Intersections readings for college and beyond /

Synopsis

Intersections is a new rhetorical reader designed to help students recognize that the rhetorical patterns of composition go well beyond the English classroom.in each rhetorical modes chapter demonstrate the natural transition and application of modes from academic to professional settings, providing students with insight into the world beyond the classroom. These readings not only cross disciplines, but professions as well. They include: favorite classroom essays such as Rachel Carson's ?The Birth and Death of Islands,? Barbara Ehrenreich's ?Nickel and Dimed at Wal-Mart,? and Anna Quindlen's ?Homeless.' Also included are letters to the editor, memos, summaries, human rights reports, reports on nature and the environment, consumer reports, travel essays, memoirs, instructional documents, and health alerts. Intersections is a new rhetorical reader designed to help students recognize that the rhetorical patterns of composition go well beyond the English classroom. The reading galleries in each rhetorical modes chapter demonstrate the natural transition and application of modes from academic to professional settings, providing students with insight into the world beyond the classroom. These readings not only cross disciplines, but professions as well. Complete presentation of the rhetorical modes explains the relevancy of these standard patterns of organization across the disciplines and beyond the classroom. Each introduction to the modes explains how a respective pattern functions effectively and can be recognized within any given document. Comparative charts at the beginning of each modes chapter emphasize the relevancy of the patterns of organization and provide a quick overview of the academic and professional situations within which each pattern may apply.