A Short Guide to College Writing (Penguin Academics Series) - Softcover

Barnet, Sylvan; Bellanca, Pat; Stubbs, Marcia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321224698 ISBN 13: 9780321224699

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

One of the high-quality, low-priced entries in Longman¿s Penguin Academic Series, A Short Guide to College Writing is a clear, graceful, authoritative brief rhetoric focused on academic writing. Engagingly written by a well-known author team, A Short Guide to College Writing offers practical advice on writing college essays from the beginning of the process to the end. The student can turn to this book for advice about matters large and small―choosing a topic, writing an analysis, constructing a paragraph, using and documenting sources, punctuating a quotation. Instructors can suggest chapters for students to consult in revising a draft, editing a revision, or preparing a final copy. Although discussion and examples of description and narration are included, the emphasis is on analysis, argument, and research. Students are taught the essential skills for effective college writing―skills they will need when writing for a first-year composition course, or for an art history course or cultural studies seminar.

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Synopsis

One of the high-quality, low-priced entries in Longman's Penguin Academics Series, A Short Guide to College Writing is a clear and authoritative brief rhetoric that emphasizes analysis, argument, and research in academic writing. Engagingly written by a well-known author team, A Short Guide to College Writing offers practical advice on writing college essays from the beginning of the process to the end. Students can turn to this book for advice about matters large and small--choosing a topic, writing an analysis, constructing a paragraph, using and documenting sources, and punctuating a quotation. Instructors can suggest chapters for students to consult in revising a draft, editing a revision, or preparing a final copy. Although discussion and examples of description and narration are included, the emphasis is on analysis, argument, and research. Students are taught the essential skills for effective college writing--skills they will need when writing for a first-year composition course, or for any other college-level course.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321224698
• ISBN 13: 9780321224699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384