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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Book Title
Reading Rhetorically
ISBN
9780321846624

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0321846621
ISBN-13
9780321846624
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159853299

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
Reading Rhetorically
Language
English
Subject
Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing, Readers
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Author
Alice Gillam, Virginia Chappell, John Bean
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
4
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
808/.0427
Table Of Content
Contents Chapter 1 Reading to Write: Strategies for College Writing What Do We Mean by "Reading Rhetorically"? The Demands and Pleasures of Academic Reading Reading and Writing as Conversation Joining the Conversation For Writing and Discussion Reading and Writing as Acts of Composing Reading Rhetorically as a Strategy for Academic Writing The Purposes of the Author Whose Text You Are Reading Your Own Purposes as an Active Reader/Writer Questions Rhetorical Readers Ask For Writing and Discussion An Extended Example: Researching the Promise of Biofuels Chapter Summary Chapter 2 Analyzing Your Reading and Writing Context Rhetorical Context: Purpose, Audience, and Genre Analyzing an Author''s Purpose FWD on Table 2.1 Identifying an Author''s Intended Audience Analyzing a Text''s Genre For Writing and Discussion Analyzing Your Own Rhetorical Context as Reader/Writer Determining Your Purpose, Audience, and Genre Matching Your Reading Strategies to Your Purpose as Reader/Writer How Expert Readers Use Rhetorical Knowledge to Read Efficiently Using Genre Knowledge to Read Efficiently Using a Text''s Social/Historical Context to Make Predictions and Ask Questions Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum Writing to Understand Course Content More Fully In-Class Freewriting Reading or Learning Logs Double-Entry Journals Short Thought Pieces or Postings to a Discussion Board Writing to Report Your Understanding of What a Text Says Writing to Practice the Conventions of a Particular Type of Text Writing to Make Claims About a Text Writing to Extend the Conversation Chapter Summary Chapter 3 Listening to a Text Writing as You Read Preparing to Read Recalling Background Knowledge Using Visual Elements to Plan and Predict Spot Reading An Extended Example: Spot Reading in Kirk Savage''s Monument Wars Listening As You Read Initially Noting Organizational Signals Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References Identifying Points of Difficulty Annotating Connecting the Visual to the Verbal Visuals That Enhance Verbal Content Visuals That Support Verbal Content Visuals That Extend Verbal Content For Writing and Discussion Listening as You Reread Listening As You Reread Mapping the Idea Structure Describing What Verbal Texts Say and Do For Writing and Discussion Describing What Visual Texts Do Writing About How Texts Work: Guidelines and Two Examples How Summaries Are Used in Academic and Workplace Settings Guidelines for Writing a Summary Jaime''s Process Notes for Summarizing "Chew on This" Sample Summary with Attributive Tags Guidelines for Writing a Rhetorical Précis Jaime''s Rhetorical Précis A Brief Writing Project Chapter Summary Kirk Savage, The Conscience of the Nation Chapter 4 Questioning a Text What It Means to Question a Text Examining a Writer''s Credibility and Appeals to Ethos For Writing and Discussion Examining a Writer''s Appeals to Reason or Logos Reasons Evidence Assumptions For Writing and Discussion Examining a Writer''s Strategies for Engaging Readers, or Pathos For Writing and Discussion Examining a Writer''s Langua
Synopsis
Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing in college, Reading Rhetorically, 4th.ed., shows students how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers' texts into their own research-based papers. Four important features of this text: 1. Its emphasis on academic writing as a process in which writers engage with other texts 2. Its emphasis on reading as an interactive process of composing meaning 3. Its treatment rhetorical analysis as both an academic genre that sharpens students' reading acuity and as a tool for academic research 4. Its analytical framework for understanding and critiquing how visual texts interact with verbal texts This brief rhetoric teaches students how to see texts positioned in a conversation with other texts, how to recognize a text's rhetorical aims and persuasive strategies, and how to analyze texts for both content and method., Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing, Reading Rhetorically, 4th edition ., shows the reader how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers' texts into their own research-based papers.
LC Classification Number
PE1417.B393 2014

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