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Pieces: Towards a Revisioning of Communication - Hardcover

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by Lee Thayer (Author)This work focuses on communication and how humans talk about things. It also explores how we conceive of, understand, and think about communication. Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.76 x 9.33 x 6.59 IN Publication Date: July 14, 1997

Rhetorical Scope and Performance: The Example of Technical Communication - Hardcover

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by Merrill D. Whitburn (Author)As we move into the 21st century, broader approaches in governments, industries, and universities are necessary. Governments are increasingly forced to collaborate with other governments to address problems beyond the control of individual nations. Industries increasingly find it difficult to survive without pursuing global markets. Also, universities are moving from departmental to interdisciplinary approaches to curriculums. These changes call for greater scop...

Ethics in Technical Communication: A Critique and Synthesis - Paperback

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by Michael Markel (Author)Ethics in Technical Communication provides students and practitioners with a clear introduction to ethics--from Aristotle through the present--and suggests how these accounts can help technical communicators think through the kinds of dilemmas that inevitably arise in their working lives. Markel critiques current scholarship linking ethics and technical communication, then presents a flexible model for ethical decision-making that draws on the values of rights, justi...

Connectionist Psycholinguistics - Paperback

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by Morten H. Christiansen (Editor), Nick Chater (Editor)Setting forth the state of the art, leading researchers present a survey on the fast-developing field of Connectionist Psycholinguistics: using connectionist or neural networks, which are inspired by brain architecture, to model empirical data on human language processing. Connectionist psycholinguistics has already had a substantial impact on the study of a wide range of aspects of language processing, ranging from inflectional morpholo...

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by Ander Monson (Editor), Craig Reinbold (Editor)How We Speak to One Another is some of the most engaging evidence we've got that the essay is going strong. Here, essayists talk back to each other, to the work they love and the work that disquiets them, and to the very basic building blocks of what we understand "essay" to be. What's compiled in these pages testifies to the endless flexibility, generosity, curiosity, and audacity of essays. Even more than that, it provides the kind of pleasu...

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Betwixt-And-Between: Essays on the Writing Life - Paperback

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by Jenny Boully (Author)"Jenny is the future of nonfiction in America. What an absurdly arrogant statement to make. I make it anyway. Watch." --John D'Agata"Yes, Aristotle, there can be pleasure without 'complete and unified action with a beginning, middle, and end.' Jenny Boully has done it." --Mary Jo Bang"Jenny Boully is a deeply weird writer--in the best way." --Ander MonsonJenny Boully's essays are ripe with romance and sensual pleasures, drawing connections between the digression, refle...

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Personal Impressions: The Small Printing Press in Nineteenth-Century America - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth Harris (Author)This complete, definitive, and richly illustrated survey of small nineteenth-century printing presses, written by a former curator at the Smithsonian Institution, is the first history of these machines. There was, in those days, a small printing press for every purpose. And there were innumerable boys and men eager to make their fortunes by investing in one, printing for a local clientele, and, with luck, building a printing or publishing empire. Printing was the m...

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - Paperback

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by Chris Hedges (Author)A prescient book that forecast the culture that gave rise to Trump -- a society beholden to empty spectacle and obsession with image at the expense of reality, reason, and truth. An instant bestseller, Empire of Illusion is a striking and unsettling exploration of illusion and fantasy in contemporary American culture. Traveling to the ringside of professional wrestling bouts at Madison Square Garden, to Las Vegas to write about the pornographic film industry, and to ac...

Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric - Paperback

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by Ward Farnsworth (Author)"I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (pr teritio). Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it (symploce). Buy it and read it - buy it and read it (epimone)."--Bryan A. Garner, Garner's Modern English Usage Everyone speaks and writes in patterns. Farnsworth is your guide to patterns known as rhetorical figures that can make your words more emphatic, memorable, and effective. This book d...

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Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor - Hardcover

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by Ward Farnsworth (Author)Make your writing and speech shine like the sun Here's the most entertaining and instructive book about both enlivening and clarifying communication with the art of comparison. "Ward Farnsworth is a witty commentator...It's a book to dip in and savor."--The Boston Globe. The author of Farnsworth's Classical English Style and Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric now provides a wide-ranging, practical, tour of metaphors, arranged by theme. Chapters include Sources...

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The Superior Person's Complete Book of Words - Paperback

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by Peter Bowler (Author), Dennis Corrigan (Illustrator)A perfect blend of humor and practical knowledge for word lovers. Build a superior vocabulary with 1,000 words--esoteric, arcane, archaic, unusual words with "real life" examples of how to deploy them. Includes definitions and practical advice on usage to confound your friends, irritate your enemies, and impress your superiors. Peter Bowler's aim is to provide "the ordinary man in the street with new and better verbal weapons--words which...

