Writing in the Works with APA 7e Updates / Edition 4

by Susan Blau, Kathryn Burak

Overview

In this fourth edition of WRITING IN THE WORKS, the authors focus on writing as both an academic and practical tool. At the same time, they have updated the content and spirit of the book to prepare you to thrive in the contemporary writing environment. You will learn to write for the digital world where visual and verbal messages are inseparable and do so by exploring ideas that will engage the real-world audiences you will encounter long after your college years. Equipped with the skills you will learn for many writing applications including analyses for college courses, reports and proposals for work, blogs and editorials, podcasts, infographics, and more you will be prepared to ride the global communication wave as a more confident, capable writer. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2016 MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781337281034
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	08/30/2016
Series:	MindTap Course List
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Susan Blau was a professor and director of the Undergraduate Writing program and the Writing Center at Boston University's College of Communication. She received her BS in Education from the University of Vermont and her MA in English from the University of Connecticut, and was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Her background is in linguistics, composition and rhetoric, and American Literature. She has taught writing in both English and Communication Departments and has published articles, conducted workshops, and presented papers at national conferences on the topics of teaching writing, writing across the curriculum, and writing center research and practice.


Kathryn Burak has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in English from Kutztown University. She has taught writing at North Carolina State University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Boston University. She is the author of a novel, EMILY'S DRESS AND OTHER MISSING THINGS, and her poetry, fiction, and essays have been published in such journals and magazines as Fiction, Missouri Review, Western Humanities Review, Gettysburg Review, Belt, and Seventeen. Her interests include teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Table of Contents

Part I: THE WRITER'S CRAFT. 1. The Rhetorical Situation: Writers Choices. 2. The Writer's Process. 3. Collaboration, Peer Review, and Writing as a Public Act. 4. Reading, Thinking, and Writing Critically. Part II: WRITING TO EXPLORE. 5. Writing a Narrative: Memoirs. 6. Writing about Others: Profiles. 7. Synthesizing Information: The Essay of Ideas. Part III: WRITING TO INFORM. 8. Writing Short Articles: The Explainer. 9. Writing a Report: News for Print, Web, and Social Media. Part IV: WRITING TO ANALYZE. 10. Writing an Evaluation: Reviews. 11. Writing a Causal Analysis: Long Researched Articles. Part V: WRITING TO ARGUE. 12. Writing an Argument: Editorials, Commentaries, and Blogs. 13. Creating a Visual Argument: Public Service Messages. 14. Writing for Your Community: Proposals. Part VI: RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION. 15. Research. 16. Documentation (MLA and APA Guidelines). Part VII: GRAMMAR AND STYLE HANDBOOK. 17. Grammar Refresher. 18. Punctuation. 19. Common Errors. MindTap Online Chapter. Trouble Spots for Nonnative Speakers.