Renovating Your Writing

Shaping Ideas and Arguments into Clear, Concise, and Compelling Messages
2. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-72677-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 301 g

Renovating Your Writing outlines the principles of effective composition by focusing on the essential skill set and mindset every successful writer must possess. Now in its second edition, this novel text provides readers with unique strategies for crafting and revising their writing, whether for school, work, or play. The new edition emphasizes, in particular, the importance of the writer embracing a rhetorical perspective, distinguishing between formal and social media compositional styles, and appreciating the effort needed to produce clear, concise, and compelling messages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kallan, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I Strategies, Tactics, and Tips

Chapter 1 Constructing Sentences

Chapter 2 Constructing Paragraphs and Pages

Chapter 3 Fortifying Sentences, Paragraphs, and Pages

Chapter 4 Adding the Finishing Touches

PART II ADDITIONAL TOOLS

Chapter 5 Rating Your Readability

Chapter 6 Learning to Write Cogently

About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Kallan chairs the Communication Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has taught writing at several colleges, including the University of Southern California (USC Marshall School of Business) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (Writing Program). Over the years, he has instructed courses spanning four disciplines: communication studies, journalism, English, and business.