The college writer :
The college writer : a guide to thinking, writing, and researching /
John Van Rys... [et al.].
- 6th edition.
- Boston : Cengage Learning, c2018
- xxxii, 688 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 c.
Includes index
I. Rhetoric: a college students guide to writing -- Critical thinking through reading, viewing, and writing -- Beginning the writing process -- Planning -- Drafting -- Revising -- Editing and proofreading -- Submitting writing and creating portfolios -- One writer's process -- II. Reader: strategies and samples -- Forms of college writing -- Narration, description, and reflection -- Analytical writing -- Definition -- Classification -- Process -- Comparison and contrast -- Cause and effect -- Reading literature: a case study in analysis -- Persuasive reading -- Strategies for argumentation and persuasion -- Arguing for positions, actions, and solutions -- Bonus online chapters -- Taking essay tests -- Writing for the workplace -- Preparing oral presentations -- Writing for the web -- III. Research and writing -- Getting started: from planning research to evaluating resources -- Conducting research: primary, library, web -- Building credibility: avoiding plagiarism -- drafting papers with documented research -- MLA style -- APA style -- III. Handbook -- Understanding grammar -- Constructing sentences -- Avoiding sentences errors -- Marking punctuation -- Checking mechanics -- Using the right word -- Multilingual and ESL guidelines.
9781305958067 9781305959095 (loose-leaf edition)
2016950501
English language--Rhetoric.
Report writing.
PE1408 / .C54367 2018
Includes index
I. Rhetoric: a college students guide to writing -- Critical thinking through reading, viewing, and writing -- Beginning the writing process -- Planning -- Drafting -- Revising -- Editing and proofreading -- Submitting writing and creating portfolios -- One writer's process -- II. Reader: strategies and samples -- Forms of college writing -- Narration, description, and reflection -- Analytical writing -- Definition -- Classification -- Process -- Comparison and contrast -- Cause and effect -- Reading literature: a case study in analysis -- Persuasive reading -- Strategies for argumentation and persuasion -- Arguing for positions, actions, and solutions -- Bonus online chapters -- Taking essay tests -- Writing for the workplace -- Preparing oral presentations -- Writing for the web -- III. Research and writing -- Getting started: from planning research to evaluating resources -- Conducting research: primary, library, web -- Building credibility: avoiding plagiarism -- drafting papers with documented research -- MLA style -- APA style -- III. Handbook -- Understanding grammar -- Constructing sentences -- Avoiding sentences errors -- Marking punctuation -- Checking mechanics -- Using the right word -- Multilingual and ESL guidelines.
9781305958067 9781305959095 (loose-leaf edition)
2016950501
English language--Rhetoric.
Report writing.
PE1408 / .C54367 2018