| The McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for College, Writing for Life Contributor(s): Roen, Duane H. (Author), Maid, Barry M. (Author), Glau, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0072496479 ISBN-13: 9780072496475 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua OUR PRICE: $125.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: This four-in-one rhetoric prepares students for the writing they will need to do throughout their lives by showing them how to use the skills they are learning not only in college but whenever and wherever they need to write. Based on the idea that effective writers are strong communicators in any context, Writing for College, Writing for Life emphasizes the skills that are summarized in the Writing Program Administrator's Outcomes Statement under the categories rhetorical knowledge, critical thinking, writing processes, and conventions. These skills form the basis of the instruction in each assignment chapter and throughout the text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 2007016458 |
| Physical Information: 1.59" H x 7.35" W x 9.37" (4.11 lbs) 927 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The McGraw-Hill Guide to Writing is designed to help students learn to write more effectively not only in their college courses but also in their professional, civic, and personal lives. Combining a flexible reader, rhetoric, research guide, and handbook, The McGraw-Hill Guide shows students how to set goals for their writing, to use effective composing strategies to reach those goals, and to assess their progress toward achieving them. Based on the idea that effective writers are strong communicators in any context, The McGraw-Hill Guide to Writing emphasizes the skills established by the Writing Program Administrator's Outcomes Statement that form the foundation of assessment practices at writing programs throughout the country -- rhetorical knowledge, critical thinking, writing processes, and conventions. These skills form the basis of the instruction in each assignment chapter and throughout the text. |
