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ISBN-10: 0205598706
ISBN-13: 9780205598700
Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 704 pp
Published: 12/31/2007
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Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.
Created by the authors of the best-selling Longman Reader, the text draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments—more than 350 in all.
- Step-by-step coverage of the writing process features a separate chapter on every stage from prewriting through drafting, revising, and editing—and offersstudents opportunities for practice through extensive activities and collaborative exercises.
- One student sample is shown at a different stage of development in every chapter in Part II so that students can see how ideas develop and drafts change shape—and so they can differentiate between revising and editing.
- One annotated student paper in each method-of-development chapter in Part III illustrates decisions student writers make for each rhetorical pattern. Subsequent pages of commentary, analysis, and “before and after” versions of student work are widely praised for helping students see how every decision a writer makes contributes to coherent and clear writing.
- The widely-praised emphasis on purpose, audience, and point of view first appears in the chapter on prewriting and is then reiterated in assignments and commentary throughout the text, helping students to see that writers make decisions based in their writing context.
- A full suite of apparatus includes comprehensive assignment sets accompanying every reading:
o A “Pre-Reading Journal Entry” before each reading and a “Writing Assignment Using a Journal Entry as a Starting Point” after illustrate the reading/ writing connection and the process involved in shaping a piece of writing;
o “Questions for Close Reading” and “Questions About the Writer’s Craft” ensure reading comprehension and rhetorical reading;
o Writing assignments asking students to write an essay using the same pattern(s) as the selection are followed by writing assignments inviting students to mix the methods of development—ensuring that the “modes” are seen as strategies and not ends in themselves.
- Writing in three different real-life writing contexts, "On Campus," "At Home or in the Community," and "On the Job,” is emphasized in the "Assignments with a Specific Purpose, Audience, and Point of View" at the end of each pattern chapter to help students recognize real-life applications of the concepts and skills they learn outside of the academic classroom.
- Thorough instruction, prewriting activities, revising activities, and three professional essays in each pattern-of-development chapter ensure that students receive ample opportunities for practice and models for writing.
- A wide variety of essays includes such classics as Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” along with new and previously unanthologized works in order to appeal to varied student interests and stimulate strong writing on range of topics such as gender, education, race, mass culture, family life, mortality, and others.
- A comprehensive, three-step treatment of the reading process emphasizes the connection between reading and writing, ensuring students see how careful and critical reading can translate into improved writing skills.
- Peer review is emphasized heavily: guidelines are suggested for reacting to colleagues’ work, responding to feedback from peers, and the use of email as a tool to facilitate peer response.
- An exceptionally thorough discussion of argumentation and persuasion includes an easy-to-follow explanation of Toulmin and a chart on refutation strategies to help students understand how to support their claims with reasons and evidence.
- Strategically placed icons throughout the text prompt students to: conduct research in preparation for essay writing (indicated by a computer mouse); make intertextual connections between selections (indicated by a chain link); conduct ethical reading, writing, and research (indicated by the scales of justice); and view a student’s work in progress (indicated by hands at a keyboard).
New Process Diagrams spotlight each step of the writing process, showing students how each stage of composing an essay is integral in crafting an effective piece of writing (Chs 2-9).
New professional selections on timely and interesting topics—including immigration, Hurricane Katrina, free speech, cultural style differences in email, and more—ensure material is engaging for students and fresh for teachers (Chs 10-18).
New Development Diagrams provide an at-a-glance picture of each pattern of development in detail, culling the distinctive features of each type of writing out of the narrative and highlighting key material as a reference tool for students’ quick review (Chs 10-18).
New series of screen shots reproduce steps in the online research process, showing students how to do online searches, sort through results, preview article abstracts, and click through to the full text article in a library catalog, a library subscription service, and a search directory (Ch 19).
Chapter 19 features new guidance on creating and following a research schedule, making the most of students’ online time searching for research sources, and evaluating and using blogs and wikis appropriately in research papers.
New Essay Structure Diagrams outline one professional reading in each method of development chapter to help students learn to recognize how a reading is organized and supported and why specifically the reading exemplifies a particular pattern of development (Chs 10-18).
New full-color Source Samples reproduce pages from books, online periodicals, and articles from a library subscription service and literally point to where in these research sources writers can find the information needed to cite and document correctly in MLA and APA styles (Ch 20).
