Strategies for Successful Writing : A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook /
James A. Reinking, Robert von der Osten.
- Tenth Edition.
- Boston : Pearson, 2014.
- xxi, 730 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Writing: a first look -- Strategies for successful reading -- Planning and drafting your paper: exploration -- Revising and editing your paper: courageous transformations -- Paragraphs -- Effective sentences -- Achieving effective style and tone through word -- Narration: relating events -- Description: presenting impressions -- Process analysis: explaining how -- Illustration: making yourself clear -- Classification: grouping into categories -- Comparison: showing relationships -- Cause and effect: explaining why -- Definition: establishing boundaries -- Argument: convincing others -- Mixing the writing strategies -- The essay examination -- Writing about literature -- The research paper -- Documenting sources: MLA style -- Documenting sources: APA style -- Additional research strategies: interviews, questionnaires, direct observations.
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