What it Takes: Writing in College - Softcover

Behrens, Laurence; Rosen, Leonard J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205647820 ISBN 13: 9780205647828

Publisher: Longman, 2008

Synopsis

What It Takes: Writing in College covers the nuts and bolts of writing college papers, including the summary, the critique, the synthesis, and analysis. Based upon the bestselling coverage in Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, this handy guide introduces each of the strategies, taking students step by step through the process of writing papers based upon source material.  

About this title

From the Back Cover:

WHAT IT TAKES
Writing in College

Laurence Behrens
Leonard J. Rosen

What It Takes: Writing in College introduces you to the four core skills you will need to succeed as a writer in college–summary, critique, synthesis, and analysis. From the authors of the bestselling classic, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, this handy guide walks you through the essentials of writing college papers.

• For three decades, more than one million students have learned “what it takes”–skills needed to succeed not only in their writing courses but also in courses across the curriculum, from anthropology to zoology.
• Engagingly written with lively examples and timely model papers, What It Takes will help you spot the crux of an argument and find the elements across a variety of sources that will bolster and invigorate your academic writing.
• Success in many college courses depends upon how well you write papers and exams. The material in What It Takes has a proven track record of helping generations of students achieve this goal.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0205647820
• ISBN 13: 9780205647828
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192