The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations
Have you ever found yourself grasping in vain for that ideal descriptive word lost somewhere within the misty recesses of your vocabulary? Or felt frustrated that an oddly shaped structure or pretty setting you wished to portray in writing didn't quite translate clearly to paper?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then The Describer's Dictionary is exactly the book you need. Open it, and you have not only just the right words but—bringing them to life—stellar literary examples of descriptive writing as well.
Reliable and straightforward, this text has helped thousands of students learn to write well. Jean Wyrick's rhetorically organized STEPS TO WRITING WELL, Eleventh Edition, is known for its student-friendly tone and the clear way it presents the basics of essay writing in an easy-to-follow progression of useful lessons and activities. Through straightforward advice and thoughtful assignments, the text gives students the practice they need to approach writing well-constructed essays with confidence.
50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing: Study Book
50 Steps to Improving Your Academic Writing addresses the challenges facing every student beginning a program of academic study. This comprehensive guide gives you everything you need to write well-constructed academic essays. It is packed full of information that is critical to attaining better marks, including:
how to apply critical thinking skills
how to strengthen your arguments
how to include paper referencing
how to avoid plagiarism
50 Steps has been developed to mirror best practice in academic essay writing: researching, planning, writing and then proofreading an essay.
This is the coursepack compiled from the author's ideas and works as well as those from credible sources. Many of the sample reports and vocabulary or grammar sets included have been checked, corrected where necessary and approved by certified IELTS examiners.
This collection of activities was developed for instructors working with adult ESL learners who have had little or no opportunity to develop reading and writing skills.
