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A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University
Author(s): Grand Valley State University
A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University is meant to be the perfect asset to the first-year writing courses offered by the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University. These courses are designed to build on and expand your writing, critical thinking, collaboration, a...
The Active Writer
Author(s): Michael Neal Morris
Whether the goal is to score better grades in school or win over a boss with an outstanding proposal, learning to write well is hard work. However, the number of benefits make the efforts of the journey well worth it! People who write well get better grades and do better on the job—and often, perfor...
Good Writing Made Simple
Author(s): Monique Ferrell, Julian Williams
The writing process inspires dread in countless students, and the underlying source of fear is almost always the same: “I’m just not a good writer.” Fortunately, Monique Ferrell and Julian Williams assure students in Good Writing Made Simple that writing is a learnable skill, just like anything else...
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The West Guide to Writing: Success through the Sequence from Community College to University
Author(s): Katherine Boutry, Clare Norris, Holly Bailey-Hofmann
Writing is a strength - or weakness - for students in all their classes. Becoming a successful writer gives students an advantage. The West Guide to Writing: Success from Community College to University gives the reader the keys to succeed! Written by three full-time English professors with a com...
Teaching New Literacies to Early and Middle Level Readers: Graphic Novels, Animation, Social Networking, Video Games, and More
By: Katie Monnin
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An Elephant's Idea: A Basic Companion for Writers
Author(s): Mika Shipley
A college-level writing course can be a stressful, intimidating experience, especially in a student's first year. This text aims to alleviate those feelings. My belief is that native English speakers know our language very well; however, the translation from speaking to writing causes us all many ch...
Lead, Follow, or Move Out of the Way!: Global Perspectives in Literature and Film
Author(s): Monique Ferrell, Julian Williams, RUTH G. GARCIA
Lead, Follow or Move Out of the Way: Global Perspectives in Literature and Film is a collection of provocative, insightful, opinionated, and sometimes thoroughly disturbing pieces. Unlike the customary organization of anthologies—by genre, geography, or historical period—the thematic organization of...
Write It Review: A Process Approach to College Essays, with Readings
Author(s): Linda Strahan, Michael Heumann, Kathleen M Moore
The goal of Write It Review is to reinforce the academic reading and writing skills youlearned in Write It. Each section of Write It Review, just as in Write It, helps you develop arange of writing strategies. As you are guided through the writing process, you learn howto use each stage to maximize ...