One of the high-quality, low-priced entries in Longman's Penguin Academic Series, A Short Guide to College Writing is a clear, graceful, authoritative brief rhetoric focused on academic writing. KEY FEATURES: Engagingly written by a well-known author team, A Short Guide to College Writing offers practical advice on writing college essays from the beginning of the process to the end. Readers can turn to this book for advice about matters large and small—choosing a topic, writing an analysis, constructing a paragraph, using and documenting sources, punctuating a quotation. Although discussion and examples of description and narration are included, the emphasis is on analysis, argument, and research. Ideal for individuals interested in learning how to write college papers.

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A guide to critical thinking provides coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argumentation, in an updated edition featuring a new chapter on the rhetorical analysis of pop culture as well as additional research and writing strategies.

Includes the bard's complete lyrical verse and an introduction by a noted Shakespearean scholar