The Scribner Handbook for Writers - Hardcover

DiYanni, Robert J.; Hoy, Pat C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023298642 ISBN 13: 9780023298646

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1995

Synopsis

Intended for those wishing to improve their writing and communication skills, this work includes chapters on language bias, connotative meaning, paragraph writing and research. It focuses on developing three kinds of writing: explorative, analytical and argumentative.

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Review:

"Scribner does an excellent job of giving students the necessary tools for tackling a large research project."
¿Cherie Castillo, University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley

"...the section on the research paper is very complete and allows the text to be used for a research-writing course in several disciplines."
―Mark DeFoe, West Virginia Wesleyan College

"The sections on the exploratory essay, the analytical essay, and the persuasive essay--with their brief summaries at the end--were extremely well done; the student essays were very helpful."
―Dr. Mary Jane Clerkin, Berkeley College

"...I'm very favorably impressed with the [third] edition. It is current, logical, visually appealing, and supports the materials and methods we use in composition... The book should appeal strongly to visual learners and be inviting to all students."
―Roxanne Munch, Joliet Junior College

"...an up-to-date classic."
―Tamara Andrews, Iowa State University

"...surpasses the Bedford in terms of comprehensiveness and readability."
―William Vaughn, Central Missouri State University

"I found [the chapter] on Incorporating Sources very useful, particularly when trying to discuss plagiarism in positive and constructive ways."
―Dr. Elizabeth Howells, Armstrong Atlantic State University

About the Author:

Robert DiYanni is Director of International Services in the Advanced Placement Program at The College Board. Dr. DiYanni, who holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York, has taught English and Humanities at a variety of institutions, including NYU, CUNY, and Harvard. He has written and edited more than two dozen books, mostly for college students of writing, literature, and humanities.

Pat C. Hoy II directs the Expository Writing Program at New York University where he is a Professor of English. A collection of his essays, Instinct for Survival (1992), was selected as a "Notable" collection in The Best American Essays of the Century (2000). Other books include Reading and Writing Essays and The Scribner Handbook for Writers, 4th ed. (with Robert DiYanni). His essays and reviews have appeared in Agni, Rhetoric Review, Sewanee Review, South Atlantic Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Writing on the Edge. Professor Hoy won the 2003 Writing Award for Non Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0023298642
• ISBN 13: 9780023298646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 886