Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings (with 2016 MLA Update Card) (Wyrick’s Steps to Writing Well Series) - Softcover

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Wyrick, Jean

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9781337287173: Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings (with 2016 MLA Update Card) (Wyrick’s Steps to Writing Well Series)
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ISBN 10: 1337287172 ISBN 13: 9781337287173
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Writing well is just a step away! Join the thousands of students who have learned to write well with Jean Wyrick's clear, thoughtful advice. STEPS TO WRITING WELL WITH ADDITIONAL READINGS, 10th Edition, is the ultimate step-by-step guide to writing effective academic essays. Wyrick offers friendly, practical guidelines for composing different types of essays, with discussion of everything from choosing a topic to developing an essay to polishing your prose. This 10th edition includes new "Visualizing the Process" flowcharts that provide at-a-glance summaries of the steps for completing each of the major assignments in the text; many new professional readings and sample essays that offer useful models for academic writing and also touch on engaging topics intended to spark ideas for your own writing; and a wealth of exercises, group activities, and longer assignments that provide additional essay topic ideas and opportunities to apply and review what you are learning. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

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About the Author

Jean Wyrick is Professor Emerita of English at Colorado State University, where she was Director of Composition for 11 years. She has more than 25 years of experience teaching writing, training writing teachers, and designing writing/writing-across-the-curriculum programs. Her other textbooks include THE RINEHART READER and DISCOVERING IDEAS. She has presented over a hundred workshops and papers on the teaching of writing, American literature, American Studies, and Women's Studies.

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Publisher
Wadsworth Publishing
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1337287172
ISBN 13 
9781337287173
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
721
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