Refining composition skills : academic writing and grammar /
Regina L. Smalley, Mary K. Ruetten, Joann Rishel Kozyrev.
- Sixth edition.
- xxii, 406 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.
- Academic writing and grammar .
- Academic writing and grammar. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The new edition of this best-selling series combines comprehensive development and practice in the rhetorical modes while integrating instruction in reading, grammar, critical thinking, and vocabulary development. -Developing Composition Skills focuses students on narrating, describing, analyzing, comparing and contrasting, classifying, and evaluating at the paragraph level and offers a complete introduction that bridges the gap between the paragraph and the essay level. -Refining Composition Skills develops essay writing skills needed for success at the college level by thoroughly reviewing and presenting the following rhetorical modes: compare and contrast, example, classification, process analysis, cause and effect, and argument"--Publisher description.
1111221197 9781111221195
2010941777
English language--Composition and exercises. Academic writing--Problems, exercises, etc. English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc. English language--Rhetoric