Working Writer, The, with 2001 APA Guidelines - Softcover

Fulwiler EMERITUS, Toby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130492906 ISBN 13: 9780130492906

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

For first-year rhetoric and composition, and other writing courses where an in-depth look at the writing process is important.

Written in a friendly writer-to-writer tone, this brief, no-nonsense, non-threatening, process-oriented rhetoric helps students improve their writing abilities by showing them that writing well is a matter of making wise choices rather than following formulaic rules. Recognizing that inexperienced writers need to gain confidence in their voices and ideas as much as they need practice in the technical requirements of good writing, the text focuses on rhetorical issues of audience, purpose and voice as well as on strategies for starting, researching (field, library, and Internet), revising, editing, and publishing writing―with detailed information on six types of essays. An abundance of student writing samples illustrates each step of the writing process, and brief student interviews breathe life and authenticity into every page of the text.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This composition rhetoric presents a process approach to the teaching of writing, examining the different but overlapping stages of writing―planning, drafting, researching, revising, and editing. The text also addresses rhetorical issues of audience, purpose, and voice as well as the details of field, library, and Internet research―with particular attention to evaluating sources. The Working Writer was written to help students vain confidence in their voices and ideas as well as practice the technical requirements of writing well.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• A separate chapter on evaluating sources
• An entire chapter on creative nonfiction―allowing students to profit; from writing in lively experimental forms and styles
• Three previous chapters on audience, purpose, and voice now combined in one to shaven their focus
• Updated information on using and documenting electronic sources

OTHER FEATURES:

• Illustrates many examples of student writing throughout
• Emphasizes revision
• Includes a whale chapter on using journals
• Presents the research process early as a natural part, of the writing process

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130492906
• ISBN 13: 9780130492906
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416