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| Autor/in | Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew |
|---|---|
| Titel | The mad scientist's guide to composition*. (A somewhat cheeky but exceedingly useful introduction to academic writing); *now with 100% more monsters! |
| Quelle | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada: Broadview Press (2020), XVI, 244 S. |
| Beigaben | Illustrationen; Literaturangaben |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| ISBN | 9781554814459 (Taschenbuch); 1554814456 (Taschenbuch); 9781770487239 (PDF); 9781460406793 |
| Schlagwörter | Handbuch; Academic writing; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Report writing; English language; Rhetoric; Écriture savante; Guides, manuels, etc; Rapports; Rédaction; Anglais (Langue); Rhétorique; handbooks; manuals (instructional materials); Handbooks and manuals; Guides et manuels; Bildungstheorie; Bildungspraxis |
| Abstract | Introduction -- Chapter 1. Nuts and bolts (Mechanics) -- Chapter 2. Graverobbing (Finding, evaluating, and incorporating sources) -- Chapter 3. Readying the lab (Brainstorming, formulating an argument, outlining) -- Chapter 4. Conducting experiments (Writing to inform, writing to persuade, and writing to evaluate) -- Chapter 5. The monster lives! ... or does it? (Revision, peer reviewing, retroactive outlining) -- Chapter 6. Placating ghosts (Systems of citing sources to avoid angering the dead ... and the living) -- Chapter 7. The great beyond -- Addendum 1. A successful experiment! -- Addendum 2. A successful experiment! -- Addendum 3. Common mad scientist mistakes (and how to avoid them) -- Addendum 4. Finishing touches -- Permissions acknowledgments -- Index. "Unlike some college composition guides the size of phonebooks and about as interesting, 'The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition' seeks to be fun, funny, and a little cheeky. Considering the composition classroom as a "mad scientist's laboratory", this guide introduces different kinds of writing as "experiments". Writing an essay is a task that can strike fear into a student's heart, but performing an experiment - that licenses creativity and doesn't presume that one knows the outcome from the start. This loose theme lends coherence to the approach to composition, while encouraging students to have fun with writing. 'The Mad Scientist's Guide' covers the kinds of writing most often required on college campuses, while also addressing important steps and activities frequently overlooked in composition guides, such as revision and peer reviewing. Actual examples of student writing are included throughout, as are helpful reminders and tips to help students polish their skills. First and foremost, 'The Mad Scientist's Guide' seeks to make writing fun."--Provided by publisher |
| Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| Update | 2023/2/05 |
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