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A Manual of Essays, Selected from Various Authors.
Author: A manual of essays, selected from various authors
Author: ManualA manual of essays, selected from various authors
Author: A Manual of Essays
Author: ManualWriters at Work: The Essay Student's Book
Author: Dorothy ZemachPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521693028
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Following on from Writers at Work: The Paragraph and Writers at Work: the Short Composition, Writers at Work: The Essay will teach the basics of academic essay writing to intermediate-level students. In Writers at Work: The Essay, college and university students use the process approach to write different genres of essays common at the post-secondary level, the most important being expository writing, persuasive writing, and timed essay exams. Each chapter uses the same five-step approach to writing that is used in the two lower-level books. In each chapter, students analyze a model essay, noticing key organizational and linguistic features; brainstorm ideas; write multiple drafts; revise their work; engage in peer reviews; and share their finished work. Chapters recycle and build upon previously taught material.
A Manual of Essay-Writing
Author: J. H. FowlerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330244135
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Excerpt from A Manual of Essay-Writing This little book aims at giving more systematic guidance in the art of essay-writing than is usually attempted. Many teachers, I am aware, are sceptical as to the value of such an attempt. They feel the importance of spontaneity and individuality, and they are rightly of opinion that an essay cannot possess these qualities if it proceeds rigidly on lines laid down for the writer by somebody else. On the other hand, if must be matter of common experience that much of the time spent on the writing of essays is fruitless because it is aimless; and it seems to me that, without introducing any rules that would fetter individuality, something may be done in several directions to make the practice of essay-writing both easier and more fruitful than it is at present. First, I believe that a good many hints on style and treatment may profitably be given. Without attempting to lay down arbitrary rules, one may say that there are certain positive qualities which every good essay ought to possess, and these may be usefully indicated. In particular, in every essay which undertakes to prove anything, the argument ought to be clear, orderly, and logical, and hints may be given on the construction and setting forth of a consecutive argument. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Selected Essays
Author: Friedrich DürrenmattPublisher:
ISBN: 9780857421685
Category : Authors, Swiss
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century, a talent on par with Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Bertolt Brecht. A prolific writer of letters, poems, novels, and shorter fictions, his essays on literary forms as well as those on philosophy and politics provide a window onto his world and his work, demonstrating both his critical acumen and the breadth of his talents as a stylist. Gathered from throughout his long career, the writings featured in Dürrenmatt's Selected Essays are by turns playful and polemical, poetic and provocative, mordantly comical and deadly serious. Critics have often been perplexed by Dürrenmatt's sudden shifts--from stage to prose and back, from comedy to tragedy and vice versa, from writing to drawing. In this volume, the full range of his interests in arts and letters--and their relationships to each other--becomes evident. In one section, a cluster of essays on the theater illuminate his idiosyncratic dramaturgical theories, drawing on examples from Attic comedy to Schiller, Brecht, and professional wrestling. In another, his philosophical essays intermingle his passionate reflections on ethical and political questions with his skeptical forays into metaphysics. And in autobiographical pieces such as the monumental "Vallon de l'Ermitage," Dürrenmatt offers an intimate look at his "web of time"--the places where he traveled and the people with whom he lived and worked. Suffused with melancholy, flashes of tenderness, and the author's inimitable sense of the grotesque and absurd, these essays provide a compelling look at the author's prodigious strength as a writer of nonfiction.
Writers at Work Teacher's Manual
Author: Dorothy E. ZemachPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521693035
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Writers at Work series prepares ESL students to tackle academic essay writing. The Teacher's Manual to Writers at Work: The Essay provides an introduction to the course, teaching tips for every activity, and an extensive answer key.
The Elegant Essay Writing Lessons
Author: Lesha MyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9780977986019
Category : Penmanship
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This Is Not a Writing Manual
Author: Kerri MajorsPublisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9781599636887
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Real-world writing advice, minus all the lectures. You're an aspiring writer. Maybe you've just discovered your love of words and dream of being a novelist someday. Maybe you've been filling notebooks with science-fiction stories since middle school. Maybe you're contemplating a liberal arts degree, but you don't know what the heck you're going to do with it. The last thing you need is another preachy writing manual telling you how you should write. This book isn't a writing manual. It is a series of candid and irreverent essays on the writing life, from a writer who's lived it. Kerri Majors shares stories from her own life that offer insights on the realities all writers face: developing a writing voice, finding a real job (and yes, you do need to find one), taking criticism, getting published, and dealing with rejection. Don't have enough time to write? Learn how to plan your days to fit it all in. Not sure how your guilty pleasures and bad habits translate into literature? Kerri explains how soap operas and eavesdropping can actually help your writing. Need a reader for your first novel? Find a writing buddy or a writing group that will support you. Nervous about submitting your first piece? Learn from Kerri's own roller coaster journey to find an agent and get published. This Is Not a Writing Manual is the writing memoir for young writers who want to use their talents in the real world.