NEW--Features twelve new essays that
broaden the Reader's scope and diversity and increase its coverage
of contemporary subjects.
- In the Jungle -- Annie Dillard.
Watching the Sky -- Diane Ackerman.
Every Picture Tells a Story -- Jamie Reno.
Dangerous Curves -- Eve Golden.
The Men We Carry in Our Minds -- Scott Russell
Sanders.
Then and Now -- Mary Pipher.
Why Marriages Fail -- Anne Roiphe.
Executive Women Confront Midlife Crisis --
Betsy Morris.
The Insufficiency of Honesty -- Stephen L.
Carter.
Close the Borders to All Newcomers -- Daniel
James.
Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest -- Stephen
Moore.
Blur: Cheetahs. Ranchers. Hope. -- Susan Zimmerman.
NEW--Expands the argument section of
the Reader to include:
- Four sets of paired essays that offer contrasting
views -- on capital punishment, sexual harassment, African-American
advancement, and immigration policy.
These essays display various types of appeals and evidence
and demonstrate the controversial nature of argument.
NEW--The Thematic Table of Contents now
groups Reader essays into ten categories -- providing more
choices for instructors who center their courses on themes.
NEW--Expands the chapter on "The Library
Research Paper" to include:
- An expanded discussion on computerized card catalogs
-- including illustrations of subject, author, title, and key term
screens -- and of periodical indexes, with special emphasis
on databases such as InfoTrac and First Search.
Information on computer-based encyclopedias.
A new section on the Internet -- including material
on the World Wide Web, e-mail, newsgroups, and Listservs -- and
specific suggestions for evaluating material from the Internet.
NEW--Offers 1998 MLA and APA guidelines
on documenting electronic sources (including CD-ROM and on-line
sources) in addition to traditional print sources.
NEW--Includes discussion of discourse communities.
NEW--Covers collaborative writing and
maintaining and reviewing writing portfolios.
Rhetoric Section:
Contains first drafts and annotated final drafts
of student papers along with clear, easily followed step-by-step
guidelines to assist students in preparing any paper, regardless of
writing strategy or type.
Offers thorough discussion of procedures for writing
papers based on each of the strategies and those combining several
strategies.
Concludes strategy chapters with "Critical Edge"
discussions that explain how students can hone their critical reading
and thinking skills and advance their writing purpose by synthesizing
material from various sources.
Research Guide Section:
Includes a chapter-length discussion of primary research
strategies -- interviews, questionnaires, and direct observations.
Features a case history and student research paper
on the electronic incarceration of lawbreakers -- with margin annotations
showing where different writing strategies were integrated.
Reader Section:
Organizes the 44 essays in the Reader rhetorically:
- Selections range from simple and straightforward to
challenging and complex -- and from quite brief to somewhat
lengthy.
Provides both a rhetorical and a thematic Table of Contents.
Includes selections by women and minority writers.
Concludes each essay with a "Toward Key Insights"
segment that poses one or more broad-based questions prompted by
the essay's content and designed to help students gain a deeper understanding
of important issues.
Handbook Section:
Provides easy access to the major elements and errors of
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics as well as a unit on spelling
and a comprehensive glossary of word usage.
Offers humorous connected-discourse exercises --
unfolding narratives that address errors in grammar, punctuation,
and mechanics.
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