Writing In College From Competence to Excellence

Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text. It is well suited to composition courses or first-year seminars and valuable as a s...

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Main Author: Guptill, Amy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Open SUNY [2016]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Really? Writing? Again?
  • Chapter 2: What Does the Professor Want? Understanding the Assignment
  • Chapter 3: Constructing the Thesis and Argument—From the Ground Up
  • Chapter 4: Secondary Sources in Their Natural Habitats
  • Chapter 5: Listening to Sources, Talking to Sources
  • Chapter 6: Back to Basics: The Perfect Paragraph
  • Chapter 7: Intros and Outros
  • Chapter 8: Clarity and Concision
  • Chapter 9: Getting the Mechanics Right