Patterns for A Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader (Paperback)

Barbara Fine Clouse

ISBN 10: 0070119805 / ISBN 13: 9780070119802

Published by McGraw-Hill College, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patterns for A Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader (Paperback)
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070119805
• ISBN 13: 9780070119802
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 32 ounces

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Synopsis

This rhetorically organized reader presents the patterns of development in the most realistic way--as a means of fulfilling the writer's purpose, not as ends in themselves, and with argumentation-persuasion treated as a purpose for writing as well as a pattern.

About the Author

Barbara Clouse has taught all levels of college composition, first at Youngstown State University in northeastern Ohio and then at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. She has also written a number of composition texts. In addition to A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers, her books include The Student Writer: Editor and Critic, Jumpstart: A Workbook for Writers, Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader, and Transitions: From Reading to Writing, all written for McGraw-Hill. She has also developed Cornerstones: Readings for Writers, which is a short prose reader that is part of Primis, McGraw-Hill's custom publishing database. Barbara has also written Progressions with Readings and Conventions and Expectations: A Brief Handbook and Guide to Writing for Longman Publishers. A frequent presenter at national and regional conferences, Barbara often conducts workshops for writing teachers.