Critical Reading & Writing for Advanced ESL Students

This text introduces students to the various rhetorical modes and methods of expository writing needed in college and in the business world.
-- Helps students analyze material, synthesize their findings, and propose new ideas.
-- Explores strategies for prewriting, creating thesis statements, developing supporting information, and formulating conclusions.
-- Features a wide range of readings (essays, articles, short stories, and poetry) by professional authors on high-interest topics for critical analysis, comparison, discussion, and writing.