TUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS
• Samples of annotated pages, entries in journals, and 25 es- says by students. To prompt students to respond to the works of
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literature in this book and then to think and write critically about their responses, we include not only a chapter devoted to the concepts of getting ideas and revising them by means of writing (Chapter 3), but also examples of annotated pages, entries in jour- nals, and twenty-five essays by students (some with the student’s preliminary journal entries, some with our marginal comments, some with our analytic comments appended to the essays, and some with questions that ask the reader to evaluate the strengths or weaknesses of the essays).
• Explorative questions. About a third of the selections in the book are equipped with questions intended to help draw atten- tion to matters that deserve careful thinking. Most of these ques- tions are in effect invitations to write argumentative essays, not mere paragraphs or descriptions.
• Material about argument. In addition to furnishing “Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing” that raise issues for argument, our apparatus emphasizes that students, in their essays,must advance a thesis and support it with evidence, rather than merely provide re- ports of their responses.
• Critical perspectives. A chapter on “Critical Approaches,” sketch- ing such approaches as reader-response criticism and the New Historicism, will help students develop a repertoire of points of view.
• Glossary. Literary terms, defined and discussed throughout the text, are concisely defined in a convenient glossary at the end of the book, with page references to fuller discussions.
• Manuscript form. An appendix includes pages on the format of an essay—for example, margins, capitalization in a title, and so on.
• Research and Internet resources. An Appendix gives informa- tion on doing research and presenting findings in a documented es- say (MLA style).
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS
For qualified adopters:
MyLiteratureLab.com is a Web-based, state-of-the-art, interactive learn- ing system designed to enhance introductory literature courses. It adds a whole new dimension to the study of literature with Longman Lectures—evocative, richly illustrated audio readings along with advice on how to read, interpret, and write about literary works from our own
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roster of Longman authors.This powerful program also features Diagnos- tic Tests, Interactive Readings with clickable prompts, student sample pa- pers, Literature Timelines,Avoiding Plagiarism and research tools. MyLite- ratureLab.com can be delivered within course management systems enabling instructors to administer their entire course online.
