The Active Reader: Strategies for Academic Reading and Writing Henderson, Eric

The Active Reader: Strategies for Academic Reading and Writing Henderson, Eric

ISBN 10: 0199012458 / ISBN 13: 9780199012459

Published by Oxford University Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Active Reader: Strategies for Academic Reading and Writing Henderson, Eric
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199012458
• ISBN 13: 9780199012459
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Active Reader offers a practical, integrated treatment of academic reading and writing at the post-secondary level. Thirty-four thought-provoking essays that highlight a variety of disciplines and rhetorical patterns are accompanied by comprehension and analysis exercises that encourage students to apply critical thinking skills to common assignments.

About the Author

Eric Henderson is an active author with Oxford University Press Canada, where his other books include Writing by Choice, 3e (2015), Becoming an Active Reader (2013), The Empowered Writer, 2e (2014), and Short Fiction and Critical Contexts (co-edited with J. Hancock, 2009). He has also published articles in leading journals such as Canadian Literature, English Studies in Canada, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. He teaches in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, where his teaching interests include composition, rhetoric, and style.