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Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation
Chauna Ramsey · Columbia Gorge Community College
This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.
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Composing Ourselves and our World
Elizabeth Burrows, Angela Fowler, Heath Fowler, and Amy Locklear · Auburn University at Montgomery
This textbook is meant for first year English Composition Courses and covers the essentials of composition and rhetoric in a recursive manner and introduces research skills. Regardless of your field of study, honing your writing skills—and your reading and critical-thinking skills—gives you a more solid academic foundation.
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International Advances in Writing Research - Cultures, Places, Measures
Bazerman et al. · LibreTexts
The thirty chapters in this edited collection were selected from the more than 500 presentations at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference in 2011. With representatives from more than forty countries, this conference gave rise to the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research. The chapters selected for this collection represent cutting edge research on writing from all regions, organized around three themes—cultures, places, and measures.
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ENGL 206: World Literature II
Kim Allen Gleed · Harrisburg Area Community College
Surveys global literature from 1700 to the present. This course emphasizes an understanding of the interplay of literary elements, literary criticism as well as the cultural context that influenced the works studied.
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Rhetoric and Composition
Becky Rudd · Citrus College
Welcome to the Rhetoric and Composition text, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors.
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English C1000 Writing Handbook
Angelica Duran, Evan Stubblefield & Jose Guillermo Robledo · Pasadena City College
English C1000 Writing Handbook provides students with practical strategies for developing college-level writing skills. The handbook guides writers through the writing process, rhetorical analysis, research, argument development, revision, and academic conventions while emphasizing critical thinking, accessibility, and inclusive writing practices.
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The OER Guide to Media Writing
Mark Poepsel · Southern Illinois University
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Basic Reading and Writing
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
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8.2: Elements of Drama
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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Instructor Guide: How to Use This Textbook
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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Ovid's Amores Book1
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English Composition II ENGL102 Woodring v.2024
Karen Woodring · Karen WoodringHACC
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ENG-001A: Composition and Reading
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
This course emphasizes theory and practice in reading and composition. While the reading and writing may include rhetorical patterns such as narration, description, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, etc., the majority of assignments will focus on a combination of such patterns in argumentative writing, including but not limited to pro/con, evaluative, and proposal essays. Instruction in current research methods and MLA formatting, culminating in either one 10-page or two 5-page research papers
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Beyond Dichotomy - Synergizing Writing Center and Classroom Pedagogies
Steven J. Corbett · George Mason University
How closely can or should writing centers and writing classrooms collaborate? Beyond Dichotomy explores how research on peer tutoring one-to-one and in small groups can inform our work with students in writing centers and other tutoring programs, as well as in writing courses and classrooms. These multi-method (including rhetorical and discourse analyses and ethnographic and case-study) investigations center on several course-based tutoring (CBT) partnerships at two universities.
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English Composition I
Nathan Rundquist · Minnesota State University Moorhead
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Spinning a Yarn: Creative Writing for the Soul (C-ID ENGL 200)
Brandy Wilds · Coalinga College
This text is designed to support an 8-week course that canvases different types of creative writing, giving students ample opportunity to develop their own literary voices.
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Grammar Anatomy (Brehe)
Steven Brehe · University of North Georgia
Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use, Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library.
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Writing in College - From Competence to Excellence
Amy Guptill · The College at Brockport, SUNY
Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence is designed for students who have largely mastered the conventions of high-school level writing and are now rising to meet more the advanced expectations of college. Students will find in Writing in College a warm invitation to think of themselves as full, self-motivated members of the academic community.
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Writers' Handbook
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Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing I
Charles Lowe & Pavel Zemliansky · LibreTexts
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