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Over ten years as a popular college writing instructor led to this "ultimate step-by-step guidebook to the writing process and effective composition." Clear, unique, entertaining explanations, abundant examples, and effective exercises make essential writing skills and concepts easily acquired.

Rather than imitating the formal and often theoretical style of typical textbooks, a concise and casual writing style bring learning down to a practical level and make the learning experience highly effective and enjoyable.  

By Shaun Roundy, MA

Contents:

Part One: The Writing Process

Prewriting, Drafting, Revision, Editing

Part Two: Purpose & Audience

Purpose, Audience, The Writing Spectrum, Cooperative Readers, Presentation

Part Three: Content

Introductions, Body, Bombproof, Logos (Assertions, To Think or not to Think, Evidence, Logical Fallacies), Pathos (Humor), Ethos, Conclusions

Part Six: Academic Writing

Part Six:Persuasion

Purpose & Audience, Purpose Statement, Significance, Values, Barriers, Solutions

Part Seven: Show not Tell

Abstractions, Concrete Details, Sensory Details, Dialogue

Part Eight: Contrast

Rhythm (Sounds, Word Sounds, Sentence Variety, Paragraph Length, Pace, Alliteration, Repetition, Parallel Constructs), Comparison (Similiar, Dissimilar, Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Comparison Continuum, Extended Comparison), Contrast, Contrasting Tone, Break the Rules

Part Nine: Gathering Data

Primary Research (Interviews, Surveys, Open-Ended Questions, Closed-Ended Questions), Secondary Research

Part Ten: Incorporating Sources

Quote, Paraphrase, Restate, MLA, APA

Part Eleven: Critical Thinking

Thinking & Writing, Critical Thinking Definitions, Why Think Critically?, What About Feelings?, How Do You Know?, How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills, The Creative Process

Part Thirteen: Computer Basics

Saving, Editing, Email & Attachments, Surfing the Web, Building Web Pages, Repairing Disks

Credits, Comments & Additional Resources

Part Fifteen: Student Papers

Narrative/Descriptive, Informative, Persuasive Examples

The Perfect Gift

The Art & Craft of Writing

An American in China: starting over

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