Author : Sylvan Barnet
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,80 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
One of the high-quality, low-priced entries in Longman's Penguin Academics Series,A Short Guide to College Writingis a clear and authoritative brief rhetoric that emphasizes analysis, argument, and research in academic writing. Brief, high-quality rhetoric with lower price. Drafting, revising, research, documentation. General Interest.
Author : Mary Lynch Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780130210272
This reader provides a firm grounding in academic writing, showing students how to read academic texts and use them as sources for college papers. Offering a broad and comprehensive selection of readings to help students develop their abilities to think critically and reason cogently, it shows them how to work individually and collaboratively as they move through the entire process of writing from sources from reading the original source to planning, drafting and revising essays.
Author : Dean Memering
Publisher :
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN :
This book uses logos, pathos, and ethos in critical thinking, active reading, and persuasive writing. Accessible and stimulating, the versatile manual can be used as a rhetoric, a reader, a guide on research writing, and a guide on style. Through its chapters, users learn to excel at what they say; through our style interchapters users earn to excel at how they say it. Cheating, conservation, race, politics, male/female communication styles, gun control, abortion, same-sex marriage, stem cell research ndash; many diverse and mature readings on these subjects engage readers and writers in analytical thinking and stimulate them to react with thoughtful discussions and compositions. For individuals who want to communicate clearly, argue persuasively, and analyze and evaluate what they read.
Author : Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Creative thinking
ISBN : 9780205119387
The Art of Thinking introduces students to the principles and techniques of critical thinking, taking them step-by-step through the problem-solving process. Emphasizing creative and active thought processes, the author asserts that good thinking and problem-solving is based on learnable strategies. The book's four parts, "Be Aware," "Be Creative," "Be Critical," and "Communicate Your Ideas," present students with a process for solving problems and resolving controversial issues. Discussions of how to evaluate ideas and how to question long-held assumptions or biases help students look at concepts critically. This text can be used in freshman experience courses, freshman composition courses, and a wide array of other courses where instructors want to enhance students' critical thinking skills.
Author : Bruce P. Ballenger
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 39,4 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780205666119
An appealing alternative to traditional research texts,The Curious Researcherstands apart for its motivational tone, its conversational style, and its conviction that research writing can be full of rewarding discoveries. Offering a wide variety of examples from writers, this popular guide shows that good research and lively writing do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN : 9781292120836
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1744 pages
File Size : 22,19 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Computer industry
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 39,69 MB
Release : 2005
Category : College readers
ISBN : 9780536965363
Author : John J. Ruszkiewicz
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
The best-selling Scott Foresman Handbookhas proven again with this edition that it is still the most comprehensive and innovative writing handbook available. Examples of real writers at work gives this book human expression and reinforces key points about writing, style, and mechanics. Readers using The Scott Foresman Handbookwill know what good writing means today and what they will need to know in the future.It incorporates the latest theories and technologies, including civic literacy, visual rhetoric, online research, and service learning and other emerging trends. Topics include the writing process (finding and exploring a topic, focus and organization, drafting and revising, editing and proofreading, and evaluation); writing for academic and public forums; style (crafting opening and closing paragraphs, what kinds of language to use, effective sentences, and stylish sentences); visual design (documents, web sites); grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; research and writing; and documentation.An excellent reference resource for anyone needing to learn effective writing skills, whether for college, business, or other areas.
Author : Alfred F. Rosa
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 2004-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
A compact, easy-to-use guide, The Writer's Brief Handbook offers clear definitions, helpful explanations, and up-to-the-minute research and reference tools--altogether the best concise yet comprehensive reference available for today's student writers. The Writer's Brief Handbook reflects the authors' 35-year collaboration in teaching and writing about writing. Using clear, non-technical language, The Writer's Brief Handbook has gained a reputation for being student-friendly, and the easy-to-use multiple access system provides four different ways for students to diagnose a problem and find an answer, making the text ideal as a stand-alone reference. At a time when both students and instructors are demanding more from their handbooks, The Writer's Brief Handbook delivers!
