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 NEW! Patterns for a Purpose (Clouse) ©2009
Softcover
Table Of Contents
Patterns for a Purpose, Fifth Edition, is a rhetorical reader that shows students how to use the rhetorical patterns—either alone or in combination—to achieve various writing purposes. It continues to emphasize critical reading and thinking, to offer detailed coverage of the writing process, to provide a rich variety of writing opportunities, to emphasize argumentation and persuasion, and to provide reading selections, both classic and contemporary, that function as models as well as springboards for discussion and writing.
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Features:
Combining Patterns for a Purpose sections demonstrate how professional writers combine patterns to achieve a range of writing purposes.
Using Sources for a Purpose sections illustrate how students can quote, paraphrase, and summarize material from the readings as supporting details in their own essays. "Avoiding Plagiarism" discussions in the "Using Sources for a Purpose" sections help students avoid common pitfalls while new "Debunking Myths about Using Sources" sections address common misapprehensions about using source material.
Thirteen new reading selections on engaging topics come from Thomas L. Friedman, Christopher Buckley, John Cheever, Dave Barry, Sandra Cisneros, Jennifer Saranow, and others.
A new appendix on common grammar mistakes helps students edit more successfully.
Emphasis on Visuals: A more detailed explanation of how to read visuals critically appears in Chapter 1, and an appendix on document design gives students guidance on incorporating visual material into their writing. Throughout the book, "Examining Visuals" sections provide an advertisement, photograph, drawing, screenshot, corporate logo, or cartoon to help students learn to identify patterns and purpose in visuals.
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