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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bullock, Richard H. (Richard Harvey)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
English language > Rhetoric > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Grammar > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Anglais (Langue) > Rhétorique > Guides, manuels, etc.
Anglais (Langue) > Grammaire > Guides, manuels, etc.
Rapports > Rédaction > Guides, manuels, etc.
English language > Grammar.
English language > Rhetoric.
Report writing.
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Rhetorical situations. Purpose
  • Audience
  • Genre
  • Stance
  • Media/Design
  • Genres. Writing a literacy narrative
  • Analyzing a text
  • Reporting information
  • Arguing a position
  • Abstracts
  • Annotated bibliographies
  • Evaluations
  • Lab reports
  • Literary analyses
  • Memoirs
  • Profiles
  • Proposals
  • Reflections
  • Reviews of scholarly literature
  • Resumes and application letters
  • Processes. Collaborating
  • Generating ideas and text
  • Drafting
  • Assessing your own writing
  • Getting response and revising
  • Editing and proofreading
  • Compiling a portfolio.
  • Strategies. Beginning and ending
  • Guiding your reader
  • Analyzing causes and effects
  • Classifying and dividing
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Defining
  • Describing
  • Dialogue
  • Explaining processes
  • Narrating
  • Reading strategies
  • Doing research. Developing a research plan
  • Finding sources
  • Evaluating sources
  • Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
  • Acknowledging sources, avoiding plagiarism
  • Documentation
  • MLA Style
  • APA Style
  • Media/Design. Print text
  • Spoken text
  • Electronic text.