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Writing That Works is a concise, practical guide to the principles of effective writing. In this revised and updated edition, Roman and Raphaelson reveal how to improve memos, letters, reports, speeches, resumes, plans, and other business papers. Learn how to say what you want to say with less difficulty and more confidence.
The classic guide that helps you communicate your thoughts clearly, concisely, and effectively. Essential for every professional, from entry level to the executive suite, Writing that Works includes advice on all aspects of written communication—including business memos, letters, reports, speeches and resumes, and e-mail—and offers insights into political correctness and tips for using non-biased language that won’t compromise your message. Concise and easy-to-use, Writing that Works features an accessible, at-a-glance style, full of bulleted "tips" and specific examples of good vs. bad writing. With dozens of samples and useful tips for composition, Writing That Works will show you how to improve anything you write: E-mails, memos and letters that get read—and get action Proposals, recommendations, and presentations that sell ideas Plans and reports that get things done Fund-raising and sales letters that produce results Resumes and letters that lead to interviews Speeches that make a point And much more.
Technical writing is informative prose concerning mechanical or scientific subject matter. The contents of good technical writing has not changed throughout the years, but the methods by which we convey this subject matter has changed as a result of the computer and the Internet. Technical writing must be clear, concise, correct, and complete. This text conveys the procedures writers need to follow to meet the goal of good technical writing-- to allow each reader to receive the same meaning from a piece of writing.
Do you want more free book summaries like this? Download our app for free at https://www.QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. Business communication that will help you get what you want. Business communication is an art form. Yes, you read that right! That’s because it’s different from a text to your buddy and it’s different from an email or an Instagram post. Written in 1981, this old-school guide will teach you how to communicate in the business world and cultivate a writing style that will help you succeed. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a summary and an analysis and not a replacement for the original work. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book published on QuickRead and want us to remove it, please contact us at [email protected].
Backed by solid research, Writing Instruction That Works answers the following question: What is writing instruction today and what can it be tomorrow? This up-to-date, comprehensive book identifies areas of concern for the ways that writing is being taught in todays secondary schools. The authors offer far-reaching direction for improving writing instruction that assist both student literacy and subject learning. They provide many examples of successful writing practices in each of the four core academic subjects (English, mathematics, science, and social studies/history), along with guidance for meeting the Common Core standards. The text also includes sections on Technology and the Teaching of Writing and English Language Learners.
Engage third through twelfth grade students with creative strategies to develop their writing skills with the help of Content Area Writing That Rocks. This standards-based resource provides teachers with strategies and suggestions to build writing skills based on students' interests in technology, social media, and other contemporary topics. Authored by Rebecca G. Harper, this guide supports overall writing instruction across the content areas.
C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing is written for readers interested in C. S. Lewis, the writing life, and in becoming better writers. Lewis stands as one of the most prolific and influential writers in modern history. His life in letters offers writers invaluable encouragement and instruction in the writing craft. In Lewis, writers don't just learn how to write, they also learn something about how to live. This volume explores Lewis's life in, as well as his practice of, writing. From his avid reading life, to his adolescent dreams to be a great poet, through his creative failures, to his brilliant successes, to his constant encouragement of other writers, C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing celebrates one of the twentieth-century's greatest authors.
An affordable college-composition textbook that covers the writing process, rhetorical modes, and common academic genres--such as literacy narratives, profile essays, issue-analysis reports, and argument essays--with dozens of student writing samples.
As its name shows, that is, On Teaching That Works, this book is about teaching that, hopefully, can empower our students to be better in their life in and after their formal schooling. To be better is, of course, not just dependent on teaching; it also depends on learning. That is, students can indeed be better in and beyond schools if they learn harder/smarter day by day throughout their life span. Learning harder/smarter is, ideally, the result of, among order things, how teachers teach their students. This is why this book covers also some issues related to learning, a process through which learners can move, individually and/or collectively, from being dependent to being independent with characters that are universally acceptable. In that sense, although the focus of this book seems to be in and around the teaching and learning of writing in general, in English as a foreign language (EFL) in particular, it may also be relevant for those who are interested in educational issues in general like how a teacher can be an inspiring one and not just a good or a superior one (Chapter Four) or how our schools should be redesigned in order to make them more effective in empowering our students in and beyond their formal educational processes (Chapter 9). We have to acknowledge that the articles presented in this book have been made public before, either in academic journals or in academic seminars. We believe that by transferring those articles into a book form the ideas we have discussed before can then have broader audience and, therefore, be more beneficial for its audience worldwide. We believe, however, that this book is not a perfect one. We are, therefore, looking forward to having any criticism from our readers to make it better in the future.
"This book shows how picture and chapter books work in conjunction with the text to deepen children's understanding of meaning. Its aim is to improve the reading skills of students in grades K-5"--
