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    A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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    Dan Allosso, Bemidji State University

    Salvatore F. Allosso

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    Publisher: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project

    Language: English

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    Reviewed by Aaron Lefkovitz, Professor, City Colleges of Chicago on 5/4/22

    This writing manual the author wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis is very comprehensive. It reviews multiple aspects of how to get started with writing, such as analyzing texts and taking notes, discovering a topic,... read more

    Reviewed by Megan Anderson, Assistant Professor, Limestone University on 12/7/21

    With only 9 chapters, this text does not cover every essay writing skill students need, but it does include focus on the higher order elements of writing. read more

    Reviewed by Anthony Accardi Jr, Adjunct Professor, Middlesex Community College on 5/30/21

    In the text "A Short Handbook for Writing Essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences" by Salvatore and Dan Allosso the authors present a simple, easy to follow guide for students to use when organizing, planning, researching, and writing an... read more

    Reviewed by Aerie Bernard, Adjunct Faculty, Humanities, College of DuPage on 4/20/21

    This short text provides an approachable primer for novice essayists and reminder of standard practices of academic writing for more experienced writers. Rather than go into great depth, the chapters briefly outline the process of writing academic... read more

    Reviewed by Sarah Fischer, Assistant Professor, Marymount University on 2/1/21

    The book is *short* and useful. It gives excellent advice for how students can and should select strong evidence, how to write effective openings and closings, and discusses many common grammatical errors. However, the book does not spend enough... read more

    Reviewed by Deirdre Sullivan, Adjunct Faculty, English Department, Berkshire Community College on 6/27/20

    A Short Handbook for Writing Essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences by Salvatore Allosso and Dan Allosso is a comprehensive and concise work on how to write good essays on the humanities and the social sciences by clearly defining the... read more

    Reviewed by Dayle Turner, Professor, Leeward Community College on 6/27/20

    The text covers fairly well the important considerations of writing essays for humanities and social sciences courses. The authors assert their intention of taking students “step-by-step through the process of writing essays for an upper-level... read more

    Reviewed by Matilda (Tillie) Yoder, Librarian, Goshen College on 7/10/19

    The scope of this text is very clearly outlined in its title - it aims to guide students through the process of writing essays for humanities and social sciences courses. The Allossos succeed in creating a work that does just that, discussing... read more

    Table of Contents

    • Getting Started Writing
    • Chapter 1: Analyzing Texts, Taking Notes
    • Chapter 2: Discovering a Topic, Preparing for Discussion
    • Chapter 3: Creating a Thesis
    • Chapter 4: Ordering Evidence, Building an Argument
    • Chapter 5: Coherent Paragraphs
    • Chapter 6: Effective Sentences
    • Chapter 7: Appropriate Words
    • Chapter 8: Revising
    • Chapter 9: Revision Checklist
    • Appendix

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    About the Book

    A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new version of the writing manual he wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis.

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    Dan Allosso, Bemidji State University

    Salvatore F. Allosso

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