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Author Abrams, Shane, creator

Title EmpoWord : a student-centered anthology & handbook for college writers / Shane Abrams
Published [Portland, Or.] : Portland State University Library, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 495 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Part One: Description, Narration, and Reflection -- Chapter One: Describing a Scene or Experience -- Chapter Two: Telling a Story -- Chapter Three: Reflecting on an Experience -- Assignment: Descriptive Personal Narrative -- Part Two: Text Wrestling -- Chapter Four: Interpretation, Analysis, and Close Reading -- Chapter Five: Summary and Reader-Response -- Chapter Six: Analysis and Synthesis -- Assignment: Text wrestling Analysis -- Part Three: Research and Argumentation -- Chapter Seven: Argumentation -- Chapter Eight: Research Concepts -- Chapter Nine: Interacting with Sources -- Assignment: Persuasive Research Essay
Summary EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class. Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in all facets of their lives. Straightforward and readable instruction sections introduce key vocabulary, concepts, and strategies. Three culminating assignments (Descriptive Personal Narrative; Text-Wrestling Analysis; Persuasive Research Essay) give students a chance to show their learning while also practicing rhetorical awareness techniques for future writing situations. This textbook is designed for students of first- and second-year college composition courses (in Oregon, WR-115, 121, 122, and 222), but it is also a great tool for college prep students, more advanced writers, or independent learners. Early teachers are encouraged to use the textbook to support them in curriculum design, and experienced teachers can use it to supplement their tried-and-true methods
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 21, 2018)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes This work is licensed under the reative Commons Atribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Subject English language -- Study and teaching (Higher)
English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Higher)
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Higher)
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book