Wardle, Elizabeth creator Downs, Doug text nyu Boston Bedford/St. Martins 2014 2005 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xxiv, 821 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Based on Wardle and Downs' research, the first edition of Writing about Writing marked a milestone in the field of composition. By showing students how to draw on what they know in order to contribute to ongoing conversations about writing and literacy, it helped them transfer their writing-related skills from first-year composition to other courses and contexts. Now used by tens of thousands of students, Writing about Writing presents accessible writing studies research by authors such as Mike Rose, Deborah Brandt, John Swales, and Nancy Sommers, together with popular texts by authors such as Malcolm X and Anne Lamott, and texts from student writers. Throughout the book, friendly explanations and scaffolded activities and questions help students connect to readings and develop knowledge about writing that they can use at work, in their everyday lives, and in college. The new edition builds on this success and refines the approach to make it even more teachable. The second edition includes more help for understanding the rhetorical situation and an exciting new chapter on multimodal composing. The print text is now integrated with e-Pages for Writing about Writing, designed to take advantage of what the Web can do Contents: Introduction to the conversation -- Literacies : where do your ideas about reading and writing come from? -- Individual in community : how do texts mediate activities? -- Rhetoric : how is meaning constructed in context? -- Processes : how are texts composed? -- Multimodal composition : what counts as writing? Elizabeth Wardle, Doug Downs Includes index. English language Rhetoric English language Grammar College readers Report writing PE1408.W26 808/.042/0711 9781457636943 1457636948 2004052441 DLC 040521 20210414114658.0 13601065