The Empowered Writer: An Essential Guide to Writing and Research - Softcover

Henderson, Eric; Moran, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195431618 ISBN 13: 9780195431612

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Tailored specifically to first- and second-year composition courses at the college level, The Empowered Writer: An Essential Guide to Writing and Research offers students a detailed and widely applicable approach to developing their skills in research and writing as well as in personal and business communication. The Empowered Writer uses as its foundation Eric Henderson's Writing by Choice, and in keeping with the successful, proven approach used in that volume, this text emphasizes that students need to research and make informed choices in order to write well. This edition includes new pedagogical features, college-appropriate readings, and a partial answer key at the end of the text. Key principles are illustrated through sample essays and reinforced through exercises specifically designed to engage students working either independently or in groups.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Henderson wrote his doctorate on American Gothicist John Hawkes and has taught courses on Edgar Allan Poe. He teaches English literature and writing in Victoria, BC.

Review

"The significant strength of this text is clearly its comprehensive approach to the writing process. It covers almost every aspect that the writer might consider or encounter."

--Trevor Arkell, Humber College

"The extensive coverage of the writing process as well as the different kinds of writing students are likely to be asked to complete is impressive. This is one of the few texts I've seen that covers the theoretical or "meta" aspects of writing (writing = thinking + reading) AND functions as a
handbook for essay and paragraph basics, documentation, and grammar and style."

"The focus on creating meaning and linking writing to thinking at every stage is helpful to students and presents writing as a purposeful endeavour rather than an academic chore."

--Chandra Hodgson, Humber College

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0195431618
• ISBN 13: 9780195431612
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 517