Reading and Writing in Freshman English by Michael Wilson

by Michael Wilson

Freshman composition instructors will not find a more affordable basic textbook for their cash-strapped students. This book and its partner edition, Reading and Writing in Freshman English II focus on total literacy, with emphasis given to reading comprehension of increasingly challenging texts. Includes short stories by Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Jack London, Katherine Mansfield, Chekhov, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and Willa Cather; poetry by Dickinson, Housman, Sassoon, Owen, Yeats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Frost; and sections on writing personal narratives, brainstorming activities, what is not appropriate in undergraduate papers, suggestions for effective peer editing, logical fallacies, samples of MLA citations, a works cited exercise, a sample MLA-style paper, and fourteen rubrics and checklists.

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First published September 19, 2014

Reviews

[Shane Pennell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was glad my professor chose this book for our class because, well, it's cheap. I haven't read it cover to cover yet, but so far we've covered some good literature and some good advice about writing. All the rubrics at the back are coming in handy both for students and professor. At this price, it doesn't contain a handbook, but as our professor said, all that handbook stuff is easily available online for free at Purdue OWL, so why on earth are professors still making students buy $110 handbooks? If you use this book along with Purdue OWL, you've got everything you need and at a fraction of the cost. Thank you, professor! And thank you Michael Wilson.