Reading Our World

by Yagelski, Robert P.

• ISBN13: 9781428231252
• ISBN10: 1428231250
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-21
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Grounded in the belief that reading and writing occurs in context, READING OUR WORLD, 2E, helps improve critical reading and writing skills by illustrating the value of contextual awareness. This full-color thematic reader teaches writers to employ audience-centered writing strategies as they explore ongoing conversations about cultural, academic, political, and personal ideologies. A fully integrated library contains more than 300 traditional, image, audio, and video "texts" that teach writers how to recognize, assess, and manage the rhetorical situations of various engaging themes in a range of media and contexts. The second edition also includes new coverage of avoiding plagiarism and working with source material.

Table of Contents

Writing In Context

Understanding The Contexts Of Writing

What Is ""Good"" Writing? Defining Context in Writing

Discourse and Why It Is Important

Where Do Themes Come From?

Understanding Media As Contexts For Writing

""Reading"" Images

Using Images in Your Writing

Combining Text and Image

Entering The Conversations

Theme into Thesis

Assessing the Rhetorical Situation

Knowing Your Audience

Managing the Writing Process

Using Technology

Engaging In Research And Inquiry

Writing as

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