About the Book: Patterns Across Cultures: 2nd Edition
Patterns Across Cultures, International Edition Is a Rhetorically Organized
Reader Driven by the Principle That as the World Gets Smaller, Students Should
Be Exposed to a Wide Variety of Cultural Perspectives-both From Within the
United States and From Other Countries. Many of the Reading Selections in the
Text Are by Writers Who Have Never Been Anthologized, Providing an Invigorating
Alternative to Traditional Readers. Post-reading Features for Each Selection,
Including Questions on Authors "Meaning, " "Technique, " and "Language, " Help
Students Examine How the Selection Utilizes Both the Primary Mode and Other
Modes as Well; Calls Out Key Vocabulary Terms;