| Title | : | A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 82 |
| Publication | : | First published August 11, 2011 |
A practical, step-by-step guide to writing college essays.
Written by a retired teacher of college and high school humanities, whose earlier "Short Handbook" has been in continuous use by a major West Coast university for twenty years, and an award-winning writer/historian currently teaching undergraduates at a major East Coast university.
Practical advice on finding a topic, organizing an argument, and writing an effective essay. Includes detailed discussions of how to write clear paragraphs and effective sentences, using dozens of examples from actual student essays.
About the authors:
Salvatore F. Allosso, Ph.D. is a master teacher of language and literature, with over 40 years experience teaching high school students and undergraduates. His original version of this book, A Short Handbook for Writing Essays About Literature, has been in continuous use at a major West-Coast university for the past twenty years.
Dan Allosso, Ph.D. (ABD) is a writer and historian. He is the author of an award-winning young adult novel, Outside the Box, and is currently teaching undegrads at an East-Coast university while completing his dissertation and working on several fiction and non-fiction projects.
Written by a retired teacher of college and high school humanities, whose earlier "Short Handbook" has been in continuous use by a major West Coast university for twenty years, and an award-winning writer/historian currently teaching undergraduates at a major East Coast university.
Practical advice on finding a topic, organizing an argument, and writing an effective essay. Includes detailed discussions of how to write clear paragraphs and effective sentences, using dozens of examples from actual student essays.
About the authors:
Salvatore F. Allosso, Ph.D. is a master teacher of language and literature, with over 40 years experience teaching high school students and undergraduates. His original version of this book, A Short Handbook for Writing Essays About Literature, has been in continuous use at a major West-Coast university for the past twenty years.
Dan Allosso, Ph.D. (ABD) is a writer and historian. He is the author of an award-winning young adult novel, Outside the Box, and is currently teaching undegrads at an East-Coast university while completing his dissertation and working on several fiction and non-fiction projects.
A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences Reviews
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Good content, but poor Kindle formatting
The authors give good advice for students who are interested in improving their academic writing. They present convincing arguments for the importance of taking notes early in the process of writing, suggest good questions to kick-start this practice, and explain how to turn notes into a written piece.
The rest of the book gives good practical advice on writing clearly and provides a handy revision checklist.
The only flaw of this book, at least in the Kindle edition, is that much of the text formatting is lost, which makes reading it a little difficult.
