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Bad Ideas About Writing
Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe ed. · West Virginia University
Bad Ideas About Writing counters major myths about writing instruction. Inspired by the provocative science- and social-science-focused book This Idea Must Die and written for a general audience, the collection offers opinionated, research-based statements intended to spark debate and to offer a better way of teaching writing. Contributors, as scholars of rhetoric and composition, provide a snapshot of and antidotes to major myths in writing instruction.
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Frameworks for Academic Writing
Steve Poulter · Newman University
This text is quite different from any other textbook or writing system. First, it is designed for a wide range of writing abilities, from beginning to expert academic writers. Writers who are simply unfamiliar with academic writing patterns benefit from sentence-by-sentence templates, prompts, tutorials, and examples. We have successfully applied the system to all academic writers, from 3rd-graders to dissertation writers. Secondly, the book is designed for a wide range of teaching abilities.
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English 002: Introduction to Literature
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
ENG 002 introduces representative works from major genres, develops students' close reading and analytical writing skills, and promotes appreciation and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature.
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Critical Expressivism - Theory and Practice in the Composition Classroom
Roeder & Gatto · LibreTexts
Critical Expressivism is an ambitious attempt to re-appropriate intellectual territory that has more often been charted by its detractors than by its proponents. Indeed, as Peter Elbow observes in his contribution to this volume, "As far as I can tell, the term 'expressivist' was coined and used only by people who wanted a word for people they disapproved of and wanted to discredit."
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English Composition II: Rhetorical Methods Based
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
English Composition II is an expository writing course that helps students develop advance writing skills. The text also reviews and incorporates some of the same skills. This course teaches research skills by emphasizing the development of advanced analytical/critical reading skills, proficiency in investigative research, and the writing of persuasive prose including documented and researched argumentative essays. This course emphasizes on the research process and information literacy.
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Academic Writing for First Year College Students
Mary Jo M. Keiter · HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
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Scriptwriting for Video, Broadcast, and Digital Media
Noemi Zeigler · Laney College
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Introductory Chinese Grammar II
All Set Learning · LibreTexts
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ENGLT 331: African-American Literature (1730-1930) (White)
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Write-What-Matters
Liza Long, Amy Minervini, and Joel Gladd · College of Western Idaho, College of Western Idaho, and Lewis-Clark State College
Have you ever wished for a comprehensive source that would steer you in the right direction through all of your reading and writing assignments? This text aims to be that kind of guide. We included lessons, examples, exercises, and definitions for many of the reading and writing-related situations that you will encounter in your first-year writing courses as well as other subject-specific classes that require writing.
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Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This text's aim is to prepare any student to write analytical essays for the argument and persuasion courses. Specifically, the text's goal is to help give students a better understanding of how to discover, develop, and revise an analytical essay.
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Listening and Speaking for Beginning English Language Learners
Maria Antonini de Pino et al. · Evergreen Valley College
Listening & Speaking for Beginning English Language Learners is an integrated skills English as a Second Language (ESL) book that is intended for students at the high-beginning level. The book emphasizes listening and speaking skills and contains interactive and communicative exercises. It is designed to help students improve their listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills. It also helps students strengthen their grammar knowledge and widen their vocabulary at the high beginning level.
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Beginning Your English 102 Research
Holly Morrison · City College of Chicago
This text introduces methods of research and writing of investigative papers.
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A Short Handbook for Writing Essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Allosso & Allosso · LibreTexts
A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new version of the writing manual he wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Storytelling: How to Craft Compelling Narratives
James Thibeault · Bentley University
This OER guide will teach you the basics of creative writing as well as provide various short stories that showcase particular creative writing elements.
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People and Places: An Intermediate Integrated-Skills Module for English Learners
Sara Ferguson · Grossmont Community College
This module has materials to learn and practice all of the necessary language skills at the intermediate level in college. It is recommended for the first few weeks of a semester, since it covers fundamental sentence grammar and basic email communication etiquette. Academic language skills you will practice include reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and rhetorical analysis.
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Editing for Better Writing
Kathryn Long · Clackamas Community College
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Naming the Unnameable - An Approach to Poetry for New Generations
Michelle Bonczek Evory · Western Michigan University
Michelle Bonczek Evory's text offers practical advice and strategies for developing a writing process that is centered on play and supported by an understanding of America's rich literary traditions. With consideration to the psychology of invention, Evory provides students with exercises aimed to make writing in its early stages a form of play that gives way to more enriching insights through revision and embracing the writing of poetry as both a love of language.
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
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The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education
Lapum et al. · Ryerson University
This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in the journey of scholarly writing in the context of the nursing profession. This resource is designed for students in undergraduate nursing programs and may also be useful for students in other health-related post-secondary programs, graduate students, and healthcare providers.