The St. Martin's Guide to Writing

From Book News, Inc.
Guides undergraduate students in many types of nonfiction writing tasks, from research papers and essay exams to interviews and arguments, emphasizing a step-by-step process and offering strategies for critical thinking and reading. Sections on explaining concepts, story interpretation, and narration feature readings, nine writing assignments, group activities, and chapter summaries. Includes a catalog of critical reading strategies, a chapter on assembling a portfolio, and a handbook on grammar and common ESL problems. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


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The St. Martin's Guide to Writing, by offering the most successful combination of critical reading and writing instruction available today, has helped teach nearly two million students to write effectively at the college level. The Sixth Edition features a dynamic new full-color design, including visuals, that makes the readings, the Writing Guides, and the other major sections of the book easier than ever for students to find and use. Axelrod and Cooper have thoroughly revised and updated the text, adding practical new coverage of the high-interest topics of document design, oral presentation, collaborative writing, and writing in the community, along with expanded research guidelines for both print and online sources and a variety of new readings.


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