Encyclopedia of Movie Special Effects - Hardcover

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by Patricia D. Netzley (Author)From the earliest stop-motion photography in 1899's Cinderella to computer-generated wizardry in the latest Star Wars movie, special effects have thrilled movie audiences for more than a century. The Encyclopedia of Movie Special Effects is a 5-star fan favorite that explains the magic behind these cinematic devices. This A-to-Z encyclopedia unveils the latest techniques and gadgetry inside a comprehensive reference work about the history of special effects. Ent...

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Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

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by Wayne Miller (Editor), Kevin Prufer (Editor), Travis Kurowski (Editor)Gutenberg's invention of movable type in the fifteenth century introduced an era of mass communication that permanently altered the structure of society. While publishing has been buffeted by persistent upheaval and transformation ever since, the current combination of technological developments, market pressures, and changing reading habits has led to an unprecedented paradigm shift in the world of books.Bringing togeth...

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Teaching Arguments: Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, and Response - Paperback

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by Jennifer Fletcher (Author)No matter wherestudents' lives lead after graduation, one of the most essential tools we can teach them is how to comprehend, analyze, and respond to arguments. Students need to know how writers' and speakers' choices are shaped by elements of the rhetorical situation, including audience, occasion, and purpose. In Teaching Arguments: Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, and Response, Jennifer Fletcher provides teachers with engaging classroom activities, writing pr...

Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle - Paperback

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by Ekaterina V. Haskins (Author)A provocative reconsideration of two competing classical approaches to discourse, politics, and educationAs one of the founding philosophers of the Western tradition, Aristotle raised many of the issues that still animate scholarly debates in the humanities. By contrast Isocrates, despite his considerable reputation in antiquity and the Renaissance as an educator, became a marginal figure in the intellectual history of the West. Logos and Power in Isocrates and...

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Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now: On Hope, Loss, and Wearing Sunscreen - Hardcover

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by Mary Schmich (Author)What it means when your father dies. How it feels when summer comes. What it's like to live in a great but troubled American city. The value of wearing sunscreen. These are just a few of the topics that Mary Schmich addresses in this second, expanded edition of Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now, a collection of her columns from the Chicago Tribune, including the 10 that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Schmich is the rare newspaper columnis...

The Daily Texan: The First 100 Years - Paperback

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by Tara Copp (Author), Robert L. Rogers (Author)For a century, the student journalists at "The Daily Texan" have reported and commented on The University of Texas. From Prohibition to the sexual revolution, from Vietnam peace protests to the Tower massacre, from horse-drawn buggies to the Internet, these students have covered it all. Now, for the first time, the stories behind what was printed are revealed. In this behind-the-scenes account, scandal, censorship, and corruption surface at the ...

The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 9 - Paperback

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by Gayle Reaves (Editor) This anthology collects the nine winners of the 2021 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNT's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First-place winner: Greg Jaffe and his three-part series on the pandemic, beginning with "The Pandemic Hit and This Car Became Home for a Family of Four" (The Washington Post). Second place: Hannah Dreier with "The Worst-Case Scenario" (The Washington Post). Third place: Leonora LaPeter Anton, Kavitha Surana, and Kathr...

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Handwriting Analysis Plain & Simple: The Only Book You'll Ever Need - Paperback

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by Eve Bingham (Author)Handwriting analysis, or graphology, is the science involved in producing a personality profile of the writer by examining the characteristics, traits and strokes of an individual's handwriting. It seems impossible, but a trained graphologist can gather an astonishing amount of information about the writer just from analyzing their handwriting. Besides creating a complete personality profile, many other things are revealed in your handwriting, such as health issues, mor...

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The Eye: How the World's Most Influential Creative Directors Develop Their Vision - Hardcover

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by Nathan Williams (Author)They're often behind the scenes, letting their work take center stage. But now Nathan Williams, founder and creative director of Kinfolk magazine and author of The Kinfolk Table, The Kinfolk Home, and The Kinfolk Entrepreneur--with over 250,000 copies in print combined--brings more than 90 of the most iconic and influential creative directors into the spotlight. In The Eye, we meet fashion designers like Claire Waight Keller and Thom Browne. Editorial directors lik...

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by Jack Foster (Author), Larry Corby (Author)This new expanded second edition is an international bestseller with over 200,000 copies sold and translated into 15 languages that shows you--no matter your age or skill, your job or training--how to come up with more ideas, faster and easier. Jack Foster's simple five-step technique for solving problems and getting ideas takes the mystery and anxiety out of the idea-generating process. It's a proven process that works. You'll learn to condition ...

