The Longman Writer: Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook
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One of the most successful writing texts of recent years, this all-in-one rhetoric, reader, and handbook contains everything writers need. Created by the authors of the best-selling The Macmillan Reader, the book draws on nearly 60 years of combined teaching experience to integrate the best of the product and process approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, and more attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing. Thorough, three-step treatment of the reading process, with an emphasis on critical reading skills and the link between reading and writing. Provides step-by-step coverage of the writing process with a separate chapter on each of the stages in the process. Each chapter includes extensive activities, collaborative exercises, and an extended case history showing the development of a paper at every stage of the process. For anyone interested in composition.
Ch. 1Becoming a Strong Reader1Ch. 2Getting Started Through Prewriting15Ch. 3Identifying a Thesis36Ch. 4Supporting the Thesis with Evidence44Ch. 5Organizing the Evidence53Ch. 6Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft63Ch. 7Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development92Ch. 8Revising Sentences and Words105Ch. 9Editing and Proofreading137Ch. 10Writing on a Word Processor148Ch. 11An Overview of the Patterns of Development157Ch. 12Description165Ch. 13Narration201Ch. 14Illustration239Ch. 15Division-Classification275Ch. 16Process Analysis312Ch. 17Comparison-Contrat348Ch. 18Cause-Effect381Ch. 19Definition418Ch. 20Argumentation-Persuasion449Ch. 21Selecting a Subject, Using the Library, and Taking Notes509Ch. 22Writing the Research Paper547Ch. 23Writing about Literature593Ch. 24Writing Exam Essays614
