tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/literature-rhetoric-and-poetry?page=5Open Textbook Library - Literature, Rhetoric, and Poetry Textbooks2021-02-14T05:00:48Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png9712021-02-14T05:00:48Z2024-01-22T14:52:24Z"The Death of Ivan Ilich": An Electronic Study Edition of the Russian Text<img alt="Read more about "The Death of Ivan Ilich": An Electronic Study Edition of the Russian Text" title=""The Death of Ivan Ilich": An Electronic Study Edition of the Russian Text cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="469" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA1NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5d9f669fde71089ed7671c2cd0c1ac2f935a2a00/portrait-of-leo-tolstoy-350x469.jpg" />The Russian text of "The Death of Ivan Ilich" is presented for study in various formats: accompanied by an English translation; fully glossed, with explanatory and interpretive annotations; and supplemented by introductory remarks and an extensive bibliography.9542021-01-30T21:25:40Z2024-01-22T14:52:23ZBusiness Writing Style Guide<img alt="Read more about Business Writing Style Guide" title="Business Writing Style Guide cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjAxNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--d260171ff5a656f589bfb6234ce47776c5618728/Title-Page-Business-Writing-Style-Guide-350x453.png" />It is the goal of this book to help students do the following:• Apply basic concepts for effective and concise business writing.• Compile a well written report acceptable within a business context.• Follow a writing process designed for business students.• Demonstrate critical thinking, reasoning, and persuasion.• Communicate in writing using a business model.• Apply resources for improving business writing skills.9292020-11-15T04:21:54Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZA Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated<img alt="Read more about A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated" title="A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--18f1fc04747942606c6b4d5f9cafd73e8a45bc28/guidetogooreasoning-cover-350x453.png" />A Guide to Good Reasoning has been described by reviewers as “far superior to any other critical reasoning text.” It shows with both wit and philosophical care how students can become good at everyday reasoning. It starts with attitude—with alertness to judgmental heuristics and with the cultivation of intellectual virtues. From there it develops a system for skillfully clarifying and evaluating arguments, according to four standards—whether the premises fit the world, whether the conclusion fits the premises, whether the argument fits the conversation, and whether it is possible to tell.9242020-10-19T01:46:21Z2024-01-22T14:52:13ZTechnical Writing @ SLCC<img alt="Read more about Technical Writing @ SLCC" title="Technical Writing @ SLCC cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY1MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7d9ddbf5c4208b4433791613dffb49b42712c746/tech-writing-cover-683x1024.png" />What is technical writing? You can think of it as writing about specialized topics or you could also think of it as using technology to communicate your ideas. A science lab report, a specification, a change order for building construction, or patient education materials–just to name a few–are all considered technical writing. Similarly if you design a webpage or a brochure this can also be considered technical writing. Academic writing, the writing you do for school, generally is informative or persuasive writing and usually only comes in a few different genres. In technical writing, on the other hand, one is often documenting what was done (such as a science experiment or auto repair invoice). Therefore the format of the writing is often as important as the content. This leads to an emphasis on usability and accessibility for your documents. Finally, although citing your sources is important in all writing, you will find that in some fields of technical writing, such as the sciences and engineering, it is one of the more important considerations of your writing.9192020-10-08T20:21:34Z2024-01-22T14:52:12ZArguing Using Critical Thinking<img alt="Read more about Arguing Using Critical Thinking" title="Arguing Using Critical Thinking cover image" class="cover " width="596" height="771" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTYyNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--90013bd24d32454b9939dab46e57c78013e863c6/Argue.PNG" />There is a quote that has been passed down many years and is most recently accounted to P.T. Barnum, “There is a sucker born every minute.” Are you that sucker? If you were, would you like to be “reborn?” The goal of this book is to help you through that “birthing” process. Critical thinking and standing up for your ideas and making decisions are important in both your personal and professional life. How good are we at making the decision to marry? According to the Centers for Disease Control, there is one divorce in America every 36 seconds. That is nearly 2,400 every day. And professionally, the Wall Street Journal predicts the average person will have 7 careers in their lifetime. Critical thinking skills are crucial. Critical thinking is a series learned skills. In each chapter of this book you will find a variety of skills that will help you improve your thinking and argumentative ability. As you improve, you will grow into a more confident person being more in charge of your world and the decisions you make.9172020-10-04T19:33:04Z2024-01-22T14:52:15ZThe Western World: Daily Readings on Geography<img alt="Read more about The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography" title="The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="559" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTYxMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--40dd251ac872073b56afc93a03de754597af64aa/World-Geography-350x559.jpg" />In essay format, this textbook considers examples of various sub-categories of Geography in combination with five regions of the Western World.9122020-09-13T20:38:41Z2024-01-22T14:52:12ZAdvanced Community College ESL