Reader's Choice, Canadian Edition, 7th edition

Reader’s Choice contains a diverse selection of contemporary and journalistic pieces interspersed with classic essays to inspire students’ thinking and writing. Each chapter discusses in detail a single rhetorical technique, followed by professional readings that demonstrate the use of that particular technique. Questions following each reading are designed to guide students from a literal understanding of the piece to interpretation, and finally to critical analysis.

          The seventh Canadian edition has been updated for a greater emphasis on critical thinking, expanded coverage of documentation, and reading and writing checklists for each rhetorical mode. It also contains 19 new essays on current and relevant topics such as Facebook, anti-gay bullying, and the appeal of crime thrillers.

Effective Chapter Organization

• Each chapter covers a single rhetorical technique
• Introduced with a student paragraph and a student essay, including annotations and underlining
• Explained in six sections that move from the effect of this technique in daily life to its integral role in the writing process
• Each reading selection contains pre-reading information including author biography, preparing to read introduction, as well as reading critically footnotes
• Each reading ends with questions designed as guides for thinking about the essay including Understanding Details, Analyzing Meaning, Discovering Rhetorical Strategies, Making Connections, and Ideas for Discussion/Writing

Current and Relevant Readings cover topics such as Facebook, anti-gay bullying, the appeal of crime thrillers, the development of classic video games, and fat acceptance.

• 19 new readings
• Contains a diverse selection of contemporary and journalistic pieces interspersed with classic essays
• New pieces from Lisa Moore, K’Naan, Jowi Taylor, Irshad Manji and others
• Selections reflect a diversity of perspectives from “My Parents Killed Santa,” about Dakshana Bascaramurty’s efforts to persuade her Hindu parents to celebrate Christmas, to Jennie Guy’s “Newfoundland Cooking”
• New readings come from a variety of sources, including The New Yorker, The Globe and Mail, Geist, Maisoneuve, Geez Magazine, Queen’s Quarterly, as well as books, regional publications, and organization websites

Critical Thinking emphasis to improve student thinking, reading, and writing

• New material on critical thinking added to the Introduction to better define the goals of this book. This also requires students to read critically and think critically so that they can apply what they learn to their writing.
• 3 new readings in the Introduction on critical thinking from Chapter 2: What Exactly is Critical Thinking? in the US 9^th edition

MyCanadianCompLab integrates the market-leading resources for writing, grammar, and research with an online composing space. It also includes guidelines, tutorials, material on avoiding plagiarism, and content on evaluating resources.

• eText with icons linking out to online resources such as videos, tutorials, writing samples, and audio clips
• Instructor-led eText allowing you to customize the eText with your own highlights and notes.
• Self-grading quizzes and writing activities allow students to practise the material
• Writing Samples provide examples of different types of writing and different documentation styles
• Videos illustrate aspects of the writing process through scenarios, or provide grammar and editing tutorials through onscreen revision
• An online composing space includes tools such as writing tips, editing FAQs, and EBSCO’s ContentSelect (a database of articles for research and reference)
• The commenting functionality allows instructors and peers to comment on student work
• The Portfolio feature allows students to create e-portfolios of their work and export them to PDF or HTML for future use
• The To Do section enables instructors to easily create and deliver assignments online and keeps students on track
• A Gradebook captures student grades from the self-grading aspects of the site, allowing instructors to quickly assess student progress
• The Resource library can be used to create Customized Study Plans
• 50 NEW grammar exercises on Tone & Figurative Language and Italics and Quotation Marks (MLA 2009)
• Over 50 NEW Grammar Applyexercises
• All APA and MLA material updated

• MyCanadianCompLab
• Reading and writing checklists for each rhetorical mode now appear at the end of each chapter in a more visually appealing format

NEW Readings

• 19 new readings
• Contains a diverse selection of contemporary and journalistic pieces interspersed with classic essays
• Cover current and relevant topics such as Facebook, anti-gay bullying, the appeal of crime thrillers, the development of classic video games, and fat acceptance
• New pieces from Lisa Moore, K’Naan, Jowi Taylor, Irshad Manji and others
• Selections reflect a diversity of perspectives from “My Parents Killed Santa,” about Dakshana Bascaramurty’s efforts to persuade her Hindu parents to celebrate Christmas, to Jennie Guy’s “Newfoundland Cooking”
• New readings come from a variety of sources, including The New Yorker, The Globe and Mail, Geist, Maisoneuve, Geez Magazine, Queen’s Quarterly, as well as books, regional publications, and organization websites

• New material on critical thinking added to the Introduction to better define the goals of this book and to get students to read critically and think critically so that they can apply what they learn to their writing.
• 3 new readings in the Introduction on critical thinking

 EXPANDED coverage of documentation

• Chapter 10 on documented essays contains NEW information on writing a research essay including:

• Finding reliable, relevant, and recent sources
• Incorporating quotes and paraphrases
• Documenting Sources

• Two readings in Chapter 10 that highlight the student research process
• New section on "Reading and Writing from Sources" available in Pearson Custom Library, which addresses this market's need to teach students to better source material (online or otherwise), avoid plagiarism, and document the sources for their essays.

STREAMLINED content to improve readability

• Removed photos and photo-exercises
• Revised footnotes to remove unnecessary notes and add important explanations
• Revised introductory sections are more concise
• In Review bulleted point sections