Reading and Writing in the Academic Community with 2001 APA Guidelines (2nd Edition)

Reading and Writing in the Academic Community, Second Edition, is a comprehensive rhetoric with assertive, critical readings. The text presents the major types of academic writing students encounter as well as a new anthology of timely, high-interest readings. The text provides step-by-step guidelines for paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting as well as detailed instruction in writing reader-response, synthesis, comparison/contrast, argument, analysis, evaluation, and research essays. This second edition contains many new features that make the book more flexible and enhance its usefulness as a combined rhetoric and reader. They include the following: An anthology section containing twenty-seven new reading selections on provocative topics including Gender Equity in Sports and Racial Profiling Extensive research coverage including an updated section on electronic resources and electronic and Internet research; new sections on virtual libraries, locating and evaluating information on the World Wide Web; collecting information through surveys and interviews; and a new sample research paper New appendix on Writing Essay Examinations Addition of several new sample student essays Revised exercises that emphasize peer response and collaborative learning Up-to-date MLA and APA documentation styles An INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL with teaching suggestions and additional writing activities The newCompanion Websitewww.prenhall.com/kennedy expands on the text's features and includes chapter summaries, an interactively study guide, and short-answer questions.Mary Lynch Kennedy is the author of 'Reading and Writing in the Academic Community with 2001 APA Guidelines (2nd Edition)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780130452948 and ISBN 0130452947.