Let's Get Writing!
Let's Get Writing! LET’S GET WRITING! Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia Authors: Kathy Boylan, English Department Elizabeth Browning, English Department Katelyn Burton, Brown Library Kirsten DeVries, English Department Jenifer Kurtz, English Department Editor: Ann Moser, English Department Project Manager: Dale Dulaney, Brown Library Graphic Designer: Kalyca Schultz, Brown Library Peer Reviewers: Sarah Chitwood, English Department Nancy Francisco, Academic Link, Writing Center Janet Little, English Department Annie Woodford, English Department Christine Woods, English Department Publisher: Virginia Western Educational Foundation, Inc. Special Thanks: This book’s title is the suggestion of Eileen Franco, a student in Elizabeth Browning’s ENG 111 class. The cover is the work of Noah Sutphin, a student in ART 247, Painting Technique, created under the super- vision of Professor Sue Steele Thomas. Let's Get Writing! by Virginia Western Community College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. Contents Foreword: Why We Created an Open Textbook ix Dale Dulaney Introduction: About Writing and This Book 1 Ann Moser 1. Chapter 1 - Critical Reading 3 Elizabeth Browning 2. Chapter 2 - Rhetorical Analysis 21 Elizabeth Browning 3. Chapter 3 - Argument 34 Kirsten DeVries 4. Chapter 4 - The Writing Process 104 Kathy Boylan 5. Chapter 5 - Rhetorical Modes 128 Jenifer Kurtz 6. Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Outside Sources 181 Katelyn Burton 7. Chapter 7 - How and Why to Cite 197 Katelyn Burton 8. Chapter 8 - Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence? 211 Jenifer Kurtz 9. Chapter 9 - Punctuation 269 Jenifer Kurtz 10. Chapter 10 - Working With Words: Which Word is Right? 290 Jenifer Kurtz Index 329 Foreword: Why We Created an Open Textbook DALE DULANEY This book was created for reasons quite diferent than most of the textbooks you have used so far in your academic career.
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