The Longman Reader

Widely praised for its superior teaching apparatus and thought-provoking readings, "The Longman Reader" remains the most successful rhetorically organized freshman composition reader. "The Longman Reader, Brief Edition "features highly praised writing pedagogy in a rhetorically-organized reader. The opening chapter offers specific strategies for active reading, and for each pattern-of-development chapter, "The Longman Reader" includes a detailed introduction that asks the reader to consider audience and purpose, concrete revision strategies, a peer review checklist, an annotated student essay with extensive analysis, prewriting and revising activities, and a comprehensive list of possible writing topics.