It's that bruiser of a term paper. Or maybe you're facing the writing tests on a college or grad school admissions exam and the personal essay for the school you really want to attend. Or it could be those business proposals for your boss. Whatever your writing needs, you know the importance of communicating with clarity and persuasiveness. This book provides the essential writing workshop that shows you that powerful writing is a process that can be learned -- step by step.
Chapter Openers Chapter Openers provide a motivating photo and application toshow students an example of the relevance of what they'll belearning in the chapter. Chapter Overviews A Chapter Overview begins each chapter to give students a senseof what they are going to learn. This overview provides a roadmapof the chapter as well as telling how the different topics in thechapter are connected under one big idea. It is always helpful forstudents to remember that mathematics isn't modular, butinterconnected, and that the different skills they are learningthroughout the course build on one another to help them understandmore complex concepts.
This is "must-have" information for all presidents-andcitizens-of the twenty-first century: Is Iran's nascent nuclearcapability a genuine threat to the West? Are biochemical weaponslikely to be developed by terrorists? Are there viable alternativesto fossil fuels that should be nurtured and supported by thegovernment? Should nuclear power be encouraged? Can global warmingbe stopped?
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Earlier editions ~ I959, 1975 by MacmilLan Publishing Co., Inc. The Introduction originally appeared, in slightly different form, in The Nero Yorker, and was copyrighted in 1957 by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. The Elements of Style, Rev/sed Edition, by William .Strunk Jr. and Edward A. Tenney, copyright 1935 by Oliver Strunk.
