A Student Guide to College Composition [Paperback]

William Murdick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003 | ISBN-10: 0875731007 | ISBN-13: 978-0875731001

This book helps students succeed in composition by showing them:

How to be effective students
How to handle the most difficult challenges of academic writing
How to approach the five most common writing assignments
How to pass a timed writing test

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From the Publisher

A Student Guide to College Composition is meant to serve as a conventional textbook, though it can also be used by students independently to help them do well in composition.

Part I: Succeeding in Composition describes teacher expectations in various models of the composition course. It then elaborates on nineteen do's and don'ts (attend class; understand assignments, turn in neat copy, etc.). The premise is that most student failure in composition results from ineffective behavior, not hopelessly poor writing ability.

Part II: Meeting the Challenges of Academic Writing looks in detail at three of the most difficult and important challenges of academic writing: full development of points, educated adult reasoning, and the incorporation of outside sources.

Part III: Handling the Major Assignments shows students how to create a well-developed first draft of the five most common writing assignments: the personal narrative, the informative article, the argument on a controversial issue, the literary criticism paper, and the long research paper.

About the Author

William Murdick has a Ph.D. in rhetoric and over thirty years experience teaching composition at the university level. He has published articles on the teaching of writing, as well as textbooks on business and technical writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 213 pages
• Publisher: Jain Publishing Company (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875731007
• ISBN-13: 978-0875731001
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,105,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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