Communication through writing /
Margaret Pogemiller Coffey ; photographs by Haissam M. Chehab
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall Regents, c1987
- xviii, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
To the instructor. - Strategies for gathering information. - Transitions : words that link one idea to another. - 1. Introduction to the short essay. - 2. Narration. - 3. Description. - 4. Illustration. - 5. Instructional process. - 6. Classification. 7. Cause and effect. - 8. Comparison and contrast. - 9. Definition. - 10. Persuasion. - 11. Problem solving. - 12. A final look : extra practice in writing the short essay. - Index.
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English language--Rhetoric. English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Written communication--Problems, exercises, etc. Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.