The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader
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For one semester Developmental English/ Basic Writing and Freshman Composition courses. The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader combines high-interest reading material with creative, principled... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:013192589X
ISBN13:9780131925892
Release Date:January 2005
Publisher:Prentice Hall
Length:448 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
dipping your toes into writing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The text brings back fond memories of essay writing in school. All the timeless advice about how to write a concise article is here. Exemplified by passages from a wide variety of short stories, some of which must surely get any reader's interest. The main idea seems to be to transition the student from being a passive reader to becoming a writer. Part of this involves training the student to read a passage more analytically. With some purpose in mind. There are many exercises. Some are quite short, involving just writing a sentence or few about a topic. To gently get the student into the act of writing, without having her churn out an entire essay off the bat.
love this book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
With selections from writers as varied as Asimov and Dave Barry, this book has something for everyone. I used it as a writing text to teach my eighth grader at home. It has excellent writing prompts, grammar and punctuation lessons, pre-reading hints, vocabulary, and great questions about each prose selection to point out HOW the writer achieved the effect he/she wanted. I highly recommend this for homeschoolers and others who just enjoy good writing.
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