Cengage Advantage Books: The Concise Wadsworth Handbook
Cengage Advantage Books: The Concise Wadsworth Handbook

Author: Laurie Kirszner

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2007-06-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781413030617

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Tailored to student learning styles and needs, grounded in student models, and used as a resource for all academic and workplace contexts, THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Second Edition, offers practical writing advice for today's student-emphasizing the writing and research processes in a brief, affordable, spiral-bound format. THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Second Edition, is THE complete reference for the college writer. Student and instructor friendly, easy to use, and offering more comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the writing and research processes than any concise handbook on the market, the Second Edition features strengthened discussions of grammar, style, punctuation, and mechanics as well as revised checklists and other boxed features to help students comprehend and apply important concepts to their writing. In addition, a unique section-Part 2, Developing Strategies for Academic Success-contains chapters on reading for college, writing essay exams, writing for the workplace, and designing effective documents and websites. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

The Concise Wadsworth Handbook
The Concise Wadsworth Handbook

Author: Laurie G. Kirszner

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781133310334

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This handbook is THE go-to-guide for every kind of writing. With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and writing in a digital environment, THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition, is an essential tool. The handbook's numerous features--including checklists, Close-up boxes, Grammar Checker boxes, and marginal cross-references--are valuable navigational tools that will help you understand and apply important concepts to your writing. And, numerous exercises throughout the text allow you to practice at each stage of the writing, revising, and editing processes. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

The College Handbook of Creative Writing
The College Handbook of Creative Writing

Author: Robert DeMaria

Publisher: Cengage Learning Mexico

Published: 2012-12-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780840030795

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Hone your creative writing skills with this best-selling, portable little handbook! Ideal for all levels of writing from introductory to advanced, THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING, Fourth Edition, covers all the necessary fundamentals for creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Exploring theme, setting, characters, plot, point of view, tone, style, description, dialogue, thoughts, time, images, and sounds, the handbook includes contemporary and classic selections that serve as writing models, as well as end-of-chapter exercises and writing suggestions that help you practice fundamental writing skills. A glossary of literary terms and a bibliography complete this concise book. This edition includes updated selections, more examples, revised exercises, and a revised Chapter 14, "Writing as a Career."

When Words Collide
When Words Collide

Author: Lauren Kessler

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780495572404

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Kessler and McDonald's WHEN WORDS COLLIDE is praised by students and professors alike for its straightforward and clear-almost conversational-presentation of grammar. This versatile grammar and usage handbook works for both beginning and continuing media writers, providing concise, clear explanations and examples, as well as quick and accurate answers to grammar or usage questions. The unique 'from writer to writer' perspective engages students and guides them firsthand through the writing process. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

The Concise Wadsworth Handbook
The Concise Wadsworth Handbook

Author: Laurie G. Kirszner

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2010-02-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781428291928

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This handbook is THE go-to-guide for every kind of writing. With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and writing in a digital environment, THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Third Edition, is an essential tool. The handbook's numerous features--including checklists, "Close-up" boxes, "Grammar Checker" boxes, and marginal cross-references--are valuable navigational tools that will help you understand and apply important concepts to your writing. And, numerous exercises throughout the text allow you to practice at each stage of the writing, revising, and editing processes.

Culture Counts
Culture Counts

Author: Serena Nanda

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 154433625X

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Now with SAGE Publishing! Culture Counts is a concise introduction to anthropology that illustrates why culture matters in our understanding of humanity and the world around us. Serena Nanda and Richard L. Warms draw students in with engaging ethnographic stories and a conversational writing style that encourages them to interact cross-culturally, solve problems, and effect positive change. The brief format gives majors and non-majors the essentials they need and frees up the instructor to teach the course the way they want to teach it. The Fifth Edition includes new examples and vignettes that are important to the study of cultural anthropology. Issues of gender, identity, globalization, intersectionality, inequality, and public health have been incorporated throughout the book, as well as a new chapter on race and ethnicity that brings the book in step with recent conversations about power, race, and history. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.

Building a Speech
Building a Speech

Author: Sheldon Metcalfe

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780534606602

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Metcalfe's BUILDING A SPEECH, Fifth Edition, continues the tradition of providing proven texts at lower prices. With 20 chapters organized into five units, BUILDING A SPEECH guides students through a step-by-step process of acquiring public speaking skills by observation, peer criticism, personal experience and instructor guidance. Readings and exercises provide assistance in developing informative and persuasive speeches as well as research and speechwriting skills. This book establishes a caring environment for the learning process through a conversational style that aims to both interest and motivate students, while conveying encouragement through topics such as apprehension and listening that will help students to realize that they are not alone in their struggles. It is grounded in the philosophy that students can master the steps of speech construction if provided with a caring environment, clear blueprints, and creative examples.

The Concise Wadsworth Handbook, Untabbed Version
The Concise Wadsworth Handbook, Untabbed Version

Author: Laurie G. Kirszner

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Published: 2012-11-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781285074504

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This handbook is THE go-to-guide for every kind of writing. With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and writing in a digital environment, THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition, is an essential tool. The handbook's numerous features--including checklists, "Close-up" boxes, "Grammar Checker" boxes, and marginal cross-references--are valuable navigational tools that will help you understand and apply important concepts to your writing. And, numerous exercises throughout the text allow you to practice at each stage of the writing, revising, and editing processes.

Cengage Advantage Books: World History, Volume I
Cengage Advantage Books: World History, Volume I

Author: William J. Duiker

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2015-04-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781305091726

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Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of WORLD HISTORY, 8th Edition, offers readers the complete narrative with only the most essential features, photos, and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive, trade-sized history text. Noted teachers and scholars William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences of the human past, and identifies key patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history is integrated into a chronological framework to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. This approach helps students link events together in a broad comparative and global framework, and consequently see the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context. CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: WORLD HISTORY includes over 100 maps and excerpts of over 100 primary sources that enliven the past while introducing students to the source material of historical scholarship. Available in the following split options: CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: WORLD HISTORY, 8th Edition (Chapters 1−30); Volume I: To 1800 (Chapters 1−18); Volume II: Since 1500 (Chapters 14−30). Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.