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Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader Barbara Fine Clouse

Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader By Barbara Fine Clouse

Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader by Barbara Fine Clouse

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Emphasizes the rhetorical patterns as strategies to help writers achieve their purposes for writing. This text focuses on how writers combine patterns and treats argumentation-persuasion, in depth.

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Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader by Barbara Fine Clouse

"Patterns for a Purpose" emphasizes the rhetorical patterns as strategies to help writers achieve their purposes for writing. The text focuses on how writers combine patterns and treats argumentation-persuasion, in depth.

About Barbara Fine Clouse

Barbara Fine Clouse is a frequent conference presenter and seasoned writing instructor who has taught all levels of college composition, first at Youngstown State University in northeastern Ohio and then at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. In addition to this new edition of THE STUDENT WRITER: Editor and Critic, Barbara has written a number of composition texts for McGraw-Hill, including WRITING: FROM INNER TO OUTER WORLD, PATTERNS FOR A PURPOSE: A Rhetorical Reader, JUMPSTART! A Workbook for Writers WORKING IT OUT: A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers, a short prose reader for developmental students, which is avialable on Primis, McGraw's electronic database. Barbara's publications also include the fourth edition of PROGRESSIONS for Allyn & Bacon.

Table of Contents

* New to this edition1. Reading CriticallyCritical ReadingDistinguishing Facts from OpinionsMaking InferencesSynthesizing InformationEvaluating QualityErrors in LogicStrategies for Critical ReadingPreview the MaterialDo a First ReadingReread and StudyKeeping a Reading JournalSummarizingThe Purpose of SummariesSuggestions for Writing a SummaryA Sample SummarySynthesizingThe Purpose of SynthesisSuggestions for Synthesizing InformationA Sample Synthesis* Mortimer Adler, How to Mark a Book * Terry McMillan, On Reading and Becoming a Writer2. Planning an EssayConsidering Your Writing ContextPurposeAudienceThe Writer's RoleGenerating IdeasShaping a Writing TopicDiscovering Ideas to Develop Your TopicDeveloping a Thesis

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CIN007249378XG
9780072493788
007249378X
Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader by Barbara Fine Clouse
Barbara Fine Clouse
Location of the Thesis
Used - Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2002-08-01
712
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