America Now, High School Edition

Short Readings From Recent Periodicals

Robert Atwan

• Editore: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Anno: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781319116002
• Edizione: 11
• Argomento: Languages & Linguistics
• Categoria: Writing & Presentation Skills

America Now makes it easy for you to get brief, accessible, and thought-provoking essays into your classroom, with trustworthy, reliable pedagogy and an expert reader's knowledge of what works in the classroom. As series editor for Best American Essays, Robert Atwan constantly scours a wide range of periodicals, bringing to America Now an unrivaled focus on the best writing on today's issues. Instructors tell us that their students want to respond to the essays in the book, and they praise the high- quality reading and writing instruction, critical thinking and reading questions, and model student essays that help them do so. Every reading in America Now is new to this edition, making it truly a book for today's composition course.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Editor
• Preface for Instructors
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• A Rhetorical Table of Contents
• Halftitle
• The Persuasive Writer: Expressing Opinions with Clarity, Confidence, and Civility
• 1 Social Media: What Do We Gain? What Do We Lose?
• 2 Language: Do Words Matter?
• 3 Free Speech: Is It Endangered on Campus?
• 4 Diversity: How Is the Face of America Changing?
• 5 Race: Does It Still Matter?
• 6 Guns: Can the Second Amendment Survive?
• 7 College Sports: Should Student Athletes Be Paid?
• 8 Marriage: What Does It Mean Today?
• 9 The Environment: Is the Crisis Overblown?
• 10 American Politics: Must We Be Partisan?
• 11 Gender: Do We Need Feminism?
• 12 Our Battered Economy: Is the American Dream Over?
• Acknowledgments
• Index of Authors and Titles
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contancts
• Part One: Language
• Part Two: Speaking and Listening
• Back Cover