A Meeting of Minds: A Brief Rhetoric for Writers and Readers - Softcover

Callaghan, Patsy; Dobyns, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321092163 ISBN 13: 9780321092168

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

This book shows would-be writers (and serious readers) how to open up a dialogue between writer and audience. The book includes coverage of how to write for college (academic) purposes, as well as how to write for the job, or in service to the community. The authors have included specific “how-to” steps in the process of writing for different audiences and for different purposes; there are also Writing Invitations that suggest topics and exercises for budding writers.

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Synopsis

This inquiry-based rhetoric provides students with a thorough grounding in writing, reading, researching, and visual literacy. This progressive guide helps students understand the processes of reading and writing as a dialogue between the writer and the audience-"a meeting of minds." It teaches students how to analyze rhetorical situations-the ways reader, writer, subject and purpose influence the writer's work-and how to choose effective rhetorical strategies, structures, reasons, and appeals to fit the writing situation. While focusing primarily on academic writing, A Meeting of Minds also connects academic ways of understanding to personal writing and writing about community concerns. Research is presented as extended inquiry, rather than as a separate genre. Visual texts and document design are treated as rhetorical considerations and are linked together in discussions of the rhetoric of web pages. Sample student works, as well as professional readings from a variety of sources, appear in every chapter.To provide realistic models of inquiry, the text closes with three casebooks of multi-sided readings on provocative issues: "The Vote" on declining voter participation, "English Only" on language policy, and "He said/She said" on gender and communication style.

A complete composition resource, A Meeting of Minds offers a rhetoric, readings, and guides to revision and editing-all in one brief paperback.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321092163
• ISBN 13: 9780321092168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592