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Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum » (11st Edition)
Authors: Laurence Behrens, Leonard Rosen
ISBN-13: 9780205727650, ISBN-10: 0205727654
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: 11st Edition
Author Biography: Laurence Behrens
Book Synopsis
Remaining one of the best-selling interdisciplinary composition texts for over twenty-five years, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum helps readers of all majors and interests learn to write effectively for college.
This rhetoric and reader guides students through the essential college-level writing skills of summary, critique, synthesis, and analysis.
Table of Contents
| Detailed Contents | ||
| A Note to the Instructor | ||
| A Note to the Student | ||
| Pt. I | How to Write Summaries, Critiques, and Syntheses | 1 |
| 1 | Summary and Paraphrase | 3 |
| 2 | Thesis, Quotations, Introductions, and Conclusions | 32 |
| 3 | Critical Reading and Critique | 59 |
| 4 | Synthesis | 88 |
| 5 | Research | 154 |
| Pt. II | An Anthology of Readings | 199 |
| 6 | The Wal-Mart Wars | 201 |
| 7 | Left, Right, Center: The American Political Spectrum | 242 |
| 8 | Obedience to Authority | 354 |
| 9 | Privacy and Technology | 420 |
| 10 | Fairy Tales: A Closer Look at "Cinderella" | 480 |
| 11 | The Brave New World of Biotechnology | 550 |
| 12 | From Fiction to Film: Exploring the Film Adaption | 651 |
| 13 | Business Ethics | 768 |
| Credits | 844 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - Curricula
Reference English-language Reference English Language Readers
Reference English-language Reference Rhetoric - English Language
Reference Writing Academic & Research Paper Writing
Nonfiction Reference English-language Reference
Nonfiction Reference Writing
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - CurriculaReference
English-language Reference English Language ReadersReference
English-language Reference Rhetoric - English LanguageReference
Writing Academic & Research Paper WritingNonfiction
Reference English-language ReferenceNonfiction
Reference Writing
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