The Simon & Schuster Guide to Writing - Hardcover

Harris, Jeanette G.; Cunningham, Donald H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0138146179 ISBN 13: 9780138146177

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1994

Synopsis

In this book each chapter includes reading selections, assignments, and instruction that reinforce the writing instruction and assignments. These assignments provide students with a wide range of writing and reading opportunities that are personal, public, pragmatic, and aesthetic.

About this title

From the Publisher

This purpose-based rhetoric with readings emphasizes the interactions between reading and writing. The text provides an innovative five-part organization comprised of a Concepts section that introduces purpose and audience and the reading/writing processes; the main section of the book, Purposes, that explains reading and writing purposes by way of thematically organized reading selections and writing assignments; a Research section that focuses on the resources and strategies required for both library and field research; a Strategies section that explains the strategies, techniques, and concepts writers use to create effective texts; and a Handbook that offers guidelines for diction, usage, punctuation, and mechanics. This five-part arrangement ensures that students have easy access to important concepts without the repetition of most purpose-based rhetorics. The Simon & Schuster Guide to Writing brief edition offers the same organization without the handbook.

From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: Renowned authors Jeanette Harris and Donald H. Cunningham present the Second Edition of the acclaimed Simon & Schuster Guide to Writing—a book organized around purposes and emphasizing the interactions between reading and writing. Key Topics: The book provides an innovative four- part organization comprised of a Concepts section that introduces purpose and audience and the reading and writing processes; the main section of the book, Purposes, that explains reading and writing purposes and strategies by way of thematically organized readings and writing assignments; a Strategies reference section that explains the strategies, techniques, and rhetorical opportunities writers use to create effective books, and a Handbook that offers guidelines for diction, usage, punctuation, and mechanics. This arrangement ensures that readers have easy access to important concepts without the repetitiousness of most purpose-organized rhetorics. Clear and user-friendly, The Simon & Schuster Guide to Writing is one of the most innovative reading and writing resources available today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138146179
• ISBN 13: 9780138146177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 710