This rhetorically arranged reader contains 69 selections (45 essays, 8 stories, 16 paragraphs) representing diverse voices and views from student and professional writers. The extensive apparatus in The Riverside Reader encourages students to view organizational forms not just as techniques for writing, but also as a means of thinking and a way to discover a purpose for writing. Throughout the text, readings progress from simpler to more complex. A thematic unit on the Internet offers eight selections, one for each rhetorical method plus a short story, with cross-references to other essays in book.

This rhetorically arranged reader contains 72 sections (48 essays, 8 stories, 16 paragraphs) representing voices and views from student and professional writers. The Riverside Reader encourages students to view organisational forms not just as techniques for writing, but also as a means of thinking and a way to discover a purpose for writing.

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