented in the book and after having analyzed them according to the methods and suggestions the book provides. I appreciate the way they repeat concepts and explain concepts and methods in different and thorough ways. I enjoyed EACH story in the book, I couldn't put it down!
There were spelling errors and grammatical mistakes, but that isn't too important. \
I'm 20 years old. I LOVED every bit of it.
I wish they had used this in my high school.
This book offers complete explanations on how to write, how to read, how to think. It doesn't tell you what to think.
What I like most is that it gives you a taste of all types of pieces of literature, literature that maybe you wouldn't have known existed or known that you enjoyed reading before you read this book. It allows you to dip your feet into new worlds, tentatively test tasting a few pieces before you decide to delve in. This book is a wonderful "starter guide" for readers who want to explore deeper into the world of books, or for writers hoping to broaden their minds and reading experience and sharpen their skills.
The book encourages different perspectives, passion for truth and justice, and looking at things in numerable ways.
Anyone who reads these books can teach themselves: The authors fully equip them with what they need to achieve the same, if not better results by reading and teaching themselves compared to in class by a teacher.
My writing and reading skills actually HAVE improved after reading these stories presented in the book and after having analyzed them according to the methods and suggestions the book provides. I appreciate the way they repeat concepts and explain concepts and methods in different and thorough ways. I enjoyed EACH story in the book, I couldn't put it down!
There were spelling errors and grammatical mistakes, but that isn't too important. \
June 28, 2008
Can you say boring? OK, I know you can. This is pretty standard fair. Nothing new here. Nothing to see. "Just step away people and go about your lives . . . Please!" A blurb from a critique I found on goodreads states that "Prose models ARE INTENDED TO INSPIRE, encouraging improved writing with a partnership with SOME OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONAL PROSE AVAILABLE today (my CAPS added)." If this is inspirational, best-of prose then I'm checking out. How 'bout standard fair that blends in with the rest of the readers out there. Ho, hum.
April 19, 2010
This is the required text for my freshman English writing course. So far, so good.
August 27, 2008
A good compilation of essays so far, I've really enjoyed Wozencraft's "Notes From the Country Club"
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