Real Texts : Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines

by Ward, Dean; Vander Lei, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780321317438
• ISBN10: 0321317432
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Real Textsis a new kind of reader a collection of texts by academic, professional, and student writers that model the very best practices of writing within and across disciplines, from communication to chemistry, from nursing to education. Key Benefit: Allows the reader to see academic, professional, and student writers that model the best practices of writing within and across the disciplines. Key Topics: Purpose, Topic, Audience, Organization, Method, Style

Table of Contents

Preface?

Reading, Writing, and Rhetorical Choice

Questions of Purpose, Topic, and Point

Questions of Audience, Evidence, Method, Organization, Style, and Design

Analyzing People and Culture

Speech Communication: Analyzing Audience?

Writing in Speech Communication : Speech to the Annual White House Prayer Breakfast, September 11, 1998, President William Clinton

Notes on Grammar, Style, and Rhetoric : "Senten

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