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In line with the principle that the opportunity to develop and support a thesis persuasively is very important for beginning authors, WRITING Having A THESIS: A RHETORIC AND Readers, Worldwide Edition, dispenses obvious and practical writing advice. Sarah Skwire skillfully weaves humor into her advice as well as in the written text's types of good professional writing–for any distinctively helpful text that continues to be enjoyable to see and also to educate from. On top of that, the written text's short, easy-to-read essays make sure that your class time will focus this is not on exactly what the readings mean, but on which they mean for the students' writing.show more
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- Format Paperback 368 pages
- Dimensions 162 x 234 x 20mm 560g
- Publication date 31 Jan 2010
- Writer Cengage Learning, Corporation
- Imprint Heinle
- Publication City/Country Florence, KY, U . s . States
- Language British
- Edition Revised
- Edition statement Worldwide erectile dysfunction of eleventh revised erectile dysfunction
- ISBN10 0495906700
- ISBN13 9780495906704
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1. THE PERSUASIVE PRINCIPLE. General Subject. Limited Subject. Thesis. Exactly what a Thesis Isn't. A Thesis Isn’t a Title. A Thesis Isn’t an Announcement from the Subject. A Thesis Isn’t a Statement of Absolute Fact. A Thesis Isn’t the Whole Essay. Exactly what a Good Thesis Is. A Great Thesis Is Fixed. A Great Thesis Is Unified. A Great Thesis Is Particular. Exercises for Review. The Thesis at the office within the Paper. Two Ads around the Community Bulletin Board. Two "Personals." Two Teams of Directions. Two Thank-You Notes. Two Letters of Complaint. Two Replies towards the Second Letter of Complaint. Visual Prompt: Tying It Together. Two "How I Spent My Summer time Vacation" Essays.
Two Newcomer British Essays on the Literary Subject. "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson. Work Hours: Fundamental Tools for Authors. 2. NARRATION. Stress the storyline. Keep In Mind That a great Story Has Conflict. Use Lots of Convincing Realistic Details. Play Fair. Writing Recommendations for Narration Styles. Readings. Visual Prompt: Tales. Student Essay: "Big Bully," Elizabeth Hiestand. "Free Tibet, Man!," Dinty W. Moore. How About Your Writing? (paragraph length). "Foul Shots," Rogelio R. Gomez. How About Your Writing? (getting even, settling scores). "The Perfect Picture," James Alexander Thom. How About Your Writing? (overwriting). "The Most joyful Day’s My Existence," Michael T. Cruz. How About Your Writing? (preposition at finish of sentence). "Salvation," Langston Hughes. How About Your Writing? (nostalgia). "A Cultural Divorce," Elizabeth Wong. How About Your Writing? (specific details). "Sitting Duck," Thomas Froncek. How About Your Writing? (sentence fragments). Work Hours: Studying Around. 3. DESCRIPTION. Emotional Appeal. Consider using a Deliberately Unconventional Thesis. Show Your Forces of Observation by Stressing Specific Details. Use Specific Language. Stress the Mental Impact of the items You Describe. Organization. The Persuasive Principle. Writing Recommendations for Description Styles. Visual Prompt: Detail. Student Essay: "Master of Bad Management," Robynn Patrick. "Winstead's Best Burgers," Sarah Bryan Miller.
