{"product_id":"short-takes","title":"Short Takes","description":"This lively collection of fifty-three short, readable selections by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes.\n¿\nIn addition to familiar names such as Barbara Ehrenreich, Richard Rodriguez, and William Raspberry, this reader features many fresh voices such as Anchee Min, Thomas Sowell, Anna Quindlen, Michael Chabon, and Dave Barry.¿¿ Detailed chapter openers¿offer strategies for using each rhetorical mode, including short examples from the readings within each chapter. Headnotes for each essay give a brief biography of its author, explain its context, and pinpoint one of the writer’s techniques. Questions on “Organization and Ideas” and “Technique and Style” and many suggestions for writing journal entries and essays follow each selection. Each chapter ends with additional writing assignments that ask the reader to compare two or more of the essays.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0205171370\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0205171370.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Penfield, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41497272975418,"sku":"DBV.0205171370.A","price":24.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0205171370-0.jpg?v=1782928079","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/short-takes","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}