The College Handbook of Creative Writing

The College Handbook of Creative Writing
Author: Robert DeMaria
Publisher: Cengage Learning Mexico
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780840030795

Hone your creative writing skills with this best-selling, portable little handbook! Ideal for all levels of writing from introductory to advanced, THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING, Fourth Edition, covers all the necessary fundamentals for creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Exploring theme, setting, characters, plot, point of view, tone, style, description, dialogue, thoughts, time, images, and sounds, the handbook includes contemporary and classic selections that serve as writing models, as well as end-of-chapter exercises and writing suggestions that help you practice fundamental writing skills. A glossary of literary terms and a bibliography complete this concise book. This edition includes updated selections, more examples, revised exercises, and a revised Chapter 14, "Writing as a Career."

Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition

Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition
Author: Charles A. MacArthur
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1462529313

The definitive reference in the field, this volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development and instruction at all grade levels. Prominent scholars examine numerous facets of writing from sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, neuroscience, and new literacy/technological perspectives. The volume reviews the evidence base for widely used instructional approaches, including those targeting particular components of writing. Issues in teaching specific populations--including students with disabilities and English learners--are addressed. Innovative research methods and analytic tools are clearly explained, and key directions for future investigation identified. New to This Edition *Chapters on genre instruction, evaluation and revision, argumentative writing, computer-based instruction, and professional development. *Chapters on new literacies, out-of-school writing, translation, and self-regulation. *Many new topics and authors, including more international perspectives. *Multiple chapters connect research findings to the Common Core writing standards. See also the editors' Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Second Edition, an accessible course text and practitioner's guide.

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (2nd Edition)

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (2nd Edition)
Author: Michael Harvey
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-06-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1603848983

This worthy successor to Strunk and White* now features an expanded style guide covering a wider range of citation cases, complete with up-to-date formats for Chicago, MLA, and APA styles.

A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education

A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education
Author: Katie O. Arosteguy
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-06-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0807761230

This concise handbook helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education, and as preservice and practicing teachers. It provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in four written categories in education: classroom, research, credential, and stakeholder writing. The book moves from academic to professional writing and chapters include a discussion of relevant genres, mentor texts with salient features identified, visual aids, and exercises that ask students to apply their understanding of the concepts. Readers learn about the scholarly and qualitative research processes prevalent in the field of education and are encouraged to use writing to facilitate change that improves teaching and learning conditions. Book Features: · Presents a rhetorical approach to writing in education. · Includes detailed student samples for each of the four major categories of writing. · Articulates writing as a core intellectual responsibility of teachers. · Details the library and qualitative research process using examples from education. · Includes many user-friendly features, such as reflection questions and writing prompts.

The College Writer's Handbook

The College Writer's Handbook
Author: Randall VanderMey
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-04-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780618776955

Continuing in the tradition of The College Writer, The College Writer's Handbook offers a proven at-a-glance page format, practical writing instruction, and an inviting design--everything today's students need for college and career writing. In addition, the authors' established use of humor as a pedagogical tool and their entertaining visuals, quotations, anecdotes, and models enhance learning and humanize the rich content, setting this handbook apart.The compact handbook balances clear and concise explanations with an abundance of useful hints and compelling examples. It also includes extended coverage of critical topics such as the writing process as well as critical-reading and critical-thinking skills. An easy-to-use CD and companion web site enrich the handbook's instruction, providing useful learning tools for the modern writer.

Writing

Writing
Author: James A. W. Hefferman
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 579
Release: 1994
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780393964721

Writing: A College Workbook, Fourth Edition, is a sure guide to writing effective sentences and managing punctuation, sentence mechanics, and spelling. It parallels and supplements Part 2, 'Writing Sentences, ' and Part 3, 'Punctuation and Mechanics, ' of Writing: A College Handbook, Fourth Edition. The Workbooks positive and supportive approach and its easily understood explanations and examples help build sentence power, while the exercises ensure that power is retained.

Writing and Developing Your College Textbook

Writing and Developing Your College Textbook
Author: Mary Ellen Lepionka
Publisher: Atlantic Path Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780972816472

This is the comprehensively revised second edition of a popular professional book on textbook writing and finding one's way in the higher education publishing world--for academic authors and editors, college instructors, and instructional designers. The second edition has two new chapters on the latest industry trends--such as the pricing revolt, open access movement, and wiki-textbook phenomenon, and on the use of learning objectives to structure textbook package development. Every chapter features new sections, links, forms, models, or examples from an even greater range of college courses. Contains updated and expanded appendices, glossary entries, references, bibliography entries, and index. BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines/Authorship and Publishing