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Reading and Writing in the Academic Community (3rd Edition)
Mary Lynch Kennedy, Hadley M. Smith

Prentice Hall, 2005

Reading and Writing in the Academic Community is a comprehensive rhetoric with engaging, timely readings. The authors wrote their book to include more coverage of the writing process to better meet the needs of students than other books in this market. The text presents the major types of academic writing students encounter as undergraduates while giving full consideration to the writing process and the basics of rhetoric. This text makes ...

Reading and Writing in the Academic Community with Free Web Access
Mary Lynch Kennedy, Hadley M. Smith

Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005

Theorizing Composition: A Critical Sourcebook of Theory and Scholarship in Contemporary Composition Studies ...
Greenwood

IAP - Information Age Publishing Inc., 2006

The last 25 years have witnessed extraordinary growth in the academic specialization variously described as composition studies or rhetoric and composition. What was noticeable about the field in its infancy was a preoccupation with practice, a lack of emphasis on theory, and an exclusive reliance on the writing process. As its disciplinary status has grown, the field has become far more theoretical. Composition studies has expanded its focus, ...

Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader and Rhetoric for Academic Writers

2 reviews
Mary Lynch Kennedy, William J. Kennedy

Prentice Hall, 2007

Best text I've ever bought
I bought this book for a college composition class, and read the assigned essays. Now I go back every once in a while to read the other essays in it, and even re-read the essays I've already read. The editors did an excellent job selecting well-written, interesting essays on a wide selection of topics from a variety of perspectives. There are essays from professionals, amatures, and students. ...