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Reading life : a writer's reader
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Boston, MA : Wadsworth Publishing, 2005
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xxii, 854 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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9780759398108

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Develop your writing skills using the 87 eclectic essays and 90 visual texts on themes as diverse as 'Human Relations' and 'Big Brother' included in the READING LIFE: A WRITER'S READER.


Table of Contents

Part I A Writer''s Guide
1 Getting Started
2 Writing Analytically. B&W images: William Hogarth, ""Beer Street"". William Hogarth, ""Gin Lane""
3 Writing Persuasively
4 Determining Strategies and Approaches
5 Writing With Sources
6 A Writer at Work
7 A Quick Guide to Style
8 Writing About Images. Color images: Norman Rockwell, ""After the Prom""
Part II A Writer''s Reader
9 Human RelationsWilliam C. Brisick, ""The Steep Cliffs of Life""
""Growing Pains: Beyond ''One Big Happy FAnndee Hochman