by Stuart Greene; April Lidinsky
A Practical Guide
Second Edition ©2012
ISBN-10: 0-312-60140-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60140-9 Paper Text, 368 pages See available formats »
An innovative text on academic writing. Highly praised by instructors for how effectively and accessibly it synthesizes the most current thinking on academic writing, it concisely introduces students to the core intellectual and rhetorical moves of academic writers. Each carefully structured chapter reinforces its lessons with step-by-step checklists and skill-by-skill practice sequences. Introduces academic thinking. Chapter 1 presents the habits of mind and core skills of academic writing — from making inquiries, to appreciating complexities, to understanding that academic discourse is a conversation and writing is a process.Demonstrates academic reading. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 teach skills of critical reading, showing students how to annotate texts, analyze arguments, identify issues, and formulate research questions. Guides academic writing. Emphasizing the processes of developing a thesis, drafting, and revising, Chapters 5, 8, 9, and 10 help students craft a persuasive academic argument.Explains academic research. Chapters 6, 7, and 11 introduce varieties of research, and teach the skills — from summarizing to synthesizing to citing and documenting — that students will need to work responsibly with academic and other sources.Plentiful examples of academic writing-many of them by students. In addition to professional examples by academics like Shirley Brice Heath and public intellectuals like E.D. Hirsch and Barbara Ehrenreich, examples throughout the text are by students, demonstrating that college-level writers can effectively participate in academic conversations.
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