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This is the second of two courses designed to improve the reading and writing skills of the students who plan to take language programs. This second course will continue the development of these two skills, based on the consolidation of the previous course. Students will complete two extended writing assessments and a serious of advanced reading tasks. Students will be introduced to academic research. Critical thinking will be introduced, and students will develop this skill in both reading and writing. Student will broaden their understanding of English language use through a stronger understanding of formal and informal language.
This book is written collaboratively by writing instructors at the Queen’s University Writing Center. It outlines strategies both for thinking assignments through and for writing them well. The book begins with comprehension of the assignment, and then discusses gathering and organizing material. Next, the book focuses on paragraphs, such as the length, the focus and coherence, etc. Then the focus is shifted to writing styles, essential grammar, and punctuation. Then in the “Documentation” chapter, the book discusses plagiarism and citation. The last two chapters are devoted to business writing and sciences writing respectively.
While in the original edition, 50 writing tools are shared with the readers, this 10th anniversary edition includes five brand new, never-before-shared tools- now the readers are instructed with altogether 55 tools in this guide to writing. At the end of each tool, readers will find a set of workshop questions and exercises. Organized into four sections, “Nuts and Bolts,” “Special Effects,” “Blueprints for Stories,” and “Useful Habits,” this book is infused with more than 200 examples from journalism and literature. The source includes great works on writing, the authors whose works are sampled in this book, conversations with professional writers and editors, and America’s great writing teachers.
This book presents a logical set of instructions on how to perform semiotic analysis and how to develop compelling interpretations. Moving from theory to practice, the book discussess from choosing a sign to analyze to questioning and staging the sign, from generating ideas about meaning to building essays around your ideas. This book answers the needs of students of composition, culture studies, and literature, providing a process-orientated guide to analyzing anything. The book ends with the chapter “Analytical Exercises”, in which ten analytical approaches are introduced- analyzing spectacle, ads, metaphor, gender, slang, tomorrow, consumption, beauty, captivity, and disability.
This is a textbook that uses the theme of art to highlight an approach to enhance readers’ reading, thinking, and study skills. Each chapter is introduced with a major work of art, and selections on art-related topics are provided throughout the text, including public art, Egyptian artifacts, prehistoric cave art, art theft, the Mona Lisa, the Vietnam War Memorial, body art and performance art. The book is divided into five parts, covering major college skills; critical reading skills; inference, figurative language, and author’s tone; how to develop critical reading and thinking skills; and the application of study skills such as SQ3R, outlining, mapping, and annotating.
Beginning with writing and thinking, the book moves to the steps and strategies of writing an essay. Three chapters are contributed to the writing of book report, lab report and business report respectively. Then the book moves to discuss using illustrations and documenting sources. It worth noting that two chapters are devoted to giving an oral presentation and writing examinations respectively. The book also discusses writing a resume and letter of application. Writing style and punctuation is mentioned as well. This edition also points out some of the most common errors in student composition and suggests how to avoid or correct them.
This edition is revised heavily to emphasize the sources that students and faculty use as a springboard for writing, and is expanded to include new forms of electronic communication. The book is organized in an order by which essay writing is processed. Beginning with critical thinking with reading and writing, the book then moves to make arguments in different disciplines such as Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, etc. The chapter “Library of Academic Writing” teaches the role of source materials. The book then discusses the research process, the citation format, the multimedia resources, and the revising process. Finally it ends with a multilingual user’s guide.
