The Bedford Reader PDF
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This book was purchased with BOKITBA 1. Scan QR code 2. Request your first e-book 3. Wait until request is proccessed 4. Pay for requested e-book 5. Download it Prices from $1.99 to 19.99 Solution manuals and test banks are also available 1 Description “The front cover 2 3 Helpful Checklists Checklist for Critical Reading Questions for Analyzing a Written Work Questions for Examining an Image Questions for Peer Review and Revision Questions for Editing Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Narrative Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Description Checklist for Reviewing and Revising an Example Essay Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Comparison-and- Contrast Essay Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Process Analysis Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Division or Analysis Essay Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Classification Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Cause-and-Effect Essay 4 Checklist for Reviewing and Revising a Definition Checklist for Reviewing and Revising an Argument Questions for Evaluating Sources A note about the cover: The Bedford Reader has long featured a cover displaying nature. In keeping with that theme, we’ve chosen Malvern—an acrylic painting by Paul Powis. 5 6 Methods for Achieving Your Purpose in Writing The Bedford Reader centers on common ways of thinking and writing about all kinds of subjects, from everyday experiences to public policies to scientific theories. Whatever your purpose in writing, one or more of these ways of thinking — or methods of development — can help you discover and shape your ideas in individual paragraphs or entire papers. The following list connects various purposes you may have for writing and the methods for achieving those purposes. The blue boxes along the right edge of the page correspond to tabs on later pages where each method is explained. PURPOSE METHOD To tell a story about your subject, possibly to Narration enlighten readers or to explain something to them To help readers understand your subject through Description the evidence of their senses — sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste To explain your subject with instances that show Example readers its nature or character To explain or evaluate your subject by helping Comparison readers see the similarities and differences and Contrast between it and another subject To inform readers how to do something or how Process something works — how a sequence of actions Analysis leads to a particular result To explain a conclusion about your subject by Division or 7 showing readers the subject’s parts or elements Analysis To help readers see order in your subject by Classification understanding the kinds or groups it can be sorted into To tell readers the reasons for or consequences of Cause and your subject, explaining why or what if Effect To show readers the meaning of your subject — Definition its boundaries and its distinctions from other subjects To have readers consider your opinion about your Argument subject or your proposal for it and Persuasion 8
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