Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, and Reader - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134398602 ISBN 13: 9780134398600

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1996

Synopsis

Written in a clear, engaging style, this 3-in-1 volume combines three books—a rhetoric, a research guide, and a reader—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 book is available in an alternate version—with a convenient Handbook section.) For anyone wanting an all-in-one resource for learning or reviewing rhetorical writing strategies.

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From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: Written in a clear, engaging style, this book combines a rhetoric, a research guide, and a reader into one convenient tool. Key Topics: The rhetoric section presents a full range of writing strategies, along with chapters in paragraphs, sentences, style, and three specialized types of writing. The research guide section includes two comprehensive chapters on the library research paper making supplemental handouts or guides unnecessary. The reader section contains forty-two essays that illustrate the different writing strategies and display a wide variety of styles, tones, and themes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134398602
• ISBN 13: 9780134398600
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4