The Sundance Writer: A Rhetoric, Reader, And Handbook

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FeaturesStrategies throughout provide practical, step-by-step instructions on writing.Twelve chapters explain the writing process, from considering the writing context to editing and proofreading.A unique chapter, 'Special Writing Contexts, ' includes information on collaborative writing, working in online writing groups, writing as a representative, writing to mass audiences, writing to multiple readers, and giving oral presentations.'Writers at Work' boxes provide practical tips from professional writers.Fifty rhetorically arranged essays and articles provide students with a diverse range of both classic and contemporary authors such as George Orwell, E.B. White, Tony Brown and Barbara Ehrenreich, and cover a variety of topics, including cyberspace, AIDS, and getting a job.Student essays in each of the rhetorical chapters provide examples of good models for beginning writers.'Writing Beyond the Classroom' sections show students how writers use modes in the 'real world.'Advertisements, brochures, government documents, and a resume introduce elements of business and technical writing to composition students.A 'Blending the Modes' reading in each chapter shows students how writers often use several methods of development to tell a story or explain a process.A complete section on the research paper includes coverage on selecting and evaluating sources, strategies for using the Internet, and conducting and interviews and su