The Longwood guide to writing. /
Ronald F. Lunsford and Bill Bridges.
- 3rd ed.
- New York: Pearson Education, c2005.
- xxvii, 695 p.: ill.; 23cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Strategies for the writing process: Invention: finding something to say -- Shaping an essay -- Revising -- Responding to readings -- Writing occasions: Personal essays -- Information essays -- Essays about and from literature -- Evaluation essays -- Position essays -- Persuasion essays -- Problem/solution essays -- Research: Researching and writing -- Special presentations: Oral presentations -- Essay examinations -- Preparing for publication: Basic grammar -- Local revisions -- Common grammatical problems -- Punctuation, spelling, and manuscript mechanics.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.