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Writing about wirting : a college reader / Elizabeth Wandler and Doug Downs

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Bedford/St, Martin's, c2014Edition: Second EditionDescription: xxiv, 820 pages : illustrations ; 23cmISBN:
  • 978-1-4576-3694-3
LOC classification:
  • GC RG 525 .M87 2016 c.1
Contents:
Contents: Chapter 1. Literacies: Where do your ideas about reading and writing come from -- Chapter 2. Individual in Community: how do texts mediate activities -- Chapter 3. Rhetoric. how is meaning constructed in context -- Chapter 4. Processes: how are texts composed -- Chapter 5. Multimodal composition: what counts as writing.
Summary: "Your ideas about writing matter. Are your ideas about writing holding you back? What new concepts would allow you to prgress as a writer? Since its publication in 2011, Writing about Writing has empowered thousands of students to join Writing Studies researchers in investigating how writing works. You will explore "threshold concepts" about writing--central ideas that you need to understand in order to progress as a writer. As you come to a deeper understanding of these threshold concepts, you will be able to transfer this healthier and more productive understanding to any writing situation you will encounter"--Back cover.
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Includes glossary and index.

Contents: Chapter 1. Literacies: Where do your ideas about reading and writing come from -- Chapter 2. Individual in Community: how do texts mediate activities -- Chapter 3. Rhetoric. how is meaning constructed in context -- Chapter 4. Processes: how are texts composed -- Chapter 5. Multimodal composition: what counts as writing.

"Your ideas about writing matter. Are your ideas about writing holding you back? What new concepts would allow you to prgress as a writer? Since its publication in 2011, Writing about Writing has empowered thousands of students to join Writing Studies researchers in investigating how writing works. You will explore "threshold concepts" about writing--central ideas that you need to understand in order to progress as a writer. As you come to a deeper understanding of these threshold concepts, you will be able to transfer this healthier and more productive understanding to any writing situation you will encounter"--Back cover.

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