Word and World

by Kent Lewis

World and A Critical Thinking Reader 1st edition, offers a different approach to academic writing. Although it contains many familiar subjects, they have been arranged to tell a slightly different story; the power of language to affect perception. English instructors can use these lessons to help students sharpen essay writing, clarify thought, and receive better grades. More importantly however, these lessons help students become aware of how words create meaning - on the printed page, in the courtroom, on the job, in the video screen, in the classroom, and across the nation - and how sometime meaning is created for them.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Bri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book actually very interesting while completing University Writing courses. I love that it shows you direct examples of where politics are involved in language and the media, how our news is privately owned and in turn determined and biased. It not only gives you examples but teaches you and shows you how to differ yourself away from being brainwashed so to say and affected by such biases.

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad text, the essays are often interesting. The authors raise some interesting questions and encourage the reader to ask even more.