A gentleman knows the importance of effectively expressing, in three or four sentences, his thanks for a gift or for a job interview, conveying his sympathy, or saying he is sorry.
Rhetoric Across Borders features a select representation of 27 essays and excerpts from the "e;In Conversation"e; panels at the Rhetoric Society of America's 2014 conference on "e;Border Rhetorics.
Ecologies of Writing Programs: Profiles of Writing Programs in Context features profiles of exemplary and innovative writing programs across varied institutions.
Rector's assistant Owen Mathias, a young and average sensualist, gradually stumbles on the considerable connections his church in Kobe, Japan, has to atrocities committed by Unit 731, Japan's biological warfare research center in Harbin, Manchuria, during World War II.
This engaging guide will equip students who are non-native speakers of English with the tools and confidence to respond effectively and appropriately to written assignments at university.
When art and design students are asked for statements to accompany their work, reflective journals, or critiques, reviews and essays, they often freeze up because they have to put their thoughts in writing.
Essential reading for young professionals on the first rung of their career ladders, this second edition is an up-to-date and invaluable guide to improved communication skills, designed to develop the ambitious individual's prospects in their chosen profession.
Learn to write 100 characters in Chinese Billions of people worldwide speak Chinese and now you can learn to write 100 characters in the world s most-spoken language!
Using corpus-based analyses, the book challenges widely held beliefs about grammatical complexity, academic writing, and linguistic change in written English.
Rich in river imagery and an intense sense of the passage of time, The Wash explores the incessant music that permeates journeys with a destination unknown.
The process of probing beneath and even shaving or sanding away the language undergirding literary works that, word by word, line by line and page by page, sustains a narrative's arc, contributes to the perspective of writer as architect.
Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeare's language, this book makes The Winter's Tale accessible and exciting for students.
The EPA investigation of a 1994 chemical plant tragedy concluded that "e;the explosion resulted from a lack of written safe operating procedures "e; While good written procedures can't guarantee zero accidents, they can reduce the number of accidents caused by human error.
Learn to write 100 characters in Chinese Billions of people worldwide speak Chinese and now you can learn to write 100 characters in the world s most-spoken language!
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers.
Writing the New Ethnography provides a foundational understanding of the writing processes associated with composing new forms of qualitative writing in the social sciences.
Beyond Argument offers an in-depth examination of how current ways of thinking about the writer-page relation in personal essays can be reconceived according to practices in the "e;care of the self"e; - an ethic by which writers such as Seneca, Montaigne, and Nietzsche lived.
Personal writing can be risky for anyone, but for military veterans, especially those suffering from post-traumatic stress, sharing stories can trigger painful and disturbing flashbacks.
