The Longman Reader

Widely praised for its superior teaching apparatus and thoughtprovokingreadings <strong>The Longman Reader</strong> remains the most successful rhetoricallyorga... » 

Widely praised for its superior teaching apparatus and thoughtprovokingreadings The Longman Reader remains the most successful rhetoricallyorganized reader. The Longman Reader features highly praised writing pedagogyin a rhetoricallyorganized reader. The opening chapter offers specificstrategies for active reading and for each patternofdevelopment chapterThe Longman Reader includes a detailed introduction that asks the reader toconsider audience and purpose concrete revision strategies a peer reviewchecklist an annotated sampl essay with extensive analysis prewriting andrevising activities and a comprehensive list of possible writing topics. Bothbeloved and fresh professional essays range widely in subject matter andapproach from the humorous to the informative from personal meditation toargument and capture the readers interest while clearly illustrating aspecific pattern of development. «