Publisher's Synopsis
Designed for the second semester of Freshman Composition or for any undergraduate Composition course that includes literary readings; also appropriate for an Introduction to Literature course.
This process-oriented text emphasizes writing through literature, helping students become better writers and readers through their study of significant literary pieces. Offering accessible and multicultural reading selections, it contains writing assignment sequences wrapped around 17 thematically arranged "clusters" consisting of 5-10 readings apiece. Each cluster integrates informal and formal writing assignments, includes questions on literary elements, and ends with an essay assignment combining students' ideas on the topic with what they have learned from the literature.
