The Broadview Guide to Writing: A Handbook for Students - Softcover

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Doug Babington, an Emeritus Professor in the English Department at Queen’s University, was for many years Director of the Writing Centre there. Corey Frost, formerly Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Brooklyn College, is now a professor in the English Department at New Jersey City University. Don LePan’s other books include The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms, How to Be Good With Words, and two novels, Animals and Rising Stories. Maureen Okun is a professor in both the English and the Liberal Studies Departments at Vancouver Island University; her books include Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: Selections and The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation. Nora Ruddock is a Developmental Editor at Broadview Press and co-author of The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation 2e. Karen Weingarten is a professor in the Department of English at Queens College, City University of New York; a former co-Coordinator of the Introductory English program, she is also the author of Abortion in the American Imagination.

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For the seventh edition, The Broadview Guide to Writing has been reorganized into three broad sections (writing processes, writing mechanics, and writing contexts). The material on argument has been expanded and revised; two new sample essays in MLA style have been added; and the material on researching and writing academic essays has been fully rewritten. Coverage of informal and personal writing is included for the first time.

• - Extensive treatment of research methods and argument
• - Wide-ranging treatment of writing styles in different academic disciplines
• - A full chapter on inclusive language, including issues relating to gender, race, class, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc.
• - Companion website featuring a wide range of interactive exercises

• - Fully updated coverage of MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles
• - Expanded treatment of inclusive language
• - All-new interdisciplinary and English literature sample essays
• - All-new material on personal and informal writing
• - New instructor's website providing sample syllabi and lesson plans, as well as additional grammar exercises