Writing Analytically with Readings [Paperback]

David Rosenwasser (Author), Jill Stephen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2007 | ISBN-10: 141301349X | ISBN-13: 978-1413013498 | Edition: 1

WRITING ANALYTICALLY WITH READINGS is two books in one, a guide to writing with a reader, that teaches you how to have ideas and develop them in an academic setting and beyond. The writing guide offers a book-length treatment of analysis, a form of thinking and writing required in virtually all college courses. The writing guide is accompanied by a thematically-arranged collection of readings and images-material for students like you to write about and to use as models and lenses in doing your own writing about the world.

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"I can't wait for the first edition. This textbook is attentive to the needs of interdisciplinary, analytic, and civic-minded education. I'll certainly recommend it to colleagues."

"I like the thoughtfulness that went into each [assignment sequence], the careful connections with the Writing Analytically approach, . . I also like the "applications" that are based on the principle that part of good writing is observing the world around us, not just sitting in front of a computer screen."

Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 1 edition (January 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141301349X
• ISBN-13: 978-1413013498
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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