Download or read book Reading and Writing about Contemporary Issues written by Kathleen T. McWhorter and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The third edition of Reading and Writing About Contemporary Issues offers an integrated approach to reading and writing, using a handbook for reference and instruction followed by readings for analysis and writing. The nonfiction readings are organized into units that focus on contemporary issues. Chosen to interest and motivate students, they are drawn from books, textbooks, periodicals, popular magazines, newspapers, Web sites, and Internet sources with the objective of providing stimulating and challenging readings that enable students to apply reading and critical-thinking skills and respond to text through writing. The book also offers a casebook of readings on the topic of artificial intelligence and a brief skill refresher review of grammar and correctness"--