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Reasoning & writing well : a rhetoric, research guide, reader and handbook /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGrwa-Hill 2003Edition: 3rd edDescription: xIvii, 732 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0072947780
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042 DIE
Online resources:
Contents:
• Writing in context • Different voices for different occasions and audiences • Prewriting: discovering ideas • Drafting: exploring ideas • Revising, editing, and proofreading: an overview • Revision and accuracy: beginning to think critically • Revising paragraphs • Narrowing a topic sentence • Editing: styling sentences • Editing; improving word choice • Narration: recounting events • Description: conveying impressions • Process analysis: explaining how • Illustration: showing with examples • Classification: grouping and dividing • Comparison and contrast: explaining likeness and difference • Definition: identifying basic characteristics • Cause and effect: explaining why • Problem solving • Shaping an effective argument • Detecting fallacies • Preliminary considerations for research • Primary research: observation, interviews, and surveys • Secondary research: locating print and electronic sources • Documenting sources • Using sources and writing a research paper • Reading and responding to essays • Reading and responding to short stories, novels, and plays • Reading and responding to poetry • Writing effective essay exams • Employment writing for the twenty-first • Oral presentations • The reader
Item type: Book
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Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30812
Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30813
Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30872
UMU Masaka Campus 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30798
UMU Mbale Campus 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30845
UMU Ngetta Campus 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38689
UMU Rubaga Campus 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39014
UMU Rubaga Campus 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30814
UMU Rubaga Campus 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30871
Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library 808.042 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) In transit from Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library to UMU Rubaga Campus since 30/09/2021 30799

Includes bibliographical references and index

• Writing in context
• Different voices for different occasions and audiences
• Prewriting: discovering ideas
• Drafting: exploring ideas
• Revising, editing, and proofreading: an overview
• Revision and accuracy: beginning to think critically
• Revising paragraphs
• Narrowing a topic sentence
• Editing: styling sentences
• Editing; improving word choice
• Narration: recounting events
• Description: conveying impressions
• Process analysis: explaining how
• Illustration: showing with examples
• Classification: grouping and dividing
• Comparison and contrast: explaining likeness and difference
• Definition: identifying basic characteristics
• Cause and effect: explaining why
• Problem solving
• Shaping an effective argument
• Detecting fallacies
• Preliminary considerations for research
• Primary research: observation, interviews, and surveys
• Secondary research: locating print and electronic sources
• Documenting sources
• Using sources and writing a research paper
• Reading and responding to essays
• Reading and responding to short stories, novels, and plays
• Reading and responding to poetry
• Writing effective essay exams
• Employment writing for the twenty-first
• Oral presentations
• The reader

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