The Essentials of Writing: Ten Core Concepts - Softcover

Yagelski, Robert

 
9781337091732: The Essentials of Writing: Ten Core Concepts

Synopsis

THE ESSENTIALS OF WRITING: TEN CORE CONCEPTS is a brief writing guide that teaches you ten core concepts you need to learn to become a sophisticated writer. It also offers you practical advice about analytical and argumentative writing, developing an academic writing style, synthesizing ideas, designing documents, conducting research, and evaluating and documenting sources.

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About the Author

Robert P. Yagelski is associate vice provost and director of the Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry and professor of English education in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. He teaches courses in writing, composition theory and pedagogy, critical pedagogy and qualitative research methods in addition to helping prepare secondary school teachers. Considered a leading voice in composition theory, Dr. Yagelski is widely published in the major journals in the field. He is former director of the Capital District Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, and former director of the SUNY-Albany Writing Center. He earned his Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition from The Ohio State University.

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