Writing That Makes Sense, 2nd Edition: Critical Thinking in College Composition - Couverture souple

Hogsette, David S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532650086 ISBN 13 : 9781532650086

Editeur : Resource Publications, 2019

Synopsis

The second edition of Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the fundamentals of the writing process and explores the basic steps of critical thinking. Drawing upon over twenty years of experience teaching college composition and professional writing, David S. Hogsette combines relevant writing pedagogy and practical assignments with the basics of critical thinking to provide students with step-by-step guides for successful academic writing in a variety of rhetorical modes. New in the second edition:
•Expanded discussion of how to write effective thesis statements for informative, persuasive, evaluative, and synthesis essays, including helpful thesis statement templates.
•Extensive templates introducing students to conventions of academic discourse, including integrating outside sources, interacting with other writers’ ideas, and dialoguing with multiple perspectives.
•Examples of academic writing from different disciplines illustrating essay titles, abstracts, thesis statements, introductions, conclusions, and voice.
•Expanded discussion of voice in academic writing, including an exploration of active and passive voice constructions in different disciplines and tips on how to edit for clarity.
•A new chapter on writing in the disciplines.
•Updated sample student papers.
•New readings with examples of opposing views and multiple perspectives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David S. Hogsette is Associate Professor of English and Writing Coordinator at the Old Westbury campus of the New York Institute of Technology, where he teaches composition, professional writing, and various upper-level literature courses. His teaching directly impacts his scholarship, and he has published articles and delivered lectures at national and international conferences on literary topics related to English Romanticism, Gothic literature, fantasy literature, science fiction, and theocentric approaches to literary studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Resource Publications
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532650086
• ISBN 13: 9781532650086
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 626
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible