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Elements of Style

Elements of Style more books like this

by William Strunk, Jr.

You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to retain the book's unique tone, wit, and charm. A new Glossary of the grammatical terms used in the ...

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Writers Reference

Writers Reference more books like this

by Diana Hacker

This handbook covers such topics as composing and revising, effective sentences, word choice, trouble spots and spelling. A new section on document design is included in this edition. Research chapters feature a new unit on using the library that covers databases.

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The Little, Brown Handbook

The Little, Brown Handbook more books like this

by H Ramsey Fowler

KEY BENEFIT:The Little, Brown Handbook has always addressed both the most current and the recurrent needs of writers while remaining an accessible reference and a comprehensive book. The eighth edition continues that tradition by offering greatly expanded coverage of writing and researching with computers, smaller chapters for large subjects such ...

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Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide more books like this

by Laurie G Kirszner

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, best-selling authors and experienced teachers, know what works in the classroom. They have a knack for picking just the right readings. In "Patterns for College Writing, "they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections. The readings are a balance of classic ...

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Bedford Guide for College Writers: With Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook

Bedford Guide for College Writers: With Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook more books like this

by X J Kennedy

When it was first published twenty years ago, "The Bedford Guide for College Writers" brought a lively and innovative new approach to the teaching of writing. Since that time, authors X. J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy have won praise for their friendly tone and their view, apparent on every page of the text, that writing is the "usually surprising, ...

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Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers

Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers more books like this

by Lynn Quitman Troyka

For Freshman-level writing courses, such as Freshman Composition, English Composition, First-Year Writing, Expository Writing or any course where students need help with the writing process, critical thinking, grammar, research, and documentation. The Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers, from trusted authors Lynn Troyka and Doug Hesse, is a ...

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Bedford Handbook

Bedford Handbook more books like this

by Diana Hacker

Class-tested by over one million students, The Bedford Handbook has always worked both as a full classroom text and as a reference students can use on their own. Now integrated with an expanded companion Web site developed by Diana Hacker, the sixth edition gives students the help they need to face the challenges of writing and conducting research ...

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Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking more books like this

by M Neil Browne

The habits and attitudes associated with critical thinking are transferable to consumer, medical, legal, and general ethical choices. When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to the critical questions encouraged in Asking the Right Questions This popular book helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing ...

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Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear

Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear more books like this

by Frank Luntz

Luntz offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the tactical use of words and phrases--the power of language--affects political choices, purchases, and even personal belief. A new chapter shares insight on the language of the 2008 elections.

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The Bedford Reader

The Bedford Reader more books like this

by X J Kennedy

One of the most widely adopted composition readers of all time, The Bedford Reader continues to be distinguished by the quality of its selections and by the engaging and practical way it explains rhetorical patterns and makes them relevant to student writers.

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The St. Martin's Guide to Writing more books like this

by Rise B Axelrod

The best-selling college rhetoric for over 20 years, "The St. Martin's Guide" has an unparalleled record of proven success. From the beginning, Axelrod and Cooper have taken the best of classic and contemporary theory, filtered it through their own and their colleagues' classroom experience, and then blended the result into a flexible classroom ...

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Little Brown Compact Handbook more books like this

by Jane E Aaron

KEY BENEFIT:The Little, Brown Compact Handbook packages the authority and currency of its parent, The Little, Brown Handbook, in a briefer book with a comb binding and tabbed dividers. Concise and accessible, the handbook helps writers find what they need and then use what they find. Among innumerable improvements, the fourth edition features new ...

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College Writing Skills with Readings more books like this

by John Langan

John Langan's "College Writing Skills with Readings, Seventh Edition", focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For the new seventh edition, John Langan has ...

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Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook more books like this

by James A Reinking

For Freshman Composition courses. This best-selling rhetorically-organized writing guide combines four books-a rhetoric, a research guide, reader, and handbook-into one convenient and flexible teaching tool while offering students an exceptional value. Also available in an alternate version without a Handbook section. The authors of Strategies for ...

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Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings more books like this

by Jean Wyrick

Writing well is just a step away! Join the thousands of students who have learned to write well with Jean Wyrick's helpful instruction. "Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings, Seventh Edition", is the ultimate step-by-step guide to writing effective essays. With Wyrick's clear, practical advice and student-friendly tone, you'll find it ...

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Gregg Reference Manual more books like this

by William A Sabin

This comprehensive reference work is considered the bible of. style by business professionals and students alike. It spans the. stylistic demands of business and academic writing, offering. acceptable alternatives in grammar, style, usage, format, and. technique. It provides the basic rules that apply in virtually every. piece of writing, as well ...

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The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing more books like this

by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean

The most successful college rhetoric published in over a decade, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing offers the most progressive and teachable introduction now available to academic and personal writing. The four-color guide offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, numerous ...

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The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction more books like this

by Linda H Peterson

With a wide variety of genres, authors, subjects, and styles, "The Norton Reader" offers the largest and most thoughtfully chosen collection of essays available in one volume. New essays maintain the Reader's long-standing balance of classic and contemporary, canonical and lesser-known selections. The Twelfth Edition also includes important new ...

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Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing more books like this

by Laurie G Kirszner

The first three-genre introduction to literature text to address the changing canon is now the first to include a comprehensive guide for writing about literature-with full coverage of critical thinking, argument, and the writing process. Teachers themselves, Kirszner & Mandell take students through each step of the research and writing process, ...

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The Norton Anthology of World Literature more books like this

by Sarah N Lawall

In 1995, Norton changed the way world literature is taught by introducing The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces , Expanded Edition. Leading the field once again, Norton is proud to publish the anthology for the new century, The Norton Anthology of World Literature , Second Edition. Now published in 6 volumes (this volume, Volume A, covers ...

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Everyday Writer more books like this

by Andrea A Lunsford

Students write every day and everywhere -- for school, for work, and for fun. And nobody else in the field of composition understands the real world of student writing better than Andrea A. Lunsford. Her trademark attention to rhetorical choice, language and style, and critical thinking and argument -- based on years of experience as a researcher ...

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Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace more books like this

by Joseph M Williams

The best-selling style book, Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, Seventh Edition , presents principles of writing to help students diagnose their prose quickly and revise it effectively. The four sections-Style as Choice, Clarity, Grace, and Ethics-feature new principles of effective prose, chapter summaries for quick and easy review, and ...

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The Norton Introduction to Literature more books like this

by Alison Booth (Editor), J Paul Hunter (Editor), Kelly K Mays (Editor)

Norton's acclaimed introductory anthology in a compact, easy-to-carry format. "The Norton Introduction to Literature, Portable Edition," offers a balanced selection of classic and contemporary stories, poems, and plays in a brief and affordable format. Designed to accommodate a wide range of teaching styles and needs, this inviting introduction ...

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Everything's an Argument more books like this

by Andrea A Lunsford

"Everything's an Argument's" unique, student-centered approach to teaching argument has made it the best-selling brief argument text on the market. The book's engaging, informal style shows students first how to read and analyze a wide range of argumentative texts -- verbal and visual, scholarly and "real world" -- and then how to use what they ...

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Everything's an Argument: With Readings more books like this

by Andrea A Lunsford

Designed to be a true alternative to traditional argument texts, "Everything's an Argument" takes a fresh and friendly approach to the subject by showing students that argument is everywhere. "Everything's an Argument with Readings" complements this approach with a uniquely broad range of examples -- from essays to billboards to emails to radio ...

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