Prose Reader, The: Essays for Thinking, Reading and Writing
ISBN: 9780131577541 | 0131577549
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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"The Prose Reader" promotes the skills of thinking, reading, and writing, enabling the user to think more clearly and logically-both in his/her mind and on paper. Prose models are intended to inspire, encouraging improved writing with a partnership with some of the best examples of professional prose available today. Each chapter begins with an explanation of a single technique, with essays that follow each chapter introduction selected from a wide variety of well-known contemporary authors. It helps readers discover various ways of thinking ab... MORE
| Introduction: Thinking, Reading, and Writing | |
| Description: Exploring through the Senses | |
| Defining Description | |
| Thinking Critically Through Description | |
| Reading Descriptive Essays | |
| Writing Descriptive Essays | |
| Student Essay: Description at Work | |
| Some Final Thoughts on Description | |
| Summer Rituals | |
| Notes from the... MORE | |
| The Pines | |
| The View from 80 | |
| NEW! | |
| Dwellings | |
| Narration: Telling a Story | |
| Defining Narration | |
| Thinking Critically Through Narration | |
| Reading Narrative Essays | |
| Writing Narrative Essays | |
| Student Essay: Narration at Work | |
| Some Final Thoughts on Narration | |
| For My Indian Daughter | |
| New Directions | |
| The Saturday Evening Post | |
| Only daughter | |
| How the Crab Apple Grew | |
| Example: Illustrating Ideas | |
| Defining Examples | |
| Thinking Critically Through Examples | |
| Reading Example Essays | |
| Writing Example Essays | |
| Student Essay: Examples at Work | |
| Some Final Thoughts on Examples | |
| The Baffling Question | |
| Public and Private Language | |
| Darkness at Noon | |
| Mother Tongue | |
| A Brother's Murder | |
| Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step | |
| Defining Process Analysis | |
| Thinking Critically Through Process Analysis | |
| Reading Process Analysis | |
| Essays | |
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