Newly updated and revised MLA and APA documentation sections contain the latest information on citing online and electronic sources such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts, sources increasingly common in research and yet still tricky to cite (Ch 20).
A new, complete, documented and annotated student essay in MLA format and a new documented and annotated student essay in APA format provide clear models for students on how to state a thesis, introduce sources, use sources to support claims, and draw an original conclusion.
An appendix “A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism” provides students with comprehensive yet brief instruction about what constitutes plagiarism and how following good research, writing, and documentation practices can help them avoid unintentional plagiarism.
I. THE READING PROCESS.
1. Becoming a Strong Reader.
Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection.
Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection.
Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection.
Ellen Goodman, Family Counterculture.
II. THE WRITING PROCESS.
2. Getting Started Through Prewriting.
Observations About the Writing Process.
Use Prewriting to Get Started.
Keep a Journal.
Understand the Boundaries of the Assignment.
Determine Your Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Point of View.
Discover Your Essay's Limited Subject.
Generate Raw Material About Your Limited Subject.
Organize the Raw Material.
Activities: Getting Started Through Prewriting.
3. Identifying a Thesis.
What Is a Thesis?
Finding a Thesis.
Writing an Effective Thesis.
Tone and Point of View.
Implied Pattern of Development.
Including a Plan of Development.
Don't Write a Highly Opinionated Statement.
Don't Make an Announcement.
Don't Make a Factual Statement.
Don't Make a Broad Statement.
Arriving at an Effective Thesis.
Placing the Thesis in an Essay.
Activities: Identifying a Thesis.
4. Supporting the Thesis with Evidence.
What Is Evidence?
How Do You Find Evidence?
How the Patterns of Development Help Generate Evidence.
Characteristics of Evidence.
The Evidence Is Relevant and Unified.
The Evidence Is Specific.
The Evidence Is Adequate.
The Evidence Is Dramatic.
The Evidence Is Accurate.
The Evidence Is Representative.
The Evidence Is Documented.
Activities: Supporting the Thesis with Evidence.
5. Organizing the Evidence.
Use the Patterns of Development.
Select an Organizational Approach.
Chronological Approach.
Spatial Approach.
Emphatic Approach.
Simple-to-Complex Approach.
Prepare an Outline.
Activities: Organizing the Evidence.
6. Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft.
How to Move from Outline to First Draft.
General Suggestions on How to Proceed.
If You Get Bogged Down.
A Suggested Sequence for Writing the First Draft.
Write the Supporting Paragraphs.
Write Other Paragraphs in the Essay's Body.
Write the Introduction.
Write the Conclusion.
Write the Title.
Pulling It All Together.
Sample First Draft.
Harriet Davids, Challenges for Today's Parents.
Activities: Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft.
7. Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development.
Strategies to Make Revision Easier.
Set Your First Draft Aside for a While.
Work from Typed or Printed Text.
Read the Draft Aloud.
View Revision as a Series of Steps
Evaluate and Respond to Instructor Feedback.
Peer Review: An Additional Revision Strategy
Evaluate and Respond to Peer Review
Revising Overall Meaning and Structure.
Revising Paragraph Development.
Sample Student Revision of Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development.
Activities: Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development.
8. Revising Sentences and Words.
Revising Sentences.
Make Sentences Consistent with Your Tone.
Make Sentences Economical.
Vary Sentence Type.
Vary Sentence Length.
Make Sentences Emphatic.
Revising Words.
Make Words Consistent with Your Tone.
Use an Appropriate Level of Diction.
Avoid Words That Overstate or Understate.
Select Words with Appropriate Connotations.
Use Specific Rather Than General Words.
Use Strong Verbs.
Delete Unnecessary Adverbs.
Use Original Figures of Speech.
Avoid Sexist Language.
Sample Student Revision of Sentences and Words.
Activities: Revising Sentences and Words.
9. Editing and Proofreading.
Edit Carefully.
Use the Appropriate Manuscript Format.
Proofread Closely.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Proofreading.
Harriet Davids, Challenges for Today's Parents.
Commentary.
Activities: Editing and Proofreading.
III. THE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT.
10. Description.
What Is Description?
How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Description in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Marie Martinez, Salt Marsh.
Commentary.
Activities: Description.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Description.
*David Helvarg, The Storm this Time.
Maya Angelou, Sister Flowers.
