Let's Talk...
A Pocket Rhetoric
by Andrea A. Lunsford
2nd Edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781324101345 |
| eText ISBN | 9781324101369 |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publishing Year | 2025 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 688 |
Let's Talk...: A Pocket Rhetoric, 2nd Edition, written by Andrea A. Lunsford and published by W. W. Norton & Company, is a rhetoric textbook designed for academic communication. The volume assists college students in building habits for respectful engagement, attentive listening, and rhetorical thinking.
The material covers critical reading strategies to help students engage with complex texts while distinguishing verifiable facts from misinformation and deliberate lies. High-level coverage spans core composition processes, including arguing, analyzing, summarizing, synthesizing, narrating, reviewing, and creating multimodal projects. Spoken formats are also integrated, addressing constructive conversation techniques, oral presentations, and podcast creation.
To complement the core text, the interactive ebook incorporates over 30 embedded video overviews directly from the author alongside interactive animated tutorials. These digital tools provide practical instructional practice for college students, instructors, researchers, and writers working through communication tasks.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Listening
Chapter 2: Thinking Rhetorically
Chapter 3: Engaging Respectfully with Others
Chapter 4: The Role of Argument in Our Lives
Chapter 5: Developing Academic Habits of Mind
Chapter 6: Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
Chapter 7: Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies
Chapter 8: Writing Processes
Chapter 9: Arguing
Chapter 10: Analyzing
Chapter 11: Summarizing & Responding
Chapter 12: Synthesizing & Reporting
Chapter 13: Narrating
Chapter 14: Reviewing
Chapter 15: Writing in Multiple Modes
Chapter 16: Starting with Questions, Finding Sources
Chapter 17: Evaluating Sources, Checking Facts
Chapter 18: Building an Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 19: Synthesizing Ideas
Chapter 20: Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
Chapter 21: Giving Credit, Using Sources Ethically
Chapter 22: MLA Style
Chapter 23: APA Style
Chapter 24: Getting & Keeping Attention
Chapter 25: Writing Great Sentences
Chapter 26: Mixing Languages & Dialects
Chapter 27: Designing What You Write
Chapter 28: Using Visuals
Chapter 29: The Need for Conversation
Chapter 30: Let’s Chat: Using AI Carefully & Ethically
Chapter 31: Presentations & Podcasts
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