Writing Essays about Literature: A Brief Guide for University and College Students - Softcover

Acheson, Katherine O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551119927 ISBN 13: 9781551119922

Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, 2010

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This book gives students an answer to the question, “What does my professor want from this essay?” In lively, direct language, it explains the process of creating “a clearly-written argument, based on evidence, about the meaning, power, or structure of a literary work.” Using a single poem by William Carlos Williams as the basis for the process of writing a paper about a piece of literature, it walks students through the processes of reading, brainstorming, researching secondary sources, gathering evidence, and composing and editing the paper.

Writing Essays About Literature is designed to strengthen argumentation skills and deepen understanding of the relationships between the reader, the author, the text, and critical interpretations. Its lessons about clarity, precision, and the importance of providing evidence will have wide relevance for student writers.

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Katherine O. Acheson is Associate Professor of English at the University of Waterloo and the editor of the Broadview Edition of Lady Anne Clifford’s Memoir of 1603 and Diary of 1616–19.

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This book gives students an answer to the question, What does my professor want from this essay? In lively, direct language, it explains the process of creating a clearly-written argument, based on evidence, about the meaning, power, or structure of a literary work. Using a single poem by William Carlos Williams as the basis for the process of writing a paper about a piece of literature, it walks students through the processes of reading, brainstorming, researching secondary sources, gathering evidence, and composing and editing the paper.

Writing Essays About Literature is designed to strengthen argumentation skills and deepen understanding of the relationships between the reader, the author, the text, and critical interpretations. Its lessons about clarity, precision, and the importance of providing evidence will have wide relevance for student writers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1551119927
• ISBN 13: 9781551119922
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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