Paperback. Academic Writing Now with Readings is a rhetoric designed to cover the basics of a college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Anything inessential to the business of college writing has been excluded. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing an academic essay and can be read in a single sitting. The book is loaded with "timesaver tips" ideas for making the most of the student's time, along with occasional warnings to avoid common errors made by student writers. Each short chapter concludes with questions and suggestions designed to reinforce the chapter's key elements, facilitate small-group interactions, and trigger class discussion.A compact selection of lively, topical readings provides thought-provoking examples for analysis and discussion. Affordable, accessible, contemporary, and student-friendly--David Starkey's Academic Writing Now is available with a selection of contemporary readings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Academic Writing Now - with Readings (Paperback)
Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough
Publication Date: 2024
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1554816491
ISBN 13: 9781554816491
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Academic Writing Now with Readings is a rhetoric designed to cover the basics of a college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing an academic essay and can be read in a single sitting. The book is loaded with “timesaver tips,” ideas for making the most of the student’s time, along with occasional warnings to avoid common errors made by student writers. Each short chapter concludes with questions and suggestions designed to reinforce the chapter’s key elements, facilitate small-group interactions, and trigger class discussion.

A selection of 23 lively, thought-provoking readings serve as models for analysis and discussion. Readings are grouped by topic: entertainment, campus life, AI, the environment, and social and ideological difference.

About the Author

David Starkey is Emeritus Professor of English at Santa Barbara City College, where he served as Director of Composition and Creative Writing. He is the author of Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief and the editor of Teaching Accelerated and Corequisite Composition and two collections of scholarly essays on composition and creative writing: Teaching Writing Creatively and Genre by Example: Writing What We Teach.

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