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31. Argumentation in Higher Education

    Improving Practice Through Theory and Research

    By Richard Andrews

    Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation skills to their undergraduate and graduate students. This professional guide aims to make the complex topic of argumentation open and transparent. Grounded in...

    Published September 7th 2009 by Routledge
32. Rhetorics, Literacies, and Narratives of Sustainability

    Edited by Peter N. Goggin

    Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

    In this volume, rhetoricians, literacy scholars, and humanists have come together to examine the complex discursive constructions of sustainability. Touching on topics including conservation efforts in specific locales; social and political constructions of rhetorical place and space; community...

    Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge
33. The Rhetorical Nature of XML

    Constructing Knowledge in Networked Environments

    By J.D. Applen, Rudy McDaniel

    The Rhetorical Nature of XML is the first volume to combine rhetoric, XML, and knowledge management in a substantive manner. It serves as a primer on XML and XML-related technologies, illustrating how the naming of XML elements can be understood as a rhetorical act, and detailing the essentials of...

    Published May 19th 2009 by Routledge
34. Renewing Rhetoric's Relation to Composition

    Essays in Honor of Theresa Jarnagin Enos

    Edited by Shane Borrowman, Stuart Brown, Thomas Miller

    Renewing Rhetoric’s Relation to Composition comprehensively examines the development of rhetoric and composition, using the writings of Theresa Jarnagin Enos as points of departure for studies of broader trends. Chapters explore such topics as the historical relations of rhetoric and composition,...

    Published March 29th 2009 by Routledge
35. Women's Ways of Making It in Rhetoric and Composition

    By Michelle Ballif, D. Diane Davis, Roxanne Mountford

    This volume explores how women in the fields of rhetoric and composition have succeeded, despite the challenges inherent in the circumstances of their work. Focusing on those women generally viewed as "successful" in rhetoric and composition, this volume relates their stories of successes (and...

    Published March 3rd 2008 by Routledge
36. A Research Primer for Technical Communication

    Methods, Exemplars, and Analyses

    By Michael A. Hughes, George F. Hayhoe

    This practical volume provides a thorough introduction to conducting and critically reading research in technical communication, complete with exemplars of research articles for study. Offering a solid grounding in the research underpinnings of the technical communication field, this resource has...

    Published August 9th 2007 by Routledge
37. Becoming a Writing Researcher

    By Ann M. Blakeslee, Cathy Fleischer

    Becoming a Writing Researcher effectively guides students through the stages of conducting qualitative writing research, from the initial step of seeing themselves as researchers, to identifying research questions, selecting appropriate tools, conducting the research, and interpreting and reporting...

    Published March 27th 2007 by Routledge
38. New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse

    Edited by Terry D. Royce, Wendy Bowcher

    New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse offers a comprehensive international view of multimodal discourse and presents new directions for research and application in this growing field. With contributions from top scholars around the world, this work opens up the field of multimodal...

    Published September 18th 2006 by Routledge
39. Writing for Film

    The Basics of Screenwriting

    By Darsie Bowden

    In this introduction to screenwriting, author Darsie Bowden provides sage, real-world advice and instruction on the process of writing film screenplays. This text will help budding screenwriters to structure their dramas, refine their characterizations, and craft their language, while also...

    Published April 24th 2006 by Routledge
40. International Handbook of Literacy and Technology

    Volume II

    Edited by Michael C. McKenna, Linda D. Labbo, Ronald D. Kieffer, David Reinking

    This Handbook provides a comprehensive and international representation of state-of-the art research, theory, and practice related to principal areas in which significant developments are occurring in the study of literacy and technology. It offers a glimpse of the commonalities faced by literacy...

    Published April 24th 2006 by Routledge