More help with critical reading, critical thinking, and argument
A new Chapter 1, "Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing," covers key skills, including summary, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, and supports transfer of these skills from the writing course to other college courses and to the workplace.
New Reading and Writing Critically assignments; new questions accompanying the readings; and new journal prompts ask students to apply what they learned in Chapter 1, effectively threading the reading and writing connection throughout the text.
An expanded argument chapter (Chapter 16) includes new sections on questioning assumptions to build evidence and other critical thinking skills crucial to building a sound argument.
New readings encompass a broader range of culturally enriching topics New selections by established writers such as Amy Tan, Oscar Hijuelos, and Ian Frazier now appear in Part 2, "Writing Different Kinds of Paragraphs and Essays."
New argument readings explore whether illegal immigrants should be granted rights to financial aid and citizenship.
New student writing includes two new sample student essays debating the pros and cons of using social media in education and a new sample student research paper entitled, "Service Dogs Help Heal the Mental Wounds of War."
More visual and efficient presentation of instruction. For example, new color-coded charts help to clarify the relationship of paragraphs to essays. New, compact writing guides at the ends of the assignment chapters in Part 2 are easier for students to use as they do their own writing. In addition, new, carefully selected images drawn from current events and the world of contemporary photography form the basis of journal prompts and "Writing about an Image" assignments.
Students receive access to LearningCurve when they purchase a new copy of Real Writing with Readings. Bedford's new online, adaptive quizzing activities help students learn grammar and improve their writing.