How About Your Writing? (allusion). "I Was part of the Kung Fu Crew," Henry Han Xi Lau. How About Your Writing? (pronoun agreement). "My Glove: A Biography," Stefan Fatsis. How About Your Writing? (citation of authority). "All On My Own," Tom Reynolds. How About Your Writing? (comparisons). "Double Take," Melissa Lafsky. How About Your Writing? (hyperbole). "The Loneliness of Rose," Jon Katz. How About Your Writing? (unstated thesis). Work Hours: Notebooks: The Author's Checking Account. 4. EXAMPLES. Exist Enough Examples to aid Your Thesis? Would be the Examples Fairly Selected? Have You Ever Stuck for your Thesis? Have You Ever Arranged Your Examples to create the Finest Impact? Writing Recommendations for Example Essays. Visual Prompt: Examples. Student Essay: "Broke and Bored: The Summer time Job," Ashley Hall. "Always Settle Scores at Noon," Robert Fulford. How About Your Writing? (sentence length). "Couple Lies," Adair Lara. How About Your Writing? ("Why didn't I only say that?"). "Fruitful Questions," James Sollisch. How About Your Writing? (rhetorical questions). "Chores," Debra Marquart. How About Your Writing? (intensifiers). "How to talk of Creatures," Umberto Eco. How About Your Writing? (parallelism). Work Hours: Obviously They Count. 5. PROCESS. Make Sure You Are Covering a procedure. Follow Strict Chronological Order. Before Describing the initial step from the Process, Indicate Any Special Ingredients or Equipment That’ll Be Needed. Make Sure the operation is Complete. Attempt to Anticipate Difficulties. If you want to Handle Many Separate Steps, Place Them into Groups Whenever Possible. Define Unfamiliar Terms. Avoid Highly Technical Processes. Avoid Subjects that Pictures Are More Effective Than Words. Writing Recommendations for Process Essays. Visual Prompt: Process. Student Essay: "How Not to sort out," Max Greene. "Corn Bread with Character," Ronni Lundy. How About Your Writing? (introductions: how do you get my readers's attention?). "IT," Stephanie Gem-McPhee. How About Your Writing? (repetition). "The Exploding Toilet along with other Embarrassments," Patrick Cruz. How About Your Writing? (amounts of usage). "Too Many Bananas," David R. Counts. How About Your Writing? (jargon). "The Spider and also the Wasp," Alexander Petrunkevitch. How About Your Writing? (announcement of subject). Work Hours: Uses and Abuses from the Computer. 6. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST. Patterns. Block Pattern. Alternating Pattern. Which Pattern? Writing Recommendations for Comparison-and-Contrast Styles. Block Pattern. Visual Prompt: Compare/Contrast. Student Essay: "Coming in Last," Annette P. Grossman. Alternating Pattern. Student Essay: "Dads and Dads," Reid Morris. "Lassie Never Chases Rabbits," Kevin Cowherd. How About Your Writing? (conclusions). "My Real Vehicle," Bailey White-colored. How About Your Writing? (onomatopoeia). "Dearly Disconnected," Ian Frazier. How About Your Writing? (topicality). "Speaking of Writing," William Zinsser. How About Your Writing? (thesis at finish of essay). "Love Thy Ps, Love Thyself," Reihan Salam and can Wilkinson. How About Your Writing? (humor). Work Hours: Revision: A Summary. 7. Expected Outcomes. Don’t Oversimplify Causes. Don’t Oversimplify Effects. Separate Indirect and direct Causes and Effects. Separate Minor and major Causes and Effects. Don’t Omit Links inside a Chain of Causes and Effects. Play Fair. Writing Recommendations for Cause-and-Effect Papers. Visual Prompt: Cause/Effect. Student Essay: "A Couple of Short Words," Matthew Monroe. "Why We Crave Horror Movies," Stephen King. How About Your Writing? (sexism: he). "Beyond Chagrin," David Bradley. How About Your Writing? (elegant variation). "Cold Fall," Steve Dublanica. How About Your Writing? (locating a subject: work). "Why I Quit the organization," Tomoyuki Iwashita. How About Your Writing? (qualifiers, rational tone). "The Best Many years of My Existence," Gloria Rollin. How About Your Writing? (comma splice). Work Hours: Revision: The aid of the crowd. 8. DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION. Division. Classification. Only Use One Principle of Classification. Remain Consistent. Result in the Classifications as Complete as you possibly can. Acknowledge Any Complications. Stick to the Persuasive Principle. Writing Recommendations for Classification Styles. Visual Prompt: Classification. Student Essay: "Bookworm," Gracie Jane Watson. "Mother-in-Law," Charlotte now Latvala. How About Your Writing? (locating a subject: romantic ups and downs). "Take a Left Turn onto Nowhere Street," Anne Bernays. How About Your Writing? (titles). "The Seven Lesson Schoolteacher," John Taylor Gatto. How About Your Writing? (ironic speech marks). "A Brush with Reality: Surprises within the Tube," David Bodanis. How About Your Writing? (specialties from the author). "Three Types of Discipline," John Holt. How About Your Writing? (alliteration). Work