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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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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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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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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 102: Arguments and Research Skills
Professor Ukaisha Al-Amin · City Colleges of Chicago
English 102: Arguments and Research Skills at the City Colleges of Chicago is a transfer-level composition course that focuses on advanced academic writing, critical thinking, and research methodologies. Students learn to identify controversial topics, evaluate source credibility, synthesize evidence, and formulate compelling argumentative essays.
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Writing Unleashed
Sybil Priebe, Ronda Marman, & Dana Anderson · North Dakota State College of Science
Welcome to Writing Unleashed, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as an extremely brief guide for students, jam-packed with teachers’ voices, students’ voices, and engineered for fun.
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Geochemistry
Stephen Lower · Simon Fraser University
In the contents: 1.01: Composition and Structure of the Earth · 3.01: Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere
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Hybrid Chem 51 v1
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In the contents: 4.4 Composition, Decomposition, and Combustion Reactions · 5.3 Percent Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formulas
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Dynamic Systems and Control
Mohammed Dahleh, Munther A. Dahleh, and George Verghese · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the contents: 04: Matrix Norms and Singular Value Decomposition · 4.03: Singular Value Decomposition · 12: Modal decomposition of state-space models
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B-CU: CH-141 General Chemistry 1
Sidney Bolden Jr. · Bethune-Cookman University
In the contents: 6: Composition of Substances and Solutions · 6.E: Composition of Substances and Solutions (Exercises) · Composition of Commercial Acids and Bases
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Physical Geology
Steven Earle · Vancover Island University
In the contents: 4.02: Magma Composition and Eruption Style
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Drawing - An Introduction to Studio Drawing
Michael Leonard · University of the Pacific
In the contents: 05: Composition
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Physical Science for Educators Volume 1
Timothy Evans, Kylee Ford, Kenneth Henry, Yogita Kumari, Claude Mona & Suzanne Wakim · Coalinga College
In the contents: 5.11: Composition of Substances and Solutions (Exercises)
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Calculus
Gregory Hartman et al. · Virginia Military Institute
In the contents: 6.05: Partial Fraction Decomposition
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Analysis
CK-Foundation · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.6.01: Composition of Functions
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CCSF Chemistry Resources
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In the contents: 2.3.02: Formula Mass, Percent Composition, and the Mole · 2.3.03: Formula Mass, Percent Composition, and the Mole (Problems)