Writing Styles & Techniques for Advanced Students of English
Writing & Speaking are Twin Sisters
There is a fatal flaw with most English education – writing is presented as secondary to speaking and understanding. In order to see a language from its foundation, you must engage with reading and especially writing at a high level. In fact, speaking and writing are twin sisters – two halves of the same necessary mode of language production.
This book addresses this gap in two ways. First, by breaking all of the writing structures down into mathematical formulas which may be replicated and emulated. Second, the chapters explain why every sentence is structured the way it is. These two features in tandem should provide you with enough theory and practice to write in English at a high level.
What’s inside:
- 10+ structures across 9 chapters
- 20+ sample essays and articles to instruct and inspire
- 40+ practical exercises to put teachings into action
- 50+ page comprehensive glossary with 350+ entries, each with example sentences
- Detailed grammatical explanations for thesis statements, logical fallacies, conditionals, and more
- Additional chapters on reading strategies, rhetoric/syntax, journalistic writing, and fused essays which combine various writing styles
Put the Theory into Practice
Put the theory of the textbook into practice with this carefully-crafted workbook for Writing Styles & Techniques for Advanced Students of English. Glide your pen across the paper and work through the series of concepts, vocabulary, and exercises proven to make you a more confident, well-rounded writer.
In the same way as the textbook, this workbook has been organized in such a way that it may be useful to students in an English course, dedicated self-learners, and educators looking to expand their writing curriculum. It’s also structured to help you work without necessarily holding the textbook open to the relevant page. Everything you need to practice and learn is contained in these pages.
What’s inside:
- 119 Exercises across nine chapters
- 9 Word searches, 11 crosswords, 9 definition matching activities to test your vocabulary
- 7 Grammar review sections mixed in
- Dozens of pages to review, practice, and draft essays in all forms
- End of chapter questions following all exercises