Hours: Revision: The Psychology from it All. 9. DEFINITION. A Definition Paper Can Assess. A Definition Paper Can Classify. A Definition Paper Can Provide Examples. A Definition Paper Can Trace a procedure. A Definition Paper Can Study Cause-and-Effect Relationships. A Definition Paper May Use Narration. Writing Recommendations for Definition Essays. Visual Prompt: Defining Terms. Student Essay: "Growing Up," Anonymous. "The Real Factor," Frankie Germany. How About Your Writing? (comic-book punctuation, exclamation points, etc.). "What Is Intelligence, Anyway?" Isaac Asimov. How About Your Writing? (simple thesis). "Cheap Thrills," Patricia Volk. How About Your Writing? (dialogue). "Sick within the Mind," Jennifer Traig. How About Your Writing? (puns). "Catachresis," Patricia O'Hara. How About Your Writing? (getting useless). Work Hours: Deadlines. 10. ARGUMENTATION. Go Easy on Universals–Qualify When Appropriate. Consider Differing Opinions. Be Careful with Abuse and Ridicule. Devote Much of your Focus on Supporting Your View, Not Promoting It. Some Common Logical Fallacies. Writing Recommendations for Argumentation Essays. Visual Prompt: Argumentation. Student Essay: "Sing It If This Counts," Ben Ruggiero. "Thanksgiving's No Poultry," Robert W. Gardner. How About Your Writing? (taking sides just for fun, mental exercise). "Distracting Miss Daisy," John Staddon. How About Your Writing? ("And" at the beginning of a sentence). "The Smiley-Face Approach," Albert Shanker. How About Your Writing? (passive voice). "Working at McDonalds," Amitai Etzioni. How About Your Writing? (attack with an orthodox view). "Appeasing the Gods, with Insurance," John Tierney. How About Your Writing? ("You"). "Black Athletes on Parade," Adolph Reed, Junior. How About Your Writing? (turning tables, beating opponents towards the punch). "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Quick. How About Your Writing? (irony). Work Hours: How About all of your Writing? 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In line with the principle that the opportunity to develop and support a thesis persuasively is very important for beginning authors, WRITING Having A THESIS, Worldwide Edition, dispenses obvious and practical writing advice. Sarah Skwire skillfully weaves humor into her advice as well as in the written text's types of good professional writing-for any distinctively helpful text that continues to be enjoyable to see and also to educate from. On top of that, the written text's short, easy-to-read essays make sure that your class time will focus this is not on exactly what the readings mean, but on which they mean for the students' writing.show more
Product details
- Format Paperback 352 pages
- Dimensions 163 x 232 x 15mm 466g
- Publication date 08 Marly 2013
- Writer Cengage Learning, Corporation
- Imprint Heinle
- Publication City/Country Florence, KY, U . s . States
- Language British
- Edition statement twelfth Worldwide edition
- ISBN10 1133950876
- ISBN13 9781133950875
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About Sarah E. Skwire
Sarah Skwire attended Wesleyan College, where she received a BA (with honors) in British and it was part of the coed literary fraternity Alpha Delta Phi. She later received both her MA and PhD in British Literature in the College of Chicago. Additionally to coauthoring WRITING Having A THESIS (together with her father, David Skwire), she’s printed a number of creative work in addition to articles on subjects for example chronically ill seventeenth-century women poets, medicine in "All's Well That Ends Well," the "German Princess" scandal from the seventeenth century, and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Before visiting Liberty Fund, Sarah trained in the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and also at The Ohio Condition College. Her current scientific studies are about money and early modern poetry. David Skwire trained for twenty five years at Cuyahoga College and it has levels in the College of Wisconsin-Madison and Cornell College. Additionally to to be the author or coauthor of editions of WRITING Having A THESIS, also, he has coauthored STUDENTS BOOK Of School British (Longman), now in the tenth edition.show more
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1. THE PERSUASIVE PRINCIPLE. 2. NARRATION. 3. DESCRIPTION. 4. EXAMPLES. 5. PROCESS. 6. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST. 7. Expected Outcomes. 8. DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION. 9. DEFINITION. 10. ARGUMENTATION.show more
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1. THE PERSUASIVE PRINCIPLE. 2. NARRATION. 3. DESCRIPTION. 4. EXAMPLES. 5. PROCESS. 6. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST. 7. Expected Outcomes. 8. DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION. 9. DEFINITION. 10. ARGUMENTATION.show more
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