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Author Guptill, Amy Elizabeth, 1973- author

Title Writing in college : from competence to excellence / Amy Guptill ; with Aly Button, Peter Farrell, Kaethe Leonard, and Timothée Pizarro, the College at Brockport, SUNY
Published Geneseo, NY : Published by Open SUNY Textbooks, Milne Library (IITG PI), State University of New York at Geneseo, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (85 pages) : color illustrations, digital files (PDF)
Series Open SUNY Textbooks
Open SUNY Textbooks
Contents Really? Writing? Again? -- What the does the professor want? : understanding the assignment -- Constructing the thesis and argument : from the ground up -- Secondary sources in their natural habitats -- Listening to sources, talking to sources -- Back to basics : the perfect paragraph -- Intros and outros -- Clarity and concision -- Getting the mechanics right
Summary "Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text. It is well suited to composition courses or first-year seminars and valuable as a supplemental or recommended text in other writing-intensive classes. It provides a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to professors' goals and expectations, demystifying the norms of the academy and how they shape college writing assignments. Each of the nine chapters can be read separately, and each includes suggested exercises to bring the main messages to life. Students will find in Writing in College a warm invitation to join the academic community as novice scholars and to approach writing as a meaningful medium of communication. With concise discussions, clear multidisciplinary examples, and empathy for the challenges of student life, Guptill conveys a welcoming tone. In addition, each chapter includes Student Voices: peer-to-peer wisdom from real SUNY Brockport students about their strategies for and experiences with college writing. While there are many affordable writing guides available, most focus only on sentence-level issues or, conversely, a broad introduction to making the transition. Writing In College, in contrast, provides both a coherent frame for approaching writing assignments and indispensable advice for effective organization and expression"--Provided by publisher
Notes Resource simultaneously available in PDF and EPUB files
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
In NCLIVE OENC Collection
Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
English language -- Rhetoric
Report writing
Genre/Form Electronic books
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Textbooks
Textbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Button, Aly
Farrell, Peter
Leonard, Kaethe
Pizarro, Timothée
Open SUNY Textbooks, publisher.
ISBN 9781942341215
1942341210
OTHER TI VIVA OER Selection