Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers - Softcover

Kennedy, Mary Lynch; Kennedy, William J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0139708723 ISBN 13: 9780139708725

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1990

Synopsis

This combination rhetoric/anthology shows readers how to read academic volumes effectively and how to use them as sources for papers in a variety of disciplines. Throughout, readers learn how to work individually and collaboratively as they move through the entire process of writing from sources?from reading the original source to planning, drafting and revising essays. The rhetoric section teaches readers the fundamental strategies for all phases of academic writing?critical reading, paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, organizing, drafting, revising, editing, synthesizing, analyzing, researching, and developing arguments. The anthology section offers engaging reading selections that introduce readers to the issues and the methods of study in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and that serve as idea banks for their writing assignments. For individuals interested in a comprehensive treatment of academic writing.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers, Fifth Edition, provides an anthology of readings that represents various rhetorical approaches across academic disciplines such as humanities, the natural sciences and technology, and the social sciences.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• New selections, featuring exciting and often controversial articles on topics ranging from cloning to saving endangered species to security in the wake of September 11th to the changing American family.
• All new suites of articles dedicated to current topics such as "Rethinking School" and "Religion and Identity."
• Many collaborative activities are offered to facilitate group work and strategies for learning through interaction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0139708723
• ISBN 13: 9780139708725
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Editor: Smith Hadley M.