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Product DetailsSynopsisThis innovative text/anthology/CD package offers a seamless integration of new media with a literature for composition text that emphasizes critical thinking, argument, research, and the writing process. Teaching students how to read literature closely, think critically, and write convincingly, the text outlines skills for developing a focused thesis and providing evidence to support it. Based on the belief that ways of knowing are often related, the text and CD instill transferable critical thinking skills about analyzing literature that can be applied across a range of media and situations–to fine art, film, music, advertising, and cultural events and issues. Individuals who are interested in literature and multimedia.Product IdentifiersISBN-100321198352ISBN-139780321198358eBay Product ID (ePID)43553023Key DetailsAuthorDaniel AndersonNumber Of Pages1008 pagesFormatPaperbackPublication Date2004-11-01LanguageEnglishPublisherLongman PublishingPublication Year2004Additional DetailsCopyright Date2005IllustratedYesDimensionsWeight30.3 OzHeight1.2 In.Width6.3 In.Length9.2 In.Target AudienceGroupCollege AudienceClassification MethodLCCN2004-022816LC Classification NumberPE1479.C7A53 2005Dewey Decimal808/.0668Dewey Edition22Table Of ContentIntroduction: Critical Thinking and the Writing Process. Relating Thinking and Writing Considering the Social Contexts of Thinkingand Writing Thinking an Writing About Literature Asking Questions about a Short Story Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour Freewriting about an Image (CD) Resources and Video: Still Frames and Video Clips from The Story of an Hour film. Checklist for Freewriting Explicating a Pasage from a Story Explaining Ideas to Others Sharing Ideas with Others (CD) Video Tutorial: Participating in Electronic Discussions Considering the Social Contexts of a Work (CD) Resources: Exploring the Womens Suffrage Movement Reviewing and Practicing (CD) Resources: World War II Propaganda Posters I. CRITICAL THINKING AND RESEARCH. 1. Evaluation and Critical Reading. Reading Critically. Gwendolyn Brooks,We Real Cool. (CD) Audio Recording of Brooks Reading We Real Cool. Reading for Impressions. (CD) Video Tutorial: Participating in Chat Conversations. Reading Actively. (CD) Video Tutorial: Annotating a Text. Reading Analytically. Reading to Synthesize. Erica Funkhouser,The Women Who Clean Fish. (CD) Audio Recording of Funkhouser Reading Women Who Clean Fish. Developing an Interpretation. Sherwood Anderson,Hands.. Developing a Thesis Statement. Weighing Alternative Perspectives. Looking for Evidence. Reviewing and Practicing. Ron Wallace, Hardware. (CD) Audio Recording: Wallace Reading Hardware. 2. Analyzing and Writing About Literature. Analyzing Components of Literature. Ernest Hemingway,Hills Like White Elephants. (CD) Enchanced Reading: Hills Like White Elephants. Analyzing Plot. Analyzing Setting. Analyzing Characters Writing a Character Analysis. Bridget Allen, Happily Only After: The Two Jigs (Student Paper) Checklist for Writing a Character Analysis. Analyzing Topics and Determining Themes. Exploring Broad Topics. Identifying a Specific Theme. Reviewing and Practicing. John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums. (CD) Media: Still Frames and Video Clips from The Chrysanthemums. 3. Synthesizing Ideas and Considering Modes of Discourse. Comparing Aspects of Literature. Raymond Carver,Cathedral. (CD) Enhanced Reading: Cathedral. Understanding Modes of Discourse in Cathedral An Overview of Modes of Discourse. Establishing Definitions. Making Comparisons. Checklist for Comparing Aspects of Literature. Synthesizing to Develop a Thesis. Checklist for Synthesizing a Thesis. (CD) Video Tutorial: Developing a Thesis Statement. Maria Abadi, Getting in Touch: Comparing Characters in Cathedral (Student Paper). Comparing Literature and Essays. Considering Modes of Discourse in Essays. Considering Essays and their Rhetorical Situations Reviewing and Practicing. Examining Essays. Georgina Kleege, Blind Rage: An Open Letter to Helen Keller. Linton Weeks,SHIPPING POLICYUSPS, FedEx, or UPS might be used for your shipment depending on several factors. If you have a preference or need for a certain carrier, please leave a note at checkout. Thanks! SHIPPING POLICYUSPS, FedEx, or UPS might be used for your shipment depending on several factors. If you have a preference or need for a certain carrier, please leave a note at checkout. Thanks!