(eBook PDF) Writing Today 3rd Edition

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product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 032198465X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321984654
• Author:  Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Charles Paine 

Organized by genre–practical for college and career

Accessible to students and flexible for instructors, Writing Today, Third Edition introduces students to the conventions of writing memoirs, profiles, literary analyses, arguments, research papers, and more. Each chapter features a step-by-step process for composing within a given genre, as well as exemplary student and professional readings to promote rhetorical knowledge and critical analysis. The 42 short chapters, the chunked writing style, and visual instruction work to ensure that students will transfer the skills and strategies practiced in your class to their other classes, their lives, and their careers. From its graphic “Quick Start Guides” to its “Write This” prompts, Writing Today challenges students to extend the boundaries of their writing abilities as they practice composing for the real world.

table of contents:

PART 1: GETTING STARTED

1. Writing and Genres
2. Topic, Angle, Purpose
3. Readers, Contexts, and Rhetorical Situations
4. Reading Critically, Thinking Analytically
5. Reflecting Critically, Starting Your Portfolio

PART 2: USING GENRES TO EXPRESS IDEAS

6. Memoirs
7. Profiles
8. Reviews
9. Literary Analyses
10. Rhetorical Analyses
11. Commentaries (Argument)
12. Arguments (Argument)
13. Proposals (Argument)
14. Formal Reports
15. Research Papers

PART 3: DEVELOPING A WRITING PROCESS

16. Inventing Ideas and Prewriting
17. Organizing and Drafting
18. Choosing a Style
19. Designing
20. Revising and Editing

PART 4: STRATEGIES FOR SHAPING IDEAS

21. Developing Paragraphs and Sections
22. Using Basic Rhetorical Patterns
23. Using Argumentative Strategies (Argument)
24. Collaborating and Peer Response

PART 5: DOING RESEARCH

25. Starting Your Research
26. Finding Sources and Collecting Evidence
27. Citing, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Sources
28. Using MLA Style
29. Using APA Style

PART 6: GETTING YOUR IDEAS OUT THERE

30. Writing with Social Networking
31. Succeeding on Written Exams and Assessments
32. Presenting Your Work

PART 7: THEMATIC ANTHOLOGY OF READINGS

33. College and a New Life
34. Identity and Human Nature
35. Culture and Entertainment
36. Place and Environment
37. Health and Safety
38. Science and Technology

PART 8: HANDBOOK

1. Sentences
2. Verbs
3. Pronouns
4. Style
5. Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling

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