Writing Analytically - 9781413033106

This fifth edition of a text for undergraduates integrates earlier versions of the book, which are oriented toward thesis and evidence, with the emphasis of later editions on observation and interpretation. The book illustrates flexible organizational schemes beyond the five- paragraph form and demonstrates ways of responding to secondary sources other than merely agreeing and disagreeing. Students are invited to make a thesis evolve rather than remain static as it encounters different types of evidence. The authors assume that professors will want to supply their own subject matter for students to write about, but the book does contain writing exercises that can be applied to a wide range of print and visual materials. For this edition there is a new chapter on rhetorical analysis. The text can be used for first-year writing courses or seminars, as well as in more advanced writing- intensive courses in a variety of subject areas. Both authors teach English at Muhlenberg College. In developing the text, the authors align themselves with the thinking of Carl Rogers on the goal of making argument less combative, and have been heavily influenced by Peter Elbow, Ken Macrorie, and other early proponents of the process movement in writing pedagogy. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)