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Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis
Anonymous · LibreTexts
In the contents: 01: Analysis for Multiple Perspectives · 1.01: The Nature of Analysis · 04: Explanations and Significance- Developing Your Analysis
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Creating Literary Analysis
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
In the contents: 3.10: Student Sample Paper- Sarah Davids A Lacanian Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthornes The Birthmark · 10.02: Chapter 3- Psychoanalysis
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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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ENG 232: World Literature II
Sherry “Taz” Rosenthal · LibreTexts
This textbook of world literature covers the time period from 1651 to the mid-twentieth century. In the “Editor's Introductions” that precede each reading, you will find information to guide and enhance your understanding of the reading selections themselves. The introductions are based on close analysis of each of the readings presented here, and intensive scrutiny of their social and historical contexts. Readings themselves are all from openly licensed and/or Public Domain sources.
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Technical Communication
Chelsea Milbourne, Anne Regan, Morgan Livingston, and Sadie Johann · California Polytechnic State University
This text explores the principles of technical communication. In addition to producing clear and easy-to-read documents, students will also examine the rhetorical dimensions of writing for technical environments. The class begins by analyzing the argumentative and stylistic conventions that govern technical communication. Through this critical analysis, students determine which conventions constitute the field’s “best practices” and will learn to incorporate these within their own compositions.
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English Literature II
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
The English Literature II textbook explores British literature from the late 17th century to the present, focusing on significant authors, texts, and historical contexts. It covers major literary movements such as Romanticism, Victorian literature, and Modernism, along with key themes like industrialization, colonialism, and social change. The text provides analysis of poetry, prose, and drama, fostering critical thinking and understanding of the evolution of English literature.
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Oregon Writes Open Writing Text
Jenn Kepka · Linn-Benton Community College
In the contents: 01: Situation and Analysis · 1.02: Backpacks v. Briefcases- Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis · 4.07: Process Analysis
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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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Living Literature: A Journey Through Stories, Drama, and Poetry
Kelsey Ford · Cosumnes River College
In the contents: 7.10: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay · 7.11: Sample Student Literary Analysis Essays
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Composing Ourselves and our World
Elizabeth Burrows, Angela Fowler, Heath Fowler, and Amy Locklear · Auburn University at Montgomery
In the contents: 10: Analysis and Evaluation · 10.01: The Analysis and Evaluation Assignment
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International Advances in Writing Research - Cultures, Places, Measures
Bazerman et al. · LibreTexts
In the contents: 3.05: Prominent Feature Analysis- Linking Assessment and Instruction · 6.05: Towards an Integrative Unit of Analysis- Regulation Episodes in Expert Research Article Writing
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Rhetoric and Composition
Becky Rudd · Citrus College
In the contents: 5.06: Rhetorical Analysis · 7.06: Rhetorical Analysis
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Basic Reading and Writing
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 5.02: Performance Assessment- Personal Analysis Essay · 5.46: Assignment- Personal Analysis Essay · 6.02: Performance Assessment- Personal Analysis Essay Revision
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English Composition II ENGL102 Woodring v.2024
Karen Woodring · Karen WoodringHACC
In the contents: 07: Writing an Analysis of an Arguments Strategies · 7.01: How Argument Analysis Essays are Structured · 7.02: Generating Ideas for an Argument Analysis Paper
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ENG-001A: Composition and Reading
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
In the contents: 8.1.2.8.01: Situation and Analysis · 8.1.2.8.1.02: Backpacks v. Briefcases- Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis · 09: Chapter Nine-Rhetorical Analysis
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English Composition I
Nathan Rundquist · Minnesota State University Moorhead
In the contents: 4.01: Interpretation Analysis and Close Reading · 4.1.01: Section Introduction- Text Wrestling Analysis · 4.1.03: Analysis
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Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing I
Charles Lowe & Pavel Zemliansky · LibreTexts
In the contents: Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis
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Advanced ESL Grammar and Composition
Clara Urionabarrenechea & Jenell Rae · East Los Angeles College
In the contents: 05: Analysis · 5.01: Summary vs Analysis · 5.02: Rhetorical Analysis
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English Composition- Connect, Collaborate, Communicate
Ann Inoshita, Karyl Garland, Kate Sims, Jeanne K. Tsutsui Keuma, & Tasha Williams · University of Hawaiʻi
In the contents: 04.3: Process Analysis
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Writing, Reading, and College Success: A First-Year Composition Course for All Learners
Athena Kashyap & Erika Dyquisto · City College of San Francisco
In the contents: 2.06: Rhetorical Analysis · 4.03: The College Essay Assignment- Analysis Rubrics and Critical Thinking · 9.06: Process Analysis