Mosaics: Reading and Writing Essays, Books a la Carte Plus MyLab Writing with eText -- Access Card Package, 6th Edition

Mosaics illustrates how reading and writing are part of a interrelated process, and encourages students to discover how the “mosaics” of their own reading and writing processes work together to form a coherent whole.

Preface  

Part I         Reading and Writing: An Overview  

  1   Reading and Writing in College  

Why Learn How to Read and Write Well?  

Thinking of Yourself as a Reader and a Writer  

Keeping a Journal  

Reading and Writing in Tandem with Another Student  

  2   The Reading Process  

Visualizing the Reading Process  

The Reading Process  

Sample Reading Assignment  

  3   Reading Critically  

Preparing to Read  

Reading  

First Rereading  

Second Rereading  

  4   The Writing Process  

Visualizing the Writing Process  

The Writing Process  

Writing on a Computer  

Sample Writing Assignment  

  5   Preparing to Write  

Thinking  

Planning  

Writing a Thesis Statement  

6   Writing Effectively  

Developing Body Paragraphs  

Organizing Your Essay  

Writing the Introduction, Conclusion, and Title  

  7   Revising and Editing  

Revising 

Editing  

  8    Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

Reading, Writing, and Thinking in the Disciplines

Writing as a Way of Learning

Different Contexts for Writing

Types of Writing Across the Curriculum

Part II        Reading and Writing Effective Essays  

  9   Describing  

Preparing to Write a Description Essay  

Reading a Description Essay  

Margaret Bourke-White, “Dust Changes America”  

Discovering How This Essay Works  

Writing a Description Essay  

Reading the Prompt  

Thinking About the Prompt  

Guidelines for Writing a Description Essay  

Writing a Draft of Your Essay  

Revising and Editing  

Reading a Student Essay  

Abby Reed, “Grandma&rsqu