Thinking in Writing: Rhetorical Patterns and Critical Response - Softcover

Mcquade, Donald; Atwan, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070459835 ISBN 13: 9780070459830

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1997

Synopsis

This respected, rhetorically-arranged reader shows students, through accessible language and remarkable literary examples, how underlying rhetorical structures stimulate and direct all clear thinking and effective writing. And while THINKING IN WRITING covers traditional rhetorical principles, it also reflects the contemporary and practical work being done on the interconnectedness of composition and cognition. The introductory chapter and the apparatus for each essay is designed to help students generate ideas and turn them into effective papers. The fourth edition provides an extraordinary update with over 70% new readings, new "thematically-paired" essays in each chapter, a new photo insert that shows the role of rhetoric and the construction of gender in rhetoric in advertising, and much much more.

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Over 70% of the essays are new among the 72 featured, and they provide a wider range of length and diversity
A new Introduction," Learning to Write is Learning to Think," clearly shows how thinking and writing are linked
New, "Thematic Pairs" in each chapter, with accompanying apparatus, enable instructors to focus on a specific rhetorical pattern and how the two paired authors' approached it
A fully revised and expanded chapter on persuasion offers five "classic" argumentative essays, and three pairs of short arguments on three current issues'"Free Speech on Campus," "Gun Control," and "The Death Penalty."
Redesigned apparatus for each essay provides a variety of discussion questions and writing assignments
A new photo insert shows the role of rhetoric and the construction of gender in advertising
Known for its blend of classic and contemporary selections and its appealing cross-disciplinary spread
Features effective professional examples with practical guidance that illustrate and explain how a writer's choice of rhetorical strategies evolves from considerations of subject, audience, and purpose
Acclaimed chapter introductions provide in-depth coverage of essential rhetorical, compositional, and cognitive procedures
"Additional Rhetorical Strategies" listed after each essay continue to highlight the mixture of rhetorical patterns within each essay
Coverage of metaphor and analogy'often missing in other texts
Excellent biographical headnotes and discussion questions that emphasize reading and writing
Major revision 55 new essays (out of 72 featured)
New Introduction, "Learning to Write is Learning to Think"
New "Thematic Pairs"
Fully revised and expanded chapter on argument and persuasion
Redesigned apparatus
New photo insert
Blend of classic and contemporary selections with an appealing cross-disciplinary spread
Emphasis on audience and purpose
Excellent rhetorical chapter introductions
Lists "Additional Rhetorical Strategies" for each essay

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070459835
• ISBN 13: 9780070459830
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 584