Author Description
Essay Writing Skills with Readings is a straightforward and comprehensive resource which prepares students to produce compelling, organized, and thoroughly researched essays. Langan presents a framework built on four bases – unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. By mastering these fundamentals, students will develop effective composition skills. Instructors and students will also benefit from the carefully chosen Canadian and International readings selected for their known success in the classroom. Additionally, throughout Essay Writing Skills with Readings, there is an emphasis on understanding audience, purpose, voice, summarization and research skills, which directs students to think critically about their writing.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This text investigates the fundamental requirements for producing clear, organized, and persuasive academic essays. The authors, including experienced educators John Langan and Fred Wood, present a structured pedagogical framework designed to improve student composition. By focusing on four core pillars—unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills—the book provides a systematic approach to the writing process.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A four-pillar framework for essay construction
- A collection of Canadian and International readings for analysis
- Exercises focused on audience, purpose, and voice
- Instruction on research and summarization techniques
Scope Limits
- Advanced creative writing or specialized literary criticism
- Theoretical linguistics or historical evolution of the English language
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Educators frequently utilize this text as a foundational resource for undergraduate composition courses due to its clear, modular structure. Students and instructors often note the practical utility of the included readings in demonstrating effective rhetorical strategies.
Page Count:
544
Publication Date:
2011-02-15
ISBN-10:
007000529X
ISBN-13:
9780070005297
Reference
Education
Writing
Composition