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This lively collection of fifty-six short, readable essays by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes. Along with familiar names like Maya Angelou and Russell Baker, the text features many new voices such as Bharati Mukherjee, Humberto Fontova, and Bjorn Skogquist. Detailed chapter openers discuss the writing process and introduce each rhetorical mode; headnotes for each essay give a brief biography of its author and explains its context.
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This lively collection of fifty-six short, readable essays by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes. Along with familiar names like Gloria Naylor and Russell Baker, the text features many new voices such as Virginia Postrel, Dave Barry, Cynthia Tucker, and Oliver Sacks. Detailed chapter openers discuss the writing process and introduce each rhetorical mode; headnotes for each essay give a brief biography of its author and explain its context.
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