The Norton Sampler

"An engaging collection of 65 short essays organized by the writing strategies all writers use: narration, description, comparison, and more. Organized by rhetorical patterns, readings are 2 - 3 pages long and are written by contemporary authors. From Trevor Noah, Ocean Vuong, and Jesmyn Ward to Amy Tan, Mike Rose, and Martin Luther King Jr., The Norton Sampler offers writing by contemporary & classic authors on topics students want to read about. New readings and thematic clusters on "Whose Stories Get Heard?," social justice, and overcoming adversity make the 10th edition the most inspiring yet. The new Chapter 1, "Reading like a Writer," gives students strategies and examples for reading actively and critically-including innovative new templates for previewing and annotating a text. The Norton Sampler features practical writing instruction, including templates to get students started writing, chapters on developing a thesis and writing paragraphs, and tips for dealing with predictable errors. An appendix provides guidelines for MLA style documentation"--

W. W. Norton & Company is proud to present the Sixth Edition of TheNorton Sampler. As a rhetorically arranged collection of short essaysfor composition, our Sampler echoes the cloth samplers once done incolonial America, presenting the basic patterns of writing for studentsto practice just as schoolchildren once practiced their stitches andABCs on needlework samplers. This new edition shows students thatdescription, narration, and the other patterns of exposition are notjust abstract concepts used in composition classrooms but are in factthe way we think--and write. The Norton Sampler contains 63 carefully chosen readings--classics aswell as more recent pieces, essays along with a few real-worldtexts--all demonstrating how writers use the modes of discourse for manyvaried purposes.

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A wonderful writing companion, THE NORTON SAMPLER, 6TH EDITION, instructs on all types of writing at a prep-college level.

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. The classic reader that has introduced millions of students to the essay as a genre--available in a concise edition.

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.