75 Readings Plus - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072292652 ISBN 13: 9780072292657

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1999

Synopsis

Offering a balanced collection of classic contemporary essays, this guide includes coverage of writing styles, voices and cultural perspectives.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Ten new essays provide a variety of fresh voices and perspectives that include 'Traveling South' by James Weldon Johnson, 'Don't Get Comfortable' by Naton Leslie, and 'Fecundity' by Annie Dillard.
The chapter on argumentation has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include essays relating to persuasion, including essays such as 'Who Shot Johnny?' by Debra Dickerson, 'Bilingual Education: Outdated and Unrealistic' by Richard Rodriquez, 'Foods Pets Die For' by Ann N. Martin, and 'The Next Time You are Sick, You'd Better Go the Vet' by Javier B. Burgos of the Nature of Wellness.
Integrating the apparatus found in the Instructor's Manual for 75 READINGS, Sixth Edition, the "Plus" version includes headnotes, discussion questions on content and strategy, and suggestions for writing for each essay in the text.
Continues the tradition of 75 READINGS of providing a wide range of the most frequently anthologized classic and contemporary essays at an unbeatable price.
Also incorporates chapter introductions, focusing on each rhetorical mode and the selections used to illustrate the strategy. This feature helps students draw connections among selections regarding purpose, strategy, and voice.
Provides an alternate thematic table of contents.

About the Author:

Santi V. Buscemi is professor of English and chair of the Department of English at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, where he teaches reading and writing. He received his B.A. from St. Bonaventure University, and completed studies for the doctorate at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of A READER FOR DEVELOPING WRITERS (McGraw-Hill), now in its third edition; AN ESL WORKBOOK (McGraw-Hill); and coauthor with Charlotte Smith of 75 READINGS PLUS (McGraw-Hill). He is also chief author of McGraw-Hill's ALLWRITE!, an interactive computer software program in rhetoric, grammar, and research.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0072292652
• ISBN 13: 9780072292657
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Buscemi Santi, Smith Charlotte