The MacMillan Writer: Rhetoric and Reader : Brief Edition - Softcover

 
9780023860119: The MacMillan Writer: Rhetoric and Reader : Brief Edition

Synopsis

Designed for instructors who prefer to teach composition with a separate handbook or some other combination of texts, this brief edition of The Longman Writer, Fifth Edition , contains everything from the very popular full edition except the Handbook. Students get a rhetoric, reader, and research guide as well as plentiful exercises-all in a shorter and more economical volume.Created by the authors of the best-selling The Macmillan Reader, the text draws on more than 60 years of combined teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, more attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments-more than 300 in all.

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Key Benefit: Contains everything from the regular edition except for the handbook section. Included are all the rhetoric, readings, and exercises, in a shorter and more economical volume. Key Topics: Strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, more attention to the fact that rhetorical patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of activities and assignments--over 300 in all. Market: For anyone who needs a basic book on improving writing and reading skills.

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9780205334575: The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader (Brief 5th Edition)

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ISBN 10:  0205334571 ISBN 13:  9780205334575
Publisher: Longman, 2002
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