WRITING FOR LIFE: PUBLIC, PERSONAL, AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING introduces students to models of writing they may encounter in their academic, personal, and professional lives, while situating these models within their rhetorical contexts.
The text offers students insight into the brainstorming, planning, and writing processes, as well as advice for revising their writing. Within each chapter, examples and writing prompts give students the opportunity to put writing theory into practice.
Chapter 1: The Rhetorical Context for Writing
Chapter 2: The Writing Process
Chapter 3: Writing for Clarity and Style
Chapter 4: Academic Writing
Chapter 5: Public Writing
Chapter 6: Writing in the Workplace
Chapter 7: Creative and Personal Writing
Chapter 8: Writing in Modern Language Association
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