Why they can't write : killing the five-paragraph essay and other necessities / John Warner.
Why they can't write : killing the five-paragraph essay and other necessities / John Warner.
Why they can't write : killing the five-paragraph essay and other necessities / John Warner.
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Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
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G 2020/2356
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English
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Physical content
viii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Our writing "crisis" -- Part One: Killing the five-paragraph essay -- Johnny could never write -- The writer's practice -- The five-paragraph essay -- Part Two: The other necessities -- The problem of atmosphere -- The problem of surveillance -- The problem of assessment and standardization -- The p...
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Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
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Maryland
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
There seems to be widespread agreement that--when it comes to the writing skills of college students--we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead,...
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Why they can't write : killing the five-paragraph essay and other necessities / John Warner.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.
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©2018
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G 2020/2356
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74VKaPo5yJx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPo5yJx3
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ISBN
1421427109 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
9781421427102 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
DDC
808.042071
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991024314202002626
