Encounters Readings and the World Author:Pat C. Hoy II, Robert DiYanni This groundbreaking essay anthology for freshman writing courses offers a full range of essays, from informal, familiar essays that explore ideas, to more direct, argumentative essays, where meaning is more explicit. Encounters explores a spectrum of essays, by students and professional writers, and even includes visual images which sti... more »mulate thought, evoke feeling, and serve as springboards for writing. The essays teach students about possibilities in writing, and the choices open to them as writers.
Student writers at work -- drafting and revising essays; "The Voice of the Looking Glass", Maile Meloy; finding a dog not lost in "Looking for a Lost Dog", Robynn Stacey Maines; a spectrum of student writing: familiar/exploratory essays; analytical argumentative essays; combination essays; a spectrum of professional writing: two professional writers; related student essays; student essays based on Kingston's "On Discovery"; student research essays based on the work of E.B. White; artworks« less