An outstanding collection of brief essays providing high-interest models of the rhetorical modes, along with beautifully written instruction that demonstrates its own lessons about good writing.The Norton Sampler is a rhetorically arranged short-essay reader that provides models and guidelines for writing description, narration, and all the other modes of discourse. The readings are brief, reflecting the length of the essays students are required to write. From classic texts by writers such as Annie Dillard and E. B. White, to contemporary texts from writers like Barack Obama and Marjorie AgosÃn, The Norton Sampler includes a range of readings that will delight teachers and engage students. Texts from a range of everyday mediaâ€”from billboards to coffee mugsâ€”demonstrate that the rhetorical modes play an important role in all the writing and reading that we do. Now with enough writing instruction that students will not need a separate rhetoric.

The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

Literature & Fiction

Cooley, Thomas

Essays & Correspondence

Norton

A trusted collection of short essays arranged by rhetorical mode―with charming, practical writing instruction.With 71 readings (half new to this edition), well-written writing instruction (including templates to help students get started), and new navigation features that make it very easy to use, The Norton Sampler is a rhetorically arranged reader that practices what it preaches about good writing.The Little Seagull Handbook offers the kind of succinct advice students need about grammar, punctuation, documentation, and the writing process―an in addition, it covers the kinds of writing they are most often assigned―reports, analyses, narratives, and more. The second edition includes unique help for students whose primary language is not English. Available in two versions―with and without exercises.

The Norton Sampler and The Little Seagull Handbook

Reference

Bullock, Richard

Brody, Michal

Weinberg,Francine

Words, Language & Grammar

W.W.Norton&Company

The Norton Sampler and The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises

The perfect balance of readings and writing instruction
The reader and writing guide that helps developing writers succeed using engaging essays and practical writing instruction. Back to the Lake presents reading and writing strategies together using marginal annotations to show the connections. Readings―arranged by strategy and written by classic, contemporary, and student writers―are balanced with writing advice. Now with new readings―including ones debating the value of “grit”―new advice on reading critically, and a new chapter on editing sentences.

Back to the Lake

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

The perfect balance of readings and writing instruction for the AP® Language and Composition course This reader and writing guide supports AP® Language and Composition students using engaging essays and practical writing instruction. Back to the Lake helps students understand rhetorical situations, develop claims, guide arguments with clear organization, and make strategic stylistic choices. The book presents reading and writing strategies together using marginal annotations to show the connections. Readings―arranged by method of development and written by classic, contemporary, and student writers–are balanced with writing advice. AP® is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

This is a preassembled package of Back to the Lake (978-0-393-42072-2) and The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises and an access card for the ebook of The Little Seagull Handbook and InQuizitive for Writers (978-0-393-64639-9). Back to the Lake is the reader and writing guide that helps developing writers succeed and, here, comes with The Little Seagull Handbook, the affordable, easy-to-use handbook focusing on the specific kinds of writing students are assigned to do.

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An engaging collection of 65 short essays organized by the writing strategies all writers use: narration, description, comparison, and more. Readings on diverse experiences and perspectives make The Norton Sampler a book students will enjoy reading--and will learn from. One-third of the readings are new--including a thematic cluster "Whose Stories Get Heard--and Why Does It Matter?," and the Tenth Edition includes new support for building strong reading strategies.

The Norton Sampler

This is a preassembled package of The Norton Sampler (978-0-393-60291-3), The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises (978-0-393-60264-7). The trusted and engaging collection of 65 short essays has just enough practical instruction on how to write an essay and comes with the small, easy to use, and affordable Little Seagull Handbook, which covers the specific kinds of writing students are assigned to do.

The Norton Sampler, 9e + The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 3e

Product Description 
This is a preassembled package of 
The Norton Sampler (978-0-393-60291-3), 
The Little Seagull Handbook (978-0-393-60263-0), and an access card for 
The Norton Sampler ebook (978-0-393-65558-2). The trusted and engaging collection of 65 short essays has just enough practical instruction on how to write an essay and comes with the small, easy to use, and affordable 
Little Seagull Handbook, which covers the specific kinds of writing students are assigned to do. 
 About the Author 
Thomas Cooley is Emeritus Professor of English at The Ohio State University. He is the author of articles and books on American literature, including 
The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America and 
Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America. He is also the editor of 
Back to the Lake, The Norton Sampler, and other textbooks in rhetoric and composition.\nRichard Bullock is emeritus professor of English at Wright State University, where he directed the writing programs for 28 years and designed the university's writing across the curriculum program and Introduction to College Writing Workshop. In 2012, he was awarded the Trustees' Award for Faculty Excellence, Wright State's highest honor. In addition to 
The Norton Field Guide to Writing, he is a coauthor of 
The Little Seagull Handbook.\nMichal Brody is a linguist, independent scholar, and lecturer. She was a founding faculty member of the Universidad de Oriente in Yucatán, Mexico. Her scholarly work centers on language pedagogy and politics in the United States and Mexico. She’s the author (with Keith Walters) of 
What’s Language Got to Do with It? and coauthor (with Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg) of 
The Little Seagull Handbook, and the editor of the 
Everyone’s an Author Tumblr site and 
They Say / I Blog.\nFrancine Weinberg is an author and editor who has worked for more than 30 years on college and high school English textbooks. She is the author of the handbook in 
The Norton Field Guide to Writing and a coauthor of 
The Little Seagull Handbook.

The Norton Sampler, 9e with access card + The Little Seagull Handbook, 3e

This is a preassembled package of The Norton Sampler (978-0-393-60291-3), The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises (978-0-393-60264-7), and an access card for The Norton Sampler ebook (978-0-393-65558-2). The trusted and engaging collection of 65 short essays has just enough practical instruction on how to write an essay and comes with the small, easy to use, and affordable Little Seagull Handbook, which covers the specific kinds of writing students are assigned to do.

The Norton Sampler, 9e with access card + The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 3e

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The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

The Norton Sampler and The Little Seagull Handbook

The Norton Sampler and The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises

Back to the Lake

Back to the Lake

Back to the Lake, 4e with media access registration card + The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 3e with access card

The Norton Sampler

The Norton Sampler, 9e + The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 3e

The Norton Sampler, 9e with access card + The Little Seagull Handbook, 3e

The Norton Sampler, 9e with access card + The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 3e