Gordon Parks, Flavio's Home.
Additional Writing Topics: Description.
11. Narration.
What Is Narration?
How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Narration in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Paul Monahan, If Only.
Commentary.
Activities: Narration.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Narration.
George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant.
Audre Lorde, The Fourth of July.
*Charmie Gholson, Charity Display?
Additional Writing Topics: Narration.
12. Illustration.
What Is Illustration?
How Illustration Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Illustration in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Michael Pagano, Pursuit of Possessions.
Commentary.
Activities: Illustration.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Illustration.
Beth Johnson, Bombs Bursting in Air.
Kay S. Hymowitz, Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen.
*Leslie Savan, Black Talk and Pop Culture.
Additional Writing Topics: Illustration.
13. Division-Classification.
What Is Division-Classification?
How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Division-Classification in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Gail Oremland, The Truth about College Teachers.
Commentary.
Activities: Division-Classification.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Division-Classification.
Scott Russell Sanders, The Men We Carry in Our Minds.
*David Brooks, Psst! Human Capital.
William Lutz, Double Speak.
Additional Writing Topics: Division-Classification.
14. Process Analysis.
What Is Process Analysis?
How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Process Analysis in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Robert Barry, Becoming a Videoholic.
Commentary.
Activities: Process Analysis.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Process Analysis.
Diane Cole, Don't Just Stand There.
Clifford Stoll, Cyberschool
*David Shipley, Talk About Editing.
Additional Writing Topics: Process Analysis.
15. Comparison-Contrast.
What Is Comparison-Contrast?
How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Carol Siskin, The Virtues of Growing Older.
Commentary.
Activities: Comparison-Contrast.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Comparison-Contrast.
Toni Morrison, A Slow Walk of Trees.
Patricia Cohen, Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to the Past?
*Eric Weiner, Euromail vs. Amerimail.
Additional Writing Topics: Comparison-Contrast.
16. Cause-Effect.
What Is Cause-Effect?
How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Carl Novack, Americans and Food.
Commentary.
Activities: Cause-Effect.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Cause-Effect.
Steven King, Why We Crave Horror Movies.
*Buzz Bissinger, Innocents Afield.
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space.
Additional Writing Topics: Cause-Effect.
17. Definition.
What Is Definition?
How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Definition in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Laura Chen, Physics in Everyday Life.
Commentary.
Activities: Definition.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Definition.
K. C. Cole, Entropy.
James Gleick, Life as Type A.
*Natalie Angier, The Cute Factor.
Additional Writing Topics: Definition.
18. Argumentation-Persuasion.
What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?
How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience.
Prewriting Strategies.
Strategies for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay.
Revision Strategies.
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision.
Mark Simmons, Compulsory National Service.
Commentary.
Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion.
Prewriting Activities.
Revising Activities.
Professional Selections: Argumentation-Persuasion.
Mary Shelly, In Praise of the Word.
* Stanley Fish, Free Speech Follies.
Debating the Issues: Date Rape.
Camille Paglia, A Bigger Danger than Feminists Know.
Susan Jacoby, Common Decency.
*Debating the Issues: Immigration
*Roberto Rodriguez, The Border On Our Backs.
*Star Parker, Se Habla Entitlement.
Additional Writing Topics: Argumentation-Persuasion.
IV. THE RESEARCH PAPER.
19. Locating, Evaluating, and Integrating Online and Print Sources.
Plan the Research.
Understand the Paper's Boundaries.
Understand Primary versus Secondary Research.
Choose a General Subject.
Prewrite to Limit the General Subject.
Conduct Preliminary Research.
Identify a Working Thesis.
Make a Schedule.
Find Sources in the Library.
The Computerized Catalog.
The Reference Section.
Periodicals.
Use the Internet.
The Internet and the World Wide Web.
What the Web Offers.
The Advantages and Limitations of the Library and the Web.
Using Online Time Efficiently.
Using the Net to Find Materials on Your Topic.
Using Discussion Groups and Blogs.
Using Wikis.
Evaluating Online Materials.
Using Other Online Tools.
Prepare a Working Bibliography.
Take Notes to Support the Thesis with Evidence.
Before Note-Taking: Evaluate Sources.
Before Note-Taking: Refine Your Working Bibliography.
Before Note-Taking: Read Your Sources.
