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Texts and Contexts - Softcover

Robinson, William S.; Tucker, Stephanie

 
9780155060715: Texts and Contexts

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TEXTS AND CONTEXTS is designed to help developmental and freshman composition students write academic essays in response to high-interest readings about contemporary issues.

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"The chapters are organized, not according to traditional rhetorical modes, but according to thinking and writing strategies, allowing students to build on the skills they acquire and to practice the kinds of thinking and writing they need in academia."

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This work focuses on improving reading, inference and writing skills while guiding students though the process of writing essays in response to readings about contemporary issues. Writing assignments are based on 65 readings by students and professionals covering topics such as hate speech and the job market, and require students to extract meaning

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