The best-selling book on academic writing—in use at more than 1,500 schools.
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Intended for college students in composition courses, this guide aims to demystify academic writing and reading by identifying the basic moves of persuasive arguments, presenting them in the form of templates, and showing students how to use them in writing. It proposes that writing well means entering a conversation by summarizing what others say to set up one's own argument. It does not cover the logical principles of argument, but instead describes why it is important to begin a text by citing others, and how to summarize and quote what they say, respond to them, mark the shift between what they say and one's own arguments, introduce and answer objections, and answer the question of why the argument matters. It also explains connection and coherence, formal and informal language, metacommentary, and conversations in specific academic contexts, such as sciences and social sciences. Five readings round out the book. This edition has new chapters on writing about literature; using the templates to revise writing, with an annotated essay by a student; and writing online. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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