TY - BOOK AU - Raign,Kathryn Rosser TI - The decisive writer SN - 1413000134 (student ed. : pbk.) U1 - 808.042 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Thomson / Wadsworth KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Study and teaching KW - Report writing KW - Study and teaching (Higher) N1 - Includes index; Part One : How writing works - 1. The Rhetorical situation - 2. Strategies for writing - 3. The design of writing -- Part Two : Reasons for writing - 4. Writing about personal experiences - 5. Writing about observations - 6. Writing to inform - 7. Writing to solve problems 8. Writing to evaluate - 9. Writing to persuade - 10. Writing to respond -- Part three : Conducting research - 11. Collecting information - 12. Evaluating sources - 13. Decumenting sources - Credits - Index ER -