The Longman Writer: Rhetoric, Reader, Research Guide, and Handbook (7th Edition) (MyCompLab Series)
Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing. Created by the authors of the best-selling Longman Reader, the text draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments—more than 350 in all.
The Writer's Response: A Reading-Based Approach to Writing 6th edTHE WRITER'S RESPONSE: A READING-BASED APPROACH TO WRITING 6th Edition, teaches students not only the basics of paragraph and essay writing—unity, coherence, and support—but also the basics of academic writing, making it a complete source for students preparing for higher-level work. Through a variety of exercises and extensive readings, this resource teaches students to read carefully and summarize accurately, to recognize and respond to specific points in the material they have read, to synthesize ideas from several reading selections, and to evaluate and argue about the ideas they have found in their reading material.
The Easy Writer uses basic phrase and clause structure grammar, providing students with sentence patterns that can be easily adapted to all formal writing. It introduces basic grammatical terms, without overwhelming students with new terminology. The chapters that deal with referencing, paragraphs and essay writing are comprehensive and include sample paragraphs and a sample essay. The book is designed for either senior high school or beginning university students.
At the outbreak of the Second World War Vladimir Nabokov stood on the brink of losing everything all over again. The reputation he had built as the pre-eminent Russian novelist in exile was imperilled. In Nabokov and his Books, Duncan White shows how Nabokov went to America and not only reinvented himself as an American writer but also used the success of Lolita to rescue those Russian books that had been threatened by obscurity.
The Reader's Brain: How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Writer
Have you ever found yourself re-reading the same sentence four or five times and thought "I should get more sleep"? Are you clueless as to why one paragraph just seems to "flow" while you simply can't recall the contents of another? Guess what: you are not alone. Even the best writers fail to grasp why their writing works.
