Bedford reader 8th edition

Long one of the most popular composition readers on the market, The Bedford Reader provides compelling readings by excellent writers. It takes a practical and flexible approach to the rhetorical methods, focusing on their uses in varied writing situations.

The popular "Writers on Writing" feature illustrates the many ways writers create meaning from what they read and experience, and the Kennedys' instruction helps students connect critical reading to academic writing. The twelfth edition provides even more helpful guidance for students on critical reading and writing, a new appendix with advice on APA documentation, and an updated selection of compelling readings.

The print text is now integrated with e-Pages for The Bedford Reader, designed to take advantage of what the Web can do, with provocative new essays and multimodal selections. In the print book, 20 professional essays and 5 student essays are complemented by 12 multimodal selections in e-Pages to offer a variety of voices, some challenging readings, and strong rhetorical models.

Now with e-Pages. Students can now do the work of the course online, with engaging readings that match the topics and approach of the book. In this edition, each chapter of The Bedford Reader includes a multimodal selection—audio, graphics, and essays--available only online.

Bedford e-Book to Go. A customizable e-book is available for The Bedford Reader, at about half the price of the print edition. Students can highlight, take notes and quizzes, and bookmark important parts of the text.

Instructors can add their own material a syllabus, for example, or assignments. Provocative argument topics. New print casebooks examine how corporations track our internet use, and the challenges of individual action to sustain the environment. E-book Read online or offline with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course. Learn More Achieve Achieve is a single, easy-to-use platform proven to engage students for better course outcomes Learn More.

Table of Contents. Kennedy X. Kennedy Dorothy M. Aaron Jane E. Ellen Kuhl Repetto Ellen Kuhl Repetto is an editor and writer who has contributed to more than twenty composition readers, handbooks, and rhetorics. Writers worth reading Writers worth reading.

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A greater focus on the role of critical thinking as a central part of the work of a research writer. Focusing on critical thinking both as an attitude and as a set of activities, students are introduced to a range of opportunities to engage in critical thinking as a tool for reflection, analysis, and evaluation as they consider their writing assignments, the conversations they might join, and how best to share their own stances on a particular topic.

These changes introduce important changes to the handling of digital sources. New featured student writers Discussions throughout the book are illustrated by seven featured student writers, whose brainstorming, drafting, research, and revision serve as relatable models. Three of these students are new for the seventh edition. The documents they share with readers include a new argumentative essay, a new literary essay, a new website, a new research proposal, and a new poster presentation.

It helps students understand themselves and their roles as academic readers and writers. Read online or offline with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.

Learn About E-book. Achieve is a comprehensive set of interconnected teaching and assessment tools that incorporate the most effective elements from Macmillan Learning's market leading solutions in a single, easy-to-use platform. Schedule Achieve Demo Go to Achieve. His scholarly interests include writing across the curriculum, the effects of computer and network technologies on writing instruction, and new approaches to scholarly publishing. Since , he has coordinated the development of Writing CSU.

Since , he has served as founding editor and publisher of the WAC Clearinghouse , a publishing collaborative that provides open-access to more than scholarly books, several academic journals, and a wide range of instructional and professional resources. Mike is a member-at-large of the executive board of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, a trustee of the University Press of Colorado, and a member of the editorial boards of several journals. He was named a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in Seventh Edition Click the E-mail Download Link button and we'll send you an e-mail at with links to download your instructor resources.

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Since , more than two million students have treasured his introductory literature texts and The Bedford Guide for College Writers , Eighth Edition , coauthored with Dorothy M. Kennedy and Marcia F. JANE E.

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