The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching (with 2016 MLA Update Card) (2015) - Softcover

VanderMey, Randall; Van Rys, John; Sebranek, Patrick; Meyer, Verne

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9781337284547: The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching (with 2016 MLA Update Card) (2015)

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ISBN 10: 1337284548 ISBN 13: 9781337284547

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2016

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Combining streamlined instruction in the writing process with an accessible style, THE COLLEGE WRITER is your all-in-one writing resource. Throughout the text, samples of student and professional writing in different disciplines and from different career paths highlight important features of effective writing, help you craft papers for all of your courses. Learning Outcomes in each chapter show you the key concepts you'll be expected to know. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

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"I appreciated most the rhetorical approach your team has taken and the efforts you are making to deliver a 21st century writing resource that functions across the disciplines . . . Your team has clearly thought through what our writers need to be successful as communicators."

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About the Author:

Randall VanderMey (Ph.D. University of Iowa, M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop, M.A. University of Pennsylvania) is an associate professor in the Department of English at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He also has taught composition, literature, and technical writing at Iowa State University, Dordt College, and the University of Iowa. He is a contributing editor and creative consultant for Write Source. Dr. VanderMey has received numerous fellowships, grants, and awards for his teaching and poetry. He has published two books of poems, GROWING SOUL: A SONG CYCLE, GOD TALK, and CHARM SCHOOL: FIVE WOMEN OF THE ODYSSEY, as well as a commissioned biography, MERIZON: THE GREAT JOURNEY.

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