The brief Bedford reader / [edited by] X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron, Ellen Kuhl Repetto.
2020
PE1417 .B754 2020
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Title
The brief Bedford reader / [edited by] X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron, Ellen Kuhl Repetto.
Edition
Fourteenth edition.
ISBN
9781319195618
131919561X
131919561X
Published
Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, 2020.
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Description
xlii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
PE1417 .B754 2020
Summary
Affordable and accessible, The Brief Bedford Reader combines readings on topics that matter with supportive instruction. It takes a practical and flexible approach to the rhetorical methods, focusing on their uses in varied writing situations, so that you learn the writing skills that will help you succeed in your other classes and in your later career. --Back Cover.
Note
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
How (and why) to use this book
Critical reading: Learning from other writers
The writing process: Discovery and drafting
The writing process: Reviewing and revising
The writing process: Editing
Narration: Telling a story
Description: Writing with your senses
Example: Pointing to instances
Comparison and contrast: Setting things side by side
Process analysis: Explaining step by step
Division or analysis: Slicing into parts
Classification: Sorting into kinds
Cause and effect: Asking why
Definition: Tracing boundaries
Argument and persuasion: Stating opinions and proposals
Mixing the methods
Appendix: Research and documentation.
Critical reading: Learning from other writers
The writing process: Discovery and drafting
The writing process: Reviewing and revising
The writing process: Editing
Narration: Telling a story
Description: Writing with your senses
Example: Pointing to instances
Comparison and contrast: Setting things side by side
Process analysis: Explaining step by step
Division or analysis: Slicing into parts
Classification: Sorting into kinds
Cause and effect: Asking why
Definition: Tracing boundaries
Argument and persuasion: Stating opinions and proposals
Mixing the methods
Appendix: Research and documentation.
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PE1417 .B754 2020
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