When Note-Taking: What to Select.
When Note-Taking: How to Record Statistics.
When Note-Taking: Recording Information.
When Note-Taking: Photocopies and Printouts.
Kinds of Notes.
Plagiarism.
Combining Notes.
Activities: Selecting a Subject, Using the Library and the Internet, and Taking Notes.
20. Writing the Research Paper.
Refine Your Working Thesis.
Sort Your Notes.
Organize the Evidence by Outlining.
Write the First Draft.
Presenting the Results of Primary Research.
Document Borrowed Material to Avoid Plagiarism: MLA Format.
Indicate Author and Page.
Special Cases of Authorship.
Special Cases of Pagination.
Blending Quotations into Your Text.
Presenting Statistics.
Revise, Edit, and Proofread the First Draft.
Prepare the Works Cited List: MLA Format.
Citing Book Sources.
Citing Periodical Sources.
Citing Electronic Sources.
Citing Other Nonprint Sources.
Brian Courtney, America's Homeless: How the Government Can Help
Document Borrowed Material to Avoid Plagiarism: APA Format.
References List.
Citing Book Sources.
Citing Periodical Sources.
Citing Electronic Sources.
Citing Other Nonprint Sources.
A Note About Other Documentation Systems.
Student Research Paper: MLA-Style Documentation.
Brian Courtney, America's Homeless: How the Government Can Help.
Commentary.
Activities: Writing the Research Paper.
V. THE LITERARY PAPER AND EXAM ESSAY.
21. Writing About Literature.
Elements of Literary Works.
How to Read a Literary Work.
Read to Form a General Impression.
Ask Questions About the Work.
Reread and Annotate.
Modify Your Annotations.
Write the Literary Analysis.
Prewrite.
Identify Your Thesis.
Support the Thesis with Evidence.
Organize the Evidence.
Write the First Draft.
Revise Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development.
Edit and Proofread.
Pulling It All Together.
Read to Form a General Impression.
Langston Hughes, Early Autumn.
Ask Questions about the Work.
Reread and Annotate.
Student Essay.
Karen Vais, Stopping to Talk.
Commentary.
Additional Selections and Writing Assignments.
Robert Frost, Out, Out!
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour.
22. Writing Exam Essays.
Three Forms of Written Answers.
Short Answers.
Paragraph-Length Answers.
Essay-Length Answers.
How to Prepare for Exam Essays.
At the Examination.
Survey of the Entire Test.
Understand the Essay Question.
Write the Essay.
Prewrite.
Identify Your Thesis.
Support the Thesis with Evidence.
Organize the Evidence.
Write the Draft.
Revise, Edit, and Proofread.
Sample Essay Answer.
Commentary.
Activity: Writing Exam Essays.
Appendix: A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
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ISBN-10: 0205505821 | ISBN-13: 9780205505821
Brief Description
Brief Penguin Handbook, The (with Essential Study Card for Grammar and Documentation), 2/E
Faigley
© 2006 | Longman | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 592 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321465148 | ISBN-13: 9780321465146
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The Curious Researcher, 6/E
Ballenger
© 2009 | Longman | Paper; 400 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205666116 | ISBN-13: 9780205666119
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The Curious Writer, Brief Edition (with MyCompLab)
Ballenger
© 2005 | Longman | Paper Bound with PIN; 816 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 032135088X | ISBN-13: 9780321350886
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The Curious Writer, 2/E
Ballenger
© 2008 | Longman | Cloth; 848 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205531466 | ISBN-13: 9780205531462
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Curious Writer, The, Brief Edition, 2/E
Ballenger
© 2008 | Longman | Paper; 768 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205532136 | ISBN-13: 9780205532131
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DK Handbook, The (Book Alone)
Wysocki & Lynch
© 2009 | Longman | Paper; 656 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321420535 | ISBN-13: 9780321420534
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Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, The (Book Alone), 5/E
Anson & Schwegler
© 2008 | Longman | Paper; 976 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205549837 | ISBN-13: 9780205549832
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Longman Writer's Companion with Exercises, The (Book Alone), 4/E
Anson, Schwegler & Muth
© 2008 | Longman | Spiral Bound; 576 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205562531 | ISBN-13: 9780205562534
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Longman Writer's Companion, The (Book Alone), 4/E
Anson, Schwegler & Muth
© 2008 | Longman | Spiral Bound; 544 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205562523 | ISBN-13: 9780205562527
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Longman Writer, The: Rhetoric, Reader, Research Guide, and Handbook, 7/E
Nadell, Langan & Comodromos
© 2009 | Longman | Paper; 768 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205598714 | ISBN-13: 9780205598717
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Longman Writer, The: Rhetoric, Reader, and Research Guide, Brief Edition, 7/E
Nadell, Langan & Comodromos
© 2009 | Longman | Paper; 704 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205598706 | ISBN-13: 9780205598700
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Prentice Hall
© 2008 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136154921 | ISBN-13: 9780136154921
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Pearson
© 2009 | Longman | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205644503 | ISBN-13: 9780205644506
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Brief Description
New Century Handbook, The (Book Alone), 4/E
Hult & Huckin
© 2008 | Longman | Cloth; 1056 pages | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321456378 | ISBN-13: 9780321456373
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With its unique focus on source-based writing and writing across the curriculum, The Academic Writer’s Handbook contains all the features of a traditional handbook combined with the tools students need in order to read, write, and conduct research in the disciplines.
Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.
The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing is widely praised for its groundbreaking integration of composition research and a rhetorical perspective to writing and reading, and it features a flexible sequence of aims-based writing assignments in various academic and civic genres. Teachers and students value its clear and coherent explanations, engaging classroom activities, and effective writing assignments that help writers produce interesting, idea-rich essays. Numerous examples of student and professional writing accompany this thorough guide to the concepts and skills needed for writing, researching, and editing in college and beyond.
The most successful college rhetoric published in over a decade, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing offers the most progressive and teachable introduction now available to academic and personal writing.
The four-color guide offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, numerous examples of student and professional writing, and thorough guides to research and editing. Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the new standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.
Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.
The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing is widely praised for its groundbreaking integration of composition research and a rhetorical perspective to writing and reading, and it features a flexible sequence of aims-based writing assignments in various academic and civic genres. Teachers and students value its clear and coherent explanations, engaging classroom activities, and effective writing assignments that help writers produce interesting, idea-rich essays. Numerous examples of student and professional writing accompany this thorough guide to the concepts and skills needed for writing, researching, and editing in college and beyond.
The most successful college rhetoric published in over a decade, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Brief Edition offers the most progressive and teachable introduction now available to academic and personal writing.
The four-color guide offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, numerous examples of student and professional writing, and a thorough guide to research. Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Brief Edition has set the new standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.
The Brief New Century Handbook with Exercises, Fourth Edition, provides the answers today’s students need as writers and researchers in an electronic age. While offering clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics–writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation–this handbook also shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses. This new version offers exercises at the end of the book - added value for students!
Authors Christine Hult and Tom Huckin bring their expertise in research, computers and writing, grammar, and linguistics and their extensive experience in teaching first-year composition to this remarkable handbook–a handbook that is accessible, flexible, comprehensive, and current, and that speaks to students in today’s language. More than any other handbook, The Brief New Century addresses the primary concerns of composition students: how to understand and avoid plagiarism, how to write for courses beyond English, how to make correct grammatical and stylistic choices, and how to use technology to help them become better writers.
The Brief New Century, Fourth Edition, meets students where they are–as writers and researchers in an electronic age. While providing clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics–writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation–this handbook also shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses.
Authors Christine Hult and Tom Huckin bring their expertise in research, computers and writing, grammar, and linguistics and their extensive experience in teaching first-year composition to this remarkable handbook–a handbook that is accessible, flexible, comprehensive, and current, and that speaks to students in today’s language. More than any other handbook, The Brief New Century addresses the primary concerns of composition students: how to understand and avoid plagiarism, how to write for courses beyond English, how to make correct grammatical and stylistic choices, and how to use technology to help them become better writers.
Now updated with expanded documentation, research, and writing across the curriculum coverage, as well as practice exercises, The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information.
The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus it is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use. With unique visual guides and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years. The Third Edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with complete new chapters on using database and Web sources, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage. New “process guides” for writing for different purposes, a new section on writing across the curriculum, and more student model documents than ever make this Third Edition the best resource for writing yet.
Now updated with expanded documentation, research, and writing across the curriculum coverage, The Brief Penguin Handbook continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information.
