The Rhetoric of Western Thought: From the Mediterranean World to the Global Setting
By: George F McHendry Jr., M. Elizabeth Thorpe, Jessica A. Kurr, James L Golden, Goodwin Berquist, William Coleman, James M Sproule
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The Rhetoric of Western Thought: From the Mediterranean World to the Global Setting
Author(s): George F McHendry Jr., M. Elizabeth Thorpe, Jessica A. Kurr, James L Golden, Goodwin Berquist, William Coleman, James M Sproule
Building upon a rich legacy, the new edition of The Rhetoric of Western Thought provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of rhetoric from its inception in the ancient world, to its present day expression in contemporary practice and scholarship. The 11th edition gives deliberate attent...Lying and Deception in Human Interaction
By: Mark Knapp, William Earnest, Darrin Griffin, Matthew McGlone
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Lying and Deception in Human Interaction
Author(s): Mark Knapp, William Earnest, Darrin Griffin, Matthew McGlone
The emergence of social media, the digital revolution, and the today’s political climate have all brought renewed attention to deception as a human communication phenomenon. Lying and Deception in Human Interaction presents deception from a variety of perspectives. The text primarily focuses on ...Engaging Discourse: A 21st Century Composition Reader & Curriculum
Author(s): Bradley Summerhill
We are diverse. We do not share the same ideology, religion, ethnicity, or socio-economic background. We do not need to agree, but we do need to share ideas and to learn to communicate with a clear and open mind, in clear and meaningful language. We need to speak and write with thoughtfulness, ...Communication & Human Behavior
Author(s): Brent D Ruben, Lea Stewart
A knowledge of human behavior helps us understand ourselves, our actions, our motives, our feelings, and our aspirations… Communication and Human Behavior portrays a broad and colorful landscape of the field, outlines the history of communication study, and focuses on communication as a basic lif...Media Relations: Tactical Preparation for Life
Author(s): Kelly A. McBride
Many of the text and trade books look at media relations from a journalist’s viewpoint, which is vastly different than what the practitioner should be aware of. Sure, there are deadlines and writing…lots of it, but the methodology in which we approach the communication exchange needs to be different...about product
The College Writer At-Work Book: A Know-How Guide for Success in Your Freshman Writing Courses
Author(s): Paige Brooks Huskey
Whether you are new or returning to college, excited or nervous about your freshman writing courses, this workbook will support you by: integrating the five active steps for reading to learn throughout the text, providing goal setting opportunities in every chapter, reinforcing soft skill...Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: An Anthology
Author(s): Debra Monroe
Existing creative nonfiction anthologies don’t reflect the current cultural landscape. This anthology, featuring essays in forms both traditional and innovative, showcases the genre today—not how it was fifteen years ago when creative nonfiction seemed to include only memoir. Contemporary Creati...Fluency: Questions, Answers, and Evidence-Based Strategies
By: Patricia Smith, Melanie Walski, Jerry Johns, Roberta L. Berglund
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Fluency: Questions, Answers, and Evidence-Based Strategies
Author(s): Patricia Smith, Melanie Walski, Jerry Johns, Roberta L. Berglund
Are you trying to help your students become more fluent readers?Are you doing progress monitoring? Do you think that differentiating fluency interventions can help you respond to individual differences among your students?Help is on the way. This easy to use resource is written with teachers in mind...Ethics in the Criminal Justice System
Author(s): Scott H. Belshaw, Peter Johnstone, Lee DeBoer
Ethics in the Criminal Justice System explores ideas and information in and around ethical decision making as it pertains to criminal justice. As an edited volume, Ethics in the Criminal Justice System features contributing authors who have provided a varied and challenging palette of offerings from...The Architecture of Educational Frameworks
By: PAMELA JEAN BALLARD SAWYER, ROSEMARY KARR, ELAINE ANN ZWEIG
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The Architecture of Educational Frameworks
Author(s): PAMELA JEAN BALLARD SAWYER, ROSEMARY KARR, ELAINE ANN ZWEIG
The more proficient students are in critical thinking in college, the better they may be at decision-making and throughout life.The Architecture of Educational Frameworks offers guidance that encourages instructors from all disciplines to be comfortable teaching study skills for education, English, ...