Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers
- ISBN-10
- 0130210277
- ISBN-13
- 9780130210272
- Series
- Writing in the Disciplines
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 715
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pearson College Division
- Authors
- Mary Lynch Kennedy, William John Kennedy, Hadley M. Smith
Description
This reader provides a firm grounding in academic writing, showing students how to read academic texts and use them as sources for college papers. Offering a broad and comprehensive selection of readings to help students develop their abilities to think critically and reason cogently, it shows them how to work individually and collaboratively as they move through the entire process of writing from sources from reading the original source to planning, drafting and revising essays.
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