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9780073533063

Fresh Takes : Explorations in Reading and Writing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780073533063

  • ISBN10:

    0073533068

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-27
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

Fresh Takesis a multi-genre thematic reader designed to generate classroom discussion by presenting students with interesting and relatable readings such as lyrics from popular music, excerpts from graphic novels, and screenplays from contemporary film and television, as well as fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose essays.

Table of Contents

Preface to Profusion
A Guide to Using the Reader
How to Become a Better Reader How does one read critically?
Learning to Read Better by Annotating Bob Swift(Essay)
""From Trash to Literary Treasure""
Learning to Read a Poem and Lyrics Theodore Roethke(Poem)
""Dolor""
Learning to Read Visual Discourse The Rhetoric of Cinema Adam Pratt(Student Essay)
""The Most Precious Thing
Cinematic Fate in American History X""
The Rhetoric of Comix Scott McCloud(Sequential Art)
""Blood in the Gutter"" and ""Show
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