Patterns: A Short Prose Reader

by Mary Lou Conlin

Close to 100 lively, entertaining reading selections by such authors as Russell Baker, Wendel Berry, Agatha Christie, Alistair Cooke, Isak Dinesen, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King, Jr., Paul Theroux, Alice Walker, and E.B. White, as well as selections b student writers. Also included are Clear presentation of basic rhetorical strategies for writing effective paragraphs and short essays. You will find annotated samples to help introduce and explain each rhetorical mode and lastly full apparatus for each paragraph and essay-length reading selection, including "Words to Know," "Questions about the reading," "Questions about the Writer's Strategy," and "Writing Assignments."

365 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983