Synopses & Reviews
offers the kind of succinct advice students need about grammar, punctuation, documentation, and the writing process--an in addition, it covers the kinds of writing they are most often assigned--reports, analyses, narratives, and more. The second edition includes unique help for students whose primary language is not English. Available in two versions--with and without exercises.
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"This book is smart and useful--and it's well-designed. Students can easily find what they need." Susanmarie Harrington, University of Vermont
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"I like the focus on different types of academic essays--arguments, rhetorical analyses, research reports, personal narratives, literary analyses, and so on. I actually changed the focus of my class to address these kinds of writing." Jonathan Purkiss, Pulaski Technical College
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"For its price, is the best college-level handbook available." Paul Licata, Valencia College
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"The combined glossary/index is great. Students get to understand an unfamiliar term and at the same time find a page with further instruction. This is efficient, reader-centered writing." Carolyn J. Fulford, North Carolina Central University
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" models the very concise and precise writing we hope our students will achieve.... keeping details to a minimum and clearly explaining the essentials." Robert Hurd, Anne Arundel Community College
Synopsis
A pocket-sized handbook that's easy to use and covers the kinds of writing college students need to do.
About the Author
Richard Bullock (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is a professor of English at Wright State University, where he directs the writing programs and serves as assistant chair of the English department. He's the author of The Norton Field Guide to Writing, and his scholarship and teaching focus on the teaching of writing.Michal Brody (Ph.D, University of Texas) is a linguist and a lecturer at San Francisco State. She was a founding faculty member of Universidad de Oriente in Yucatan, Mexico, and her scholarly work centers on language pedagogy for English in the United States and Yucatec Maya in Mexico, language politics, and contact between English and Spanish in the United States and Spanish and Maya in Mexico. She's the editor of the readings in Everyone's an Author with Readings and of its Tumblr site, and (with Keith Walters) of What's Language Got to Do with It?, and the editor of They Say / I Blog.Francine Weinberg (M.Ed, Teachers College, Columbia University) is an author and editor who has worked for more than 30 years on college and high school English textbooks. She's the author of the handbook in The Norton Field Guide to Writing.