TY - BOOK AU - Coffey,Margaret Pogemiller AU - Chehab,Haissam M. TI - Communication through writing SN - 0131529846 U1 - 808.042 PY - 1987/// CY - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall Regents KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Written communication KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Report writing N1 - 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 ER -