The Handy Literature Answer Book: An Engaging Guide to Unraveling Symbols, Signs and Meanings in Great Works - Paperback

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by Daniel S. Burt (Author), Deborah G. Felder (Author)A primer on literature and how to read it. The easy-to-use, question-and-answer approach makes it the perfect gift for anyone. Students, English teachers, casual and avid readers will find the text approachable and useful.Author BiographyDaniel S. Burt, Ph.D. received his doctorate degree in English and American Literature from New York University. He has more than 30 years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in writi...

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Developing Quality Dissertations in the Humanities: A Graduate Student's Guide to Achieving Excellence - Paperback

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by Barbara E. Lovitts (Author), Ellen L. Wert (Author)This is one of three short booklets designed to be given to graduate students as they begin their studies. These booklets explain the purposes of the dissertation and the criteria by which it will be assessed. They help students understand the context of their course work; the need to take an active role in shaping their studies; and the importance of thinking ahead about the components of the dissertation and the quality of scholarship th...

West-E Library Media 0310 Teacher Certification Test Prep Study Guide - Paperback

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by Xamonline (Created by)Studying to become a school librarian? With this guide from XAMonline, you will master the core content that is assessed on the WEST-E Library Media certification exam. This guide covers the competencies/skills sets found on the WEST-E Library Media test. Subjects covered within the guide include program administration, collection development, and information access and delivery. Enhance your study and sharpen your test-taking skills with sample test questions and det...

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Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women - Hardcover

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by Lizzie Skurnick (Author), Rebecca Traister (Introduction by)These empowering essays from leading women writers examine the power of the gendered language that is used to diminish women -- and imagine a more liberated world. Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive" What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words are made into weapo...

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by Edith Hope Fine (Author), Judith Pinkerton Josephson (Author)Who or whom? Lay or lie? Conjunction, pronoun, predicate, or gerund? If such questions and terms leave you scratching your head, you need the hip and fun follow-up to NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR. With a new, easy-to-use alphabetical format and the same winning formula of wacky cartoons, off-the-wall examples, and catchy reminders, MORE NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR will help you sidestep common bloopers, untangle your malapropisms, secure those ...

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Write Right!: A Desktop Digest of Punctuation, Grammar, and Style - Paperback

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by Jan Venolia (Author)The newest edition of Jan Venolia's best-selling guide, Write Right is an essential resource for writers with 500,000+ copies sold since publication. In this age of electronic correspondence and self-produced documents, we need a useful and reliable writing guide more than ever. Write Right covers the essentials of good writing in a concise and easy-to-follow format. The new edition of this classic handbook takes you through the entire writing process, from understan...

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It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences - Paperback

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by June Casagrande (Author)In this wickedly humorous manual, language columnist June Casagrande uses grammar and syntax to show exactly what makes some sentences great--and other sentences suck. Great writing isn't born, it's built--sentence by sentence. But too many writers--and writing guides--overlook this most important unit. The result? Manuscripts that will never be published and writing careers that will never begin. With chapters on "Conjunctions That Kill" and "Words Gone Wild," this...

Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School - Paperback

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by Gotham Writers' Workshop (Author), Alexander Steele (Editor)Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book. Here you'll find: - The fundamental elements of fiction craft-character, plot, point of view, etc.-explained clearly and completely - Key concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fiction - The complete text of "C...

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Did You Burp?: How to Ask Questions...or Not! - Hardcover

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by April Pulley Sayre (Author), Leeza Hernandez (Illustrator)Asking questions may seem like it comes naturally, but it's actually a learned social skill. How do questions and answers work? What makes a good question--and what makes a rude one? Who cares about questions? This helpful how-to guide teaches kids what a question is, when to ask one, and how to form one. Friendly tips and pointers ("Keep it short!" "Show interest!") help kids keep their questions appropriate and on point. Above all...

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The Ecstasy of Communication, New Edition - Paperback

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by Jean Baudrillard (Author), Jean-Louis Violeau (Introduction by)Baudrillard's essential crib-book, lexicon, and companion piece to any and all of his books and a prescient portrait of our contemporary condition.Author BiographyJean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationa...

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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy - Paperback

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by Orson Scott Card (Author)Learn to write science fiction and fantasy from a master You've always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how it's done, distilling years of writing experience and publishing success into concise, no-nonsense advice. You'll learn how to: - utilize story elements that define the science fiction and fantasy genres - build, populat...