Connections: A Combined Reader and Rhetoric

Jones, Donald; Beckford, Kerry

ISBN 10: 152493674X ISBN 13: 9781524936747

Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S., 2017

Synopsis

Connections: An Integrated Reader and Rhetoric for College Writing offers thematic and instructional content in one easy-to-use source. The thematic chapters immerse students in multiple perspectives, historical contexts, and contemporary debates, while the instructional chapters present proven practices and fundamental concepts. The integrated instructional and thematic chapters of Connections will teach students to excel in their writing courses and across the curriculum.Connections: An Integrated Reader and Rhetoric for College Writing:Contains sample essays and drafts by students.Offers detailed instruction on reading, writing, research, and more.Integrates the thematic and instructional content through cross-references.Includes a code for e-access to supplemental readings and videos.Provides challenging and accessible readings, such as: Young and Unplugged: Digital Natives in Retreat by Bella EnglishDont Call Me Maria The Myth of a Latin Woman by Judith Ortiz CoferFamilies Enslaved by Frederick DouglassWhat High School Is by Theodore SizerIn Defense of the City: Observing Urban Progress by Frederick J. KingsburyOil for Living by Brian C. BlackThe Persistence of Paper by William PowersConnections is remarkable for doing justice to the two major schools of thought that have dominated the field of rhetoric and composition: expressivism and social constructionism. The field has suffered from the pervasive sense that these two approaches to writing are at war with each other, but Connections demonstrates that these two theories can be complementary in practice.Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts (emeriti)

Edition details

• Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152493674X
• ISBN 13: 9781524936747
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• Edition number: 2