Composition category: 2309 books
What Writing Does and How It Does It
An Introduction to Analyzing Texts and Textual Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003
In What Writing Does and How It Does It, editors Charles Bazerman and Paul Prior offer a sophisticated introduction to methods for understanding, studying, and analyzing texts and writing practices. This volume addresses a variety of approaches to analyzing texts, and considers the processes of writing,...
Intertexts
Reading Pedagogy in College Writing Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
What do we mean when we talk about reading? What does it mean to "teach reading?" What place does reading have in the college writing classroom?
Intertexts: Reading Pedagogy in College Writing Classrooms theoretically and practically situates the teaching of reading as a common pedagogical...
Mainstreaming Basic Writers
Politics and Pedagogies of Access
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
At a time when various political and administrative bodies are calling for the dissolution of basic writing instruction on four-year college campuses, the need for information concerning the options available to university decision makers has become more and more pressing. A wide range of professional...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2013
In The Centrality of Style, editors Mike Duncan and Star Medzerian Vanguri argue that style is a central concern of composition studies even as they demonstrate that some of the most compelling work in the area has emerged from the margins of the field.
by Little Green Apples Publishing, LLC ™
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Sooner or later, you will be asked to prepare a report. In addition to exhibiting the technical expertise and skills necessary to perform engineering field work, all engineers, including engineers-in-training, need to be able to produce concise and informative technical reports that are complete,...
The Power of Writing
Dartmouth '66 in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
At the 1966 Dartmouth Seminar, scholars gathered to debate the direction of English Studies in the academy. This debate had far-reaching effects and arguably forever changed writing instruction in the United States. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of this gathering, Dartmouth College hosted an...
by Peggy O'Neill
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
One of the first collections to focus on independent writing programs, A Field of Dreams offers a complex picture of the experience of the stand-alone. Included here are narratives of individual programs from a wide range of institutions, exploring such issues as what institutional issues led to their...
by Dana R. Ferris
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Statistical and anecdotal evidence documents that even states with relatively little ethnic or cultural diversity are beginning to notice and ask questions about long-term resident immigrants in their classes. As shifts in student population become more widespread, there is an even greater need for...
Writing at the State U
Instruction and Administration at 106 Comprehensive Universities
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Writing at the State U presents a comprehensive, empirical examination of writing programs at 106 universities. Rather than using open survey calls and self-reporting, Emily Isaacs uses statistical analysis to show the extent to which established principles of writing instruction and administration...
Writing BLUE HIGHWAYS
The Story of How a Book Happened
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Winner, Distinguished Literary Achievement, Missouri Humanities Council, 2015
The story behind the writing of the best-selling Blue Highways is as fascinating as the epic trip itself. More than thirty years after his 14,000-mile, 38-state journey, William Least Heat-Moon reflects on the four...
by Robert Truscott
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing...
Vernacular Christian Rhetoric and Civil Discourse
The Religious Creativity of Evangelical Student Writers
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Vernacular Christian Rhetoric and Civil Discourse seeks to address the current gap in American public discourse between secular liberals and religiously committed citizens by focusing on the academic and public writing of millennial evangelical Christian students. Analysis of such writing reveals...
36 Song Arrangement Tips for the Small Recording Studio
For the Small Recording Studio Series, #4
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
ABOUT THIS BOOK
36 Song Arrangement Tips for the Small Recording Studio is a straight-to-the-point compilation of song arrangement techniques that will help you create great song productions. This book has similar content to the author's other book, Song Arrangement for the Small Recording...
by Paul Terry, David Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
The Edexcel A2 Music Study Guide, 5th Edition, presents all the key information that you will need to know for your Edexcel A2 Music course - For exams from 2015 to 2017.
Written in a clear and approachable style by experienced teachers and examiners, this guide includes:
- A detailed...