Strategies for successful writing :a rhetoric, research guide, reader, and handbook. / James A. Reinking, Robert von der Osten.
Material type: TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2007Edition: 8th edDescription: xx, 795 p.: ill.; 23cmISBN: 0132320282 Subject(s): English language -- RhetoricLOC classification: PE1408.R426 Online resources: Table of contents onlyItem type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Contents: Writing: a first look -- Strategies for successful reading -- Planning and drafting your paper -- Revising and editing your paper -- Naration: Relating events -- Description: presenting impressions -- Process analysis: explaining how -- Illustration: making yourself clear -- Classification: grouping into categories -- Comparison: showing relationships -- Cause and effect: explaining why -- Definition: establishing boundaries -- Argument: convincing others -- Mixing the writing strategies -- Paragraphs -- Effective sentences -- Diction, tone, style -- The Essay -- Writing about literature -- Business letters memos, and resumes -- Documenting sources -- Additional research strategies: interviews, questionnaires, direct observations.
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