Composition: An Integrated Skills Approach<img alt="Read more about Advanced Community College ESL Composition: An Integrated Skills Approach" title="Advanced Community College ESL Composition: An Integrated Skills Approach cover image" class="cover " width="302" height="307" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTUzMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--328da93946fa7876337a1089ef42e4f971ac1334/Cover-Picture.jpg" />This book has been created to provide a framework for building your skills in writing and critical thinking. It provides access to published samples from professional authors along with essay drafts from ESL students who have polished their skills in their respective writing courses. The themes in the readings will give you a variety of topics to discuss with your classmates, which may inspire your own deeper thinking and writing. Overall, we hope that as you proceed through these chapters, you will build confidence and develop your voice in the classroom and beyond. Welcome to the world of academic writing!8292020-04-29T16:51:16Z2024-01-22T14:52:30ZInformed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research - Revised Second Edition<img alt="Read more about Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research - Revised Second Edition" title="Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research - Revised Second Edition cover image" class="cover " width="648" height="839" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzM2NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--888d5d4fc3ad0e9ac7064d3d83465ebbdc2d7c2f/ENGL104-Informed-Arguments-Pantusso_LeMire_Anders-3.png" />Welcome to composition and rhetoric! While most of you are taking this course because it is required, we hope that all of you will leave with more confidence in your reading, writing, researching, and speaking abilities as these are all elements of freshman composition. Many times, these elements are presented in excellent textbooks written by top scholars. While the collaborators of this particular textbook respect and value those textbooks available from publishers, we have been concerned about students who do not have the resources to purchase textbooks. Therefore, we decided to put together this Open Educational Resource (OER) explicitly for use in freshman composition courses at Texas A&M University. It is important to note that the focus for this text is on thesis-driven argumentation as that is the focus of the first year writing course at Texas A&M University at the time of development. However, other first year writing courses at different colleges and universities include a variety of types of writing such as personal essays, informative articles, and/or creative writing pieces. The collaborators for this project acknowledge each program is unique; therefore, the adaptability of an OER textbook for first year writing allows for academic freedom across campuses.8192020-03-22T20:38:29Z2024-01-22T14:52:18ZProse Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative<img alt="Read more about Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative" title="Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative cover image" class="cover " width="670" height="960" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODA5LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--ef1b01821126bede0556b5d4d83b048a81f31abe/978-1-78374-811-2.jpg" />This concise and highly accessible textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling. It is intended as a high-school and college-level introduction to the central concepts of narrative theory – concepts that will aid students in developing their competence not only in analysing and interpreting short stories and novels, but also in writing them. This textbook prioritises clarity over intricacy of theory, equipping its readers with the necessary tools to embark on further study of literature, literary theory and creative writing. Building on a ‘semiotic model of narrative,’ it is structured around the key elements of narratological theory, with chapters on plot, setting, characterisation, and narration, as well as on language and theme – elements which are underrepresented in existing textbooks on narrative theory. The chapter on language constitutes essential reading for those students unfamiliar with rhetoric, while the chapter on theme draws together significant perspectives from contemporary critical theory (including feminism and postcolonialism). This textbook is engaging and easily navigable, with key concepts highlighted and clearly explained, both in the text and in a full glossary located at the end of the book. Throughout the textbook the reader is aided by diagrams, images, quotes from prominent theorists, and instructive examples from classical and popular short stories and novels (such as Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis,’ J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, or Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, amongst many others). Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative can either be incorporated as the main textbook into a wider syllabus on narrative theory and creative writing, or it can be used as a supplementary reference book for readers interested in narrative fiction. The textbook is a must-read for beginning students of narratology, especially those with no or limited prior experience in this area. It is of especial relevance to English and Humanities major students in Asia, for whom it was conceived and written.7962019-11-23T22:40:14Z2024-01-22T14:52:12ZWriting Unleashed: Content and Structure - 3.0<img alt="Read more about Writing Unleashed: Content and Structure - 3.0" title="Writing Unleashed: Content and Structure - 3.0 cover image" class="cover " width="613" height="777" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTU5MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--710c3dbacbda3291991a605d7d23e95331209103/uNLEASHED.PNG" />Welcome to Writing Unleashed, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as an extremely brief guide for students, jam-packed with teachers’ voices, students’ voices, and engineered for fun.
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