Beyond Words : Cultural Texts for Reading and Writing
ISBN: 9780205576623 | 0205576621
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 11/6/2008
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Beyond Wordsis a highly visual, thematically-organized reader intended for use in introductory composition courses. With 250 images and over 70 readings, Beyond Words offers a rich environment in which students can learn strategies for reading and responding to both verbal and visual texts and practice informative, analytical, and persuasive writing. Beyond Words: Reading and Writing in a Visual Age assumes that instructors and students need fresh strategies for managing literacy in a world reshaped by media and technology. An anthology of imag... MORE
| Prelude | |
| Reading Texts | |
| Chris Jordan, Cans Seurat, 2007 | |
| Identifying the subject or focus | |
| Identify the subject | |
| Find focal points | |
| Examine and interpret the details | |
| Notice what is missing | |
| ""Escaping Criticism,"" | |
| ""Hallie's Hands | |
| Fifteen Untitled Works in Concrete, 1980-84 | ... MORE |
| Considering the audience | |
| Notice how a text signals its audience | |
| Assess the level of the message | |
| Note the demographics | |
| Understand the original or intended audience | |
| August 17, 2007 | |
| Nike, ""My Butt Is Big," | |
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