Patterns of Reflection A Reader Dorothy U. Seyler (2001, Paperback) 4th Edition

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Patterns of Reflection is the only brief reader to provide engaging, readable selections organized by both rhetorical strategies or patterns and by themes. This reader contains more than eighty selections of varying length including essays, four of which are annotated student essays, short stories, poems, a cartoon, and six pages of four-color fine art to provide variety and to stimulate thinking. Each chapter is enriched by an introduction which provides specific guidelines for understanding the rhetorical pattern illustrated, by vocabulary studies and detailed questions with each reading, and by topics for writing.

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Publisher
Longman Publishing
ISBN-10
0205314813
ISBN-13
9780205314812
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1699221

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
495 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Patterns of Reflection : a Reader
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing, Readers
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Author
Dorothy U. Seyler
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
35.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Edition Number
4
LCCN
99-059738
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
808/.0427
Lc Classification Number
Pe1417.P396 2000
Table of Content
* Denotes selections new to this edition. Most chapters end with Making Connections and Topics and Guidelines for Writing. Preface. 1. On Reading and Writing. The Challenges and Rewards of Writing. Good Reasons for Reading. Guidelines for Active Reading. Guided Reading: William Raspberry, An End to Our American Argot? Looking Ahead. Getting Started: Richard Wilbur, The Writer. Joseph Reynolds, I Think (and Write in a Journal), Therefore I Am. Gail Godwin, The Watcher at the Gates. Terry McMillan, On Reading and Becoming a Writer. Kurt Vonnegut, How to Write with Style. Russell Baker, Little Red Riding Hood Revisited. 2. Using Narration: Growing Up, Growing Wiser. When to Use Narration. How to Use Narration. Getting Started: Reflections on Growing Up. Luis J. Rodriguez, Always Running. Elizabeth Wong, The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl. N. Scott Momaday, The End of My Childhood. Santha Rama Rau, By Any Other Name. Gaye Wagner, Death of an Officer. Sandra Cisneros, Eleven. 3. Using Descriptive Details: Reflecting on People and Places. When to Use Description. How to Use Descriptive Details. Getting Started: Reflections on a Painting. Six Paintings: Goya, The Third of May, 1808; Vermeer, Young Girl with Water Jug; Bazille, Negro Girl with Peonies; Degas, The Dance Lesson; Picasso, The Three Dancers; Dali, Persistence of Memory. Tracy Kidder, Mrs. Zajac. Amy Tan, Lost Lives of Women. Maya Angelou, Poetic Passage. Lance Morrow, Africa. Lauren Springer, The Autumn Garden. Doris Lessing, My Father. Kim Lavecchia, A Relaxing Retreat (student essay). 4. Using Comparison and Contrast: Ways of Learning. When to Use Comparison and Contrast. How to Use Comparison and Contrast. Getting Started: Reflections on Expectations of College. Nancy Masterson Sakamoto, Conversational Ballgames. E. B. White, Education. Jonathan Kozol, A Tale of Two Schools. Diane Ravitch, Girls Are Beneficiaries of Gender Gap. Judith Viorst, Boys and Girls: Anatomy and Destiny. Liane Ellison Norman, Pedestrian Students and High-Flying Squirrels. Linda Pastan, Marks. Denisse M. Bonilla, The Faded Stain (student essay). 5. Explaining and Illustrating: Examining Media Images. When to Use Examples. How to Use Examples. Getting Started: Thinking about Advertising. Jack McGarvey, To Be or Not to Be as Defined by TV. Suzanne Braun Levine, Caution: Children Watching. Gloria Steinem, Sex, Lies, and Advertising. Caryl Rivers, The Issue Isn't Sex, It's Violence. Pico Iyer, In Fact, We're Dumbing Up. John Skow, Lost in Cyberspace. Dave Barry, The Barbie Problem. 6. Using Process Analysis: How We Work and Play. When to Use Process Analysis. How to Use Process Analysis. Getting Started: Reflections on Your Favorite Game. John P. Aigner, Putting Your Job Interview into Rehearsal. Deborah Tan

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