The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus it is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use. With unique visual guides and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years. The Third Edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with complete new chapters on using database and Web sources, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage. New “process guides” for writing for different purposes, a new section on writing across the curriculum, and more student model documents than ever make this Third Edition the best resource for writing yet.
Expressly created to engage the visual and technological interests of today’s students, The Brief Penguin Handbook revolutionized the way handbooks present information and ideas.
With a highly visual design, unique coverage of visual rhetoric and visual literacy, superior coverage of technology, and distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, the first edition established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in fifteen years. The second edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with enhanced visual examples and coverage, completely revised and expanded documentation chapters, cutting edge coverage of language issues, and much more.
Featuring an engaging, direct writing style and inquiry-based approach, this popular research guide stresses that curiosity is the best reason for investigating ideas and information.
An appealing alternative to traditional research texts, The Curious Researcher stands 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 student and professional writers, this popular guide shows that good research and lively writing do not have to be mutually exclusive. Students are encouraged to find ways to bring their writing to life, even though they are writing with “facts.” A unique chronological organization sets up achievable writing goals while it provides week-by-week guidance through the research process. Full explanations of the technical aspects of writing and documenting source-based papers help students develop sound research and analysis skills.
This paperback version of The Curious Writer includes all the rhetoric and research material of the hardcover, but does not include the handbook section.
Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab student’s interest and motivate them to write. Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.
The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger is an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing.
Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab student’s interest and motivate them to write. Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.
The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger is an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing.
Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab student’s interest and motivate them to write. Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.
"I would describe The DK Handbook as visually arresting and a breath of fresh air in the market of composition handbooks…I think this text is remarkably suited to today's generation of visual learners." -Joel Henderson, Chattanooga State Technical CC
Transforming student and instructor expectations for textbooks, The DK Handbook presents information in newly accessible, scientifically tested, and student-friendly ways.
Never before seen in the handbook market, The DK Handbook’s design is a true marriage of visual and textual content, in which each topic is presented in self-contained, two-page spreads for at-a-glance referencing. Explanations are concise and “chunked” to be more approachable and appealing for today’s readers, and accompanying visuals truly teach — making concepts and processes visible to students. The ground-breaking layout creates a consistent look and feel that helps students connect with the material, find information, and recognize solutions to writing problems they often don’t have names for.
In planning this new kind of handbook, Longman commissioned an in-depth usability study to learn more about how students use handbooks and where they have difficulties. The results not only informed the handbook's development, they confirmed that The DK Handbook's distinctive presentation is more effective and "useful" than the market-leading handbook.
In addition to the groundbreaking design, The DK Handbook provides the content that students need. With more attention to research–particularly online research–than other handbooks, DK gives students a solid foundation in information literacy. The handbookalso presents grammar and documentation (MLA, APA, CMS and CSE) in new ways that makes the material more accessible, including unique “pattern pages” that help students grasp principles visually.
With strong attention to the rhetorical situation, a visual presentation of the writing process, and usablity tested grammar, research and documentation coverage, The DK Handbook offers all the standard material expected in a handbook, but presents it in a revolutionary format that will motivate students to use their handbook — and help them become better writers and researchers.
The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, Fifth Edition, offers a unique emphasis on writing for different audiences, explores the connection between reading and writing, and presents superior writing across the curriculum coverage, while also providing all the handbook basics.
A comprehensive reference to writing, research, documentation, and grammar, The Longman Handbook explores the differing audiences, purposes, and conventions of various communities of writers and readers, and offers students concrete strategies for adapting their writing to meet varying rhetorical situations. While emphasizing the academic community, The Longman Handbook also explores the genres of writing that students can expect to find in public and workplace communities.
Revised and expanded discussions of writing in the disciplines, different communities’ rhetorical situations, visual argument, researching online, and online writing continue to ensure that students have the practical guidance they need to write effectively in today’s changing environment.
The Longman Writer’s Companion with Exercises offers in-text exercises, a unique emphasis on writing for different audiences, explores the connection between reading and writing, and presents superior writing across the curriculum coverage while also providing all the handbook basics.
A comprehensive reference to writing, research, documentation, and grammar, The Longman Writer’s Companion with Exercises explores the differing audiences, purposes, and conventions of various communities of writers and readers, and offers students concrete strategies for adapting their writing to meet varying rhetorical situations. While emphasizing the academic community, The Longman Writer’s Companion with Exercises also explores the genres of writing that students can expect to find in public and workplace communities.
