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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460063103321

Autore

Davis Carolyn

Titolo

How to write persuasively today [[electronic resource] /] / Carolyn Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, c2010

ISBN

1-283-05647-X

1-78034-914-9

0-313-37838-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Writing today

Disciplina

808/.042071

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Study and teaching

Report writing - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What am I writing? -- Issues and challenges -- Problems and solutions -- Strategies for success : everything that attracted me to reading reports for school, college, and business I learned by the fourth grade -- Resources for the future.

Sommario/riassunto

Standard five-paragraph essays. Advertising copy. Opinion pieces, articles, sermons, and presentations. Persuasive written communication exists in many forms. And whether you are a student working on a paper, a professional with a business proposal, or a citizen looking to express ideas and views, at some point you must make your case with words. But what makes writing truly persuasive and memorable?