Twenty-One Genres and How to Write Them

by Brock Dethier

aIn this classroom-tested approach to writing, Brock Dethier teaches readers how to analyze and write twenty-one genres that students are likely to encounter in college and beyond. This practical, student-friendly, task-oriented text confidently guides writers through step-by-step processes, reducing the anxiety commonly associated with writing tasks.In the first section, Dethier efficiently presents each genre, providing models; a description of the genresOCO purpose, context, and discourse; and suggestions for writing activities or OC movesOCO that writers can use to get words on the page and accomplish their writing tasks. The second section explains these moves, over two hundred of them, in chapters ranging from OC Solve Your Process ProblemsOCO and OC DiscoverOCO to OC ReviseOCO and OC Present.OCO Applicable to any writing task or genre, these moves help students overcome writing blocks and develop a piece of writing from the first glimmers of an idea to its presentation.a This approach to managing the complexity and challenge of writing in college strives to beauseful, flexible, eclectic, and briefOCoa valuable resource for students learning to negotiate unfamiliar writing situations."

305 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Gevera Piedmont]

Not for fiction genres.

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't find this book useful.