The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader
2nd Edition
Published on 9. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-13-095995-9 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of essays meant to spur ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic and illustrate methods for organizing and presenting information. This text incorporates reading material with creative, principled guidance; traditional concerns about correctness, coherence and meaning; and step-by-step writing challenges.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-095995-9 (9780130959959)
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Content
Active reading; the reading-writing connection; strategies for conveying ideas - narration and description; strategies for making a point - example and illustration; strategies for clarifying meaning - definition and explanation; strategies for sorting ideas - classification and division; strategies for examining two subjects - comparison and contrast; strategies for explaining how things work - process and directions; strategies for analyzing why things happen - cause and effect; strategies for influencing others - argument and persuasion. Further readings. (Part contents.)