The College Handbook of Creative Writing


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Hone your creative writing skills with this best-selling, portable little handbook! Ideal for all levels of writing from introductory to advanced, THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING, Fourth Edition, covers all the necessary fundamentals for creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Exploring theme, setting, characters, plot, point of view, tone, style, description, dialogue, thoughts, time, images, and sounds, the handbook includes contemporary and classic selections that serve as writing models, as well as end-of-chapter exercises and writing suggestions that help you practice fundamental writing skills. A glossary of literary terms and a bibliography complete this concise book. This edition includes updated selections, more examples, revised exercises, and a revised Chapter 14, "Writing as a Career."




Visual Storytelling


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DVD-ROM contains: Interactive modules that illustrate concepts discussed in the text.




Understanding Arguments


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Cengage Advantage Books: American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition


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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: BRIEF EDITION, 2016-2017, shows you how easily and effectively you can participate in the political process. New features, up-to-date political news and analysis, and a great price make this text a top seller. Praised for its succinct format, balanced coverage, clarity, and readability, this book examines all the key concepts of American government, while providing interesting student-oriented features that further convey what active citizenship means. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.




Cengage Advantage Books: Pocketful of Plays


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A new addition to David Madden's POCKETFUL series (including titles in fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay), this chronologically arranged anthology contains a number of classic longer plays as well as four one-act plays, included to create a mini one-act anthology, spanning a range of time. Because one-acts plays are shorter, they are easier to teach in a shorter time period, making this a real benefit for this anthology. Rather than annotations, the author has included a question set specific to one-act plays to be used as guidance throughout reading. The plays will be accompanied by critical source material that will help students understand the playwright and/or play. This source material will include the playwright's notes and/or a review of a specific production of the play. Priced to be affordably packaged with two or even three other volumes, each book in the POCKETFUL series can also be used separately.







Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law: Text and Exercises


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Concise and user-friendly, BUSINESS LAW: TEXT AND EXERCISES captures basic business law in a straightforward, practical manner. As part of the Cengage Advantage book collection, this paperback book offers students and teachers one of the most cost-effective and efficient choices for the business law survey course. This revised Sixth Edition is designed to help students master the legal concepts and doctrines presented, and to give them experience in applying basic legal principles to common business situations. Hypothetical examples are used for illustration rather than real court cases. With this proven formula for success, BUSINESS LAW: TEXT AND EXERCISES continues to be the most approachable and practical text for the course. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.




Cengage Advantage Books: Ideas & Details


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IDEAS & DETAILS: A GUIDE TO COLLEGE WRITING, Eighth Edition, offers a simple and straightforward approach to the essentials of writing papers--from research and style to grammar and mechanics--to show students how detailed writing strategies can help them succeed in any course. In this brief writing guide, students will also discover timely professional essays, a balance of short and long assignments, and over one hundred brain teasers that provide students with invention strategies to stimulate creativity. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.