- Paperback: 514 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; First Edition edition (8 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0393977765
- ISBN-13: 978-0393977769
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 16.5 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,676,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The rhetoric that tells students what they need to know-and resists the temptation to tell them everything there is to know. Now available in two versions, with and without an anthology of 50 readings.
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From a college composition instructor, not all that great
20 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
The three (not quite redeeming) strengths of this book are its reasonable price, readability, and great example essays for each genre of writing discussed - some essays by professional writers and some by first-year college writing students. The example essays represent a broad range of styles and voices, allowing students to see the variety of "right ways" that a person might write in a particular genre.
As a teacher, however, I feel books such as this are something of a waste of time for my students. The only way a person can truly improve at writing is to write, not sit around and read about writing. Aside from the example essays, the reading itself is terribly dry, and I would in fact prefer that my students spent their time reading socially relevant and thought-provoking texts and freewriting on them instead of reading this text. Most basic writing-process guidelines that a freshman comp student will ever use (if he or she hasn't already learned them in high school) can be found in more multipurpose texts such as Diana Hacker's _Writer's Reference_. The number of items I assign my students to read in this book each semester is not even worth their buying it in the first place.
If you are considering this book, I urge you to look over the much denser and more helpful _A Writer's Reference_ instead and save your students the money for this field guide.
As a teacher, however, I feel books such as this are something of a waste of time for my students. The only way a person can truly improve at writing is to write, not sit around and read about writing. Aside from the example essays, the reading itself is terribly dry, and I would in fact prefer that my students spent their time reading socially relevant and thought-provoking texts and freewriting on them instead of reading this text. Most basic writing-process guidelines that a freshman comp student will ever use (if he or she hasn't already learned them in high school) can be found in more multipurpose texts such as Diana Hacker's _Writer's Reference_. The number of items I assign my students to read in this book each semester is not even worth their buying it in the first place.
If you are considering this book, I urge you to look over the much denser and more helpful _A Writer's Reference_ instead and save your students the money for this field guide.
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30 Sep 2011
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When I recieved the Norton Field Guide to Writing it looked as though it was practically brand new. No problems with it. I recommmend this product.
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