This new version includes exercises at the end of the text. Revised and expanded discussions of writing in the disciplines, different communities’ rhetorical situations, visual argument, researching online, online writing, and writing assessment continue to ensure that students have the practical guidance they need to write effectively in today’s changing environment.
The Longman Writer’s Companion, Fourth Edition, offers a unique emphasis on writing for different audiences, explores the connection between reading and writing, and presents superior writing across the curriculum coverage while also providing all the handbook basics.
A comprehensive reference to writing, research, documentation, and grammar, The Longman Writer’s Companion explores the differing audiences, purposes, and conventions of various communities of writers and readers, and offers students concrete strategies for adapting their writing to meet varying rhetorical situations. While emphasizing the academic community, The Longman Writer’s Companion also explores the genres of writing that students can expect to find in public and workplace communities.
Revised and expanded discussions of writing in the disciplines, different communities’ rhetorical situations, visual argument, researching online, online writing, and writing assessment continue to ensure that students have the practical guidance they need to write effectively in today’s changing environment.
Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.
Created by the authors of the best-selling Longman Reader, the text draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments–more than 350 in all.
Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.
Created by the authors of the best-selling Longman Reader, the text draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments—more than 350 in all.
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“Built specifically for writers, MyCompLab is an integrated environment that supports all aspects of the composing process.” — Stuart Selber, Associate Professor of English and Director of Composition, Penn State University
The new MyCompLab empowers student writers and facilitates writing instruction by uniquely integrating a composing space and ePortfolio with proven resources and tools. In this revolutionary application, students receive feedback within the context of their own writing–encouraging critical thinking and revision while honing their skills based on individual needs. Administrative features developed specifically for writing instruction bring instructors closer to their student writers, make managing assignments and evaluating papers more efficient, and save instructors time.
Taking the market-leading resources for writing, grammar and research that users have come to identify with the program, the new MyCompLab integrates those resources with an online composing space and new assessment tools. In the easy-to-use composing space, which looks and functions like the most popular word processing programs, resources are available at a student’s fingertips as they research, draft, and revise; students can get the help they need when they need it, without ever leaving their writing environment. All student work in the course can be saved in MyCompLab so instructors are able to access and manage their students’ writing in one place.
In this same space, students can view instructor, peer, and tutor comments on their work, pulling together all the feedback they’ll need to produce better writing. The intuitive commenting functionality of the new MyCompLab will save instructors significant time by allowing them to insert favorite comments and common errors. It also allows instructors to create personalized study plans for students by linking to topics in the Resource library from the student’s own writing.
The Portfolio feature is another key enhancement of the new MyCompLab. With only a few clicks, students create e-portfolios of their work that they can easily share with their instructor, other evaluators, and peers. Students can include multimodal compositions in their portfolios, export them as .html or PDF files, or continue adding to them throughout their college career and beyond.
The To Do section of the new MyCompLab enables instructors to easily create and deliver assignments online and helps keep students on track by listing due dates and assignment details in one place. Another feature to keep everyone on track is the flexible Gradebook. Capturing student grades from self-grading aspects of the site and grades given to writing assignments by the instructor, the Gradebook allows instructors to easily assess student and class progress.
Students can use the new MyCompLab on their own, benefiting from the composing space and its integrated resources, tools, and services with no involvement from the instructor. Instructors can integrate MyCompLab into their traditional or online courses to whatever degree they’d like: from simply using exercises in the Resource section for homework or extra help to delivering their entire course online. An eminently flexible application, MyCompLab can be used in whatever way an instructor finds useful for their course and teaching style.
The New Century, Fourth Edition, provides the answers today's students need as writers and researchers in an electronic age. This handbook shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses, while also providing clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics–writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation.
Authors Christine Hult and Tom Huckin bring their expertise in research, computers and writing, grammar, and linguistics and their extensive experience in teaching first-year composition to this remarkable handbook–a handbook that is accessible, flexible, comprehensive, and current, and that speaks to students in today’s language. More than any other handbook, The New Century addresses the primary concerns of composition students: how to understand and avoid plagiarism, how to write for courses beyond English, how to make correct grammatical and stylistic choices, and how to use technology to help them become better writers.