Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition (8th Edition)

Penfield, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0321207793 / ISBN 13: 9780321207791

Published by Longman (edition 8), 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition (8th Edition)
• Publisher: Longman (edition 8)
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321207793
• ISBN 13: 9780321207791
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 8.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This lively collection of fifty-six short, readable essays by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes. Features 26 new essays on diverse subjects such as technology and the Internet, the events of September 11 and terrorism, college athletics, and medical research

From the Back Cover

This lively collection of fifty-eight short, readable essays 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. The introductory section "Freeze Frame" establishes the reading and writing connection, a concept reinforced throughout the text. For those interested in improving their critical thinking, reading and writing skills.