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English 102: How Arguments Work
Alfred Siha · HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
How Arguments Work takes students through the techniques they will need to respond to readings and make sophisticated arguments in any college class. This is a practical guide to argumentation with strategies and templates for the kinds of assignments students will commonly encounter. It covers rhetorical concepts in everyday language and explores how arguments can build trust and move readers.
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World Literature I - Beginnings to 1650
Laura Getty & Kyounghye Kwon · University of North Georgia
This peer-reviewed anthology includes introductory text and images before each series of readings. Sections of the text are divided by time period in three parts: the Ancient World, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, and then divided into chapters by location.
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The Simple Math of Writing Well - Writing for the 21st Century
Jennie A. Harrop · George Fox University
Writing guides abound, but The Simple Math of Writing Well is one of a kind. Readers will find its practical approach affirming, encouraging, and informative, and its focus on the basics of linguistic structure releases 21st-century writers to embrace the variety of mediums that define our internet-connected world. As Harrop reminds us in the opening chapters of her book, we write more today than ever before in history: texts, emails, letters, blogs, reports, social media posts, proposals, etc.
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Inquiry and Evidence: A Foundation in Information Literacy and Research Writing (IVC)
Brandee Idleman · Irvine Valley College
Textbook for a three unit ENGL C1001/Honors at Irvine Valley College.
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LACC Writing Handbook
Greta Enszer · Los Angles City College
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The Anti-Textbook of Writing
Sybil Priebe · North Dakota State College of Science
Since writing is subjective, the rules aren’t always black and white. What can we do, if writing is subjective and doesn’t have PERFECT rules then? We just practice the genres we know. We give it our best shot. We just practice.
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Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research 4e (Pantuso, LeMire, and Anders)
Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire, and Kathy Anders Ed. · Texas A&M University
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English Literature - Victorians and Moderns
James Sexton · Simon Fraser University
This is an anthology with a difference. In addition to providing annotated teaching editions of many of the most frequently-taught classics of Victorian and Modern poetry, fiction and drama, it also provides a series of guided research casebooks which make available numerous published essays from open access books and journals, as well as several reprinted critical essays from established learned journals.
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Writing as Material Practice - Substance, Surface and Medium
Kathryn Piquette et al. · University College London
Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of writing — the ways in which materials, techniques, color, scale, orientation and visibility inform the creation of inscribed objects and spaces, as well as structure subsequent engagement, perception and meaning making. Covering a temporal span of some 5000 years, from c.3200 BCE to the present day.
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Technical and Report Writing
Amber Kinonen, Joseph Mold, Edie Erickson, Shawn Curtin · Bay College Library
Technical writing is an audience-centered means of communication that provides a reader with clear and easy access to information. The technical writer and reader have a vis-à-vis relationship. The writer recognizes, respects, and addresses the importance of time in effective and efficient communication by providing documents written in specific formats, using unambiguous language to send clearly accessible information.
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About Writing - A Guide
Robing Jeffrey · Klamath Community College
This writer’s reference condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student needs to successfully compose college-level work, including the basics of composition, grammar, and research. It is broken down into easy-to-tackle sections, while not overloading students with more information than they need. Great for any beginning writing students or as reference for advanced students!
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Oregon Writes Open Writing Text
Jenn Kepka · Linn-Benton Community College
This textbook guides students through rhetorical and assignment analysis, the writing process, researching, citing, rhetorical modes, and critical reading. Guided by Oregon's statewide college writing outcomes, this book collects previously published articles, essays, and chapters.
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English Composition
Karen Woodring · Harrisburg Area Community College
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Creating Literary Analysis
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
Literary scholarship is guided by literary theories and expressed through writing; it doesn’t make sense to learn each in isolation. Literary theories are intellectual models that scholars use to understand stories, novels, poems, plays, and other texts. Different theories prioritize different historical, social, or methodological concerns. The authors believe students of literature should learn about many literary theories.
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EmpoWord - A Student-Centered Anthology and Handbook for College Writers
Shane Abrams · Ashland High School
EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class. Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
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Technical Writing Essentials
Suzan Last · University of Victoria
This open textbook is designed to introduce readers to the basics of technical communication: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills.
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Technical Writing
DeSilva et al. · Central Oregon Community College
A textbook focusing on writing in the workplace, with an emphasis on audience analysis, writing for specific situations, document design, research processes, and visual aids.
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English Composition II - Rhetorical Methods–Based
Lumen · LibreTexts
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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Living Literature: A Journey Through Stories, Drama, and Poetry
Kelsey Ford · Cosumnes River College
This textbook introduces students to literature through creative nonfiction, fiction, drama, and poetry while developing skills in close reading, literary analysis, and academic writing. It explores literary elements, major critical theories, research methods, and MLA citation style through readings, discussion questions, and writing activities that strengthen interpretation and communication skills.
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English 002: Supplemental Reader
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
This course is designed to support and enhance your reading, writing, and critical thinking skills as you engage with a variety of texts. The supplemental readings you’ll encounter here are carefully chosen to challenge your perspectives, deepen your comprehension, and connect with the themes and assignments in your main composition course.