STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING: A RHETORIC, RESEARCH GUIDE, READER, AND HANDBOOK (SIXTH EDITION) - Softcover

Reinking, James A. And Hart, Andrew W. And Osten, Robert Von Der And Osten, Richard Von Der

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130406732 ISBN 13: 9780130406736

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 2001

Synopsis

* Written in a clear, engaging style, this text combines four books--a rhetoric, a research guide, a reader, and a handbook--into one convenient teaching tool. The Rhetoric section presents a full range of writing strategies, along with chapters on paragraphs, sentences, style, and three specialized types of writing. This section also includes in-depth chapters on planning and drafting, as well as revising and editing a paper. The Research Guide section includes three comprehensive chapters on the research process, making supplemental handouts or guides unnecessary. The Reader section contains forty-four essays that illustrate the different writing strategies and display a wide variety of styles, tones, and themes. The Handbook section offers easy access to the major elements of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, and includes a unit on spelling and a glossary of word usage. * Available in an alternate version--without the Handbook section.

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From the Back Cover

Written in a clear, engaging style, this 4-in-1 volume combines four books—a rhetoric, a research guide, a reader, and a handbook—into one convenient learning/reference tool. The Rhetoric section presents a full range of writing strategies, along with chapters on paragraphs, sentences, style, and three specialized types of writing, and in-depth chapters on planning and drafting, as well as revising and editing a paper. The Research Guide section includes three comprehensive chapters on the research process. The Reader section contains forty-four essays that illustrate the different writing strategies and display a wide variety of styles, tones, and themes. The Handbook section offers easy access to the major elements of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, and includes a unit on spelling and a glossary of word usage. (The book is available in an alternate version—without the Handbook section.) For anyone wanting an all-in-one resource for learning or reviewing rhetorical writing strategies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130406732
• ISBN 13: 9780130406736
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 746