Gateways to Academic Writing

Name: Gateways to Academic Writing
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ISBN: 9780131408883

ISBN-10: 0131408887

ISBN-13: 9780131408883

Edition: 2004

Authors: Alan Meyers

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Book details

List price: $55.33
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 8/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 8.20" wide x 10.80" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Gateways to Academic Writing


Effective Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays provides a fully integrated program of writing instruction for high-intermediate to advanced students of English


The book's four units give students the tools they need to improve their academic writing



introduces the writing process, from exploring ideas, organizing, and drafting to revising, editing, and proofreading



examines the ten modes of writing, including narration, all forms of exposition, persuasion, and summary and response



presents key terminology, sentence structures, and verb tenses and forms



gives students extensive editing practice, including Editing for Mastery exercises


Features Clear explanations, practical and contextualized exercises, and visual aids make this book easy to use


Examples of professional and student writing provide students with meaningful models


Guidelines for Success at the end of each unit summarize key learning points


Nine additional readings provide examples of rhetorical modes, practice in close reading, questions for analysis, and writing prompts