Graff, Gerald
Summary: The authors identify the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. Because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and writing about literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word GraffCelce-Murcia, Marianne.
Contents: List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Transcription key -- Part 1. Pronunciation instruction in perspective -- 1. The history and scope of pronunciation teaching -- 2. Research on the teaching and acquisition of pronunciation skills -- Part 2. The sound system of North American English : an overview -- 3. The consonant system -- 4. The vowel system -- 5. Stress, rhythm and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.3 CELSchneider, Pat
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 SCHFridland, Valerie
Summary: "A linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate-and why our "um"s, "like"s, and "you know"s actually make us better communicators. Do you hate that you say "like" too much? Do you go over your email drafts to remove excess "so"s and "really"s? Do you wish your presentation at work wasn't so full of "um"s and "uh"s? Do you get tripped up by slang, overly familiar greetings, or new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420.1 FRIEdmundson, Mark
Summary: Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be entertained, not inspired? Writing is backbreaking, mindbreaking, lonely work. So why? Because writing, as celebrated professor Mark Edmundson explains, is one of the greatest human goods. Real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 EDMRoyal, Brandon
Summary: This deluxe edition contains the complete contents of "The Little Red Writing Book" and "The Little Gold Grammar Book." Whereas writing is based on principles - in which writing is deemed better or worse, more effective or less effective - grammar is based on rules, in which writing is deemed right or wrong, correct or incorrect. With coverage of the most useful writing principles and the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maven Publishing 2015
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Summary: "This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object. Employing an accessible, example-rich approach, Wonderbook energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 VANGoodson, Patricia
Summary: A practical workbook of 50 exercises, helping you build your writing skills and master the specifics of academic writing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SAGE 2017
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Summary: "In Write to the Point, accomplished author and literary critic Sam Leith kicks the age-old lists of dos and don'ts to the curb. Yes, he covers the nuts and bolts we need to be in complete command of the language: grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, and other subjects half-remembered from grade school. But more importantly, he charts a commonsense course between the "Armies of Correctness"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 LEIAdelson-Goldstein, Jayme
Summary: The third edition of the best-selling Oxford Picture Dictionary provides unparalleled support for vocabulary teaching to meet the needs of today's English language learners. 4,000 English words and phrases with meaningful, real-life contexts presented within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food, and Recreation, New and updated topics such as job search, career...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.17 ADEDreyer, Benjamin
Summary: "Full of advice, insider wisdom, and fascinating facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone who wants to be confident in their writing skills, or anyone who enjoys the power of language. Explored throughout are the mysteries of using punctuation, word choice decisions, and more, presented in a clear, concise and accessible manner made fun!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: A guide for improving writing skills and technique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barrons Educational Series, Inc. 2021
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Summary: "Every day I write the book, a guide to style and writing for academics, is Amitava Kumar's fifth book of creative nonfiction with Duke University Press. Written in short first-person vignettes, this book melds form and content to explore the writing process both in and out of the academy, while offering a portrait of Kumar's writing life throughout. Kumar, whose background is in literary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 KUMWeston, Anthony
Summary: From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Math WestonEvans, Harold
Summary: Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He's even been knighted for his services to journalism. In DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Summary: Grammar can be an intimidating subject. This guide helps you learn-- or relearn-- the essentials, and makes learning and using proper grammar simple.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Self-Counsel Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 KILZinsser, William Knowlton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1998
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Summary: Communications expert Luntz offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the tactical use of words and phrases affects what we buy, who we vote for, and even what we believe in. Luntz has used his knowledge of words to help more than two dozen Fortune 500 companies grow. He tells us why Rupert Murdoch's six-billion-dollar decision to buy DirectTV was smart because "satellite" was more cutting edge...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2007
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Summary: An author and educator's pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry--a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the spectrum and explores how we use language to express our seemingly limitless interior lives. Adults often find it difficult to communicate with autistic students and try to "fix" them. But what if we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTIN, CHRIS MARGornick, Vivian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9492 GORBrown, Jordan
Summary: An introduction to the science that powers favorite amusement park rides reveals why a roller coaster does not need an engine and how bumper cars can move without gasoline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BROPinker, Steven
Summary: Steve Pinker discusses the idea that language is an instinct, as innate to us as flying is to geese. This book covers the biological origin, acquisition by children and the grammatical structure of human language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Folio Society 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401 PINLeggett, Glenn H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1988