Soles, Derek.

The essentials of academic writing / Derek Soles. - 2nd ed. - Boston, MA : Cengage Learning Houghton Mifflin, c2010. - xviii, 437 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

THE ESSENTIALS OF ACADEMIC WRITING, 2nd Edition, offers a complete overview of the process of writing academic essays for college courses. This text covers the writing process, including concise, nuts-and-bolts coverage of researching, planning, drafting, documenting, revising, and proofreading academic papers. A sample student essay serves as a case study throughout the text, illustrating each step of the writing process. An anthology of 13 academic essays, covering a variety of disciplines and topics, provides good models for student writing. This affordable and accessible text is a valuable rhetoric for freshman composition and is an important reference guide to students in all college disciplines.

9780547181332 (pbk.) 0547181337 (pbk.)

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Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Rhetoric.

LB2369 / .S62 2010

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