How Writing Works with Readings: A Guide to Composing Genres

by Jordynn Jack, Katie Rose Guest Pryal (Contributor)

"College students are expected to master new genres in every course they take. Yet composition instructors can't possibly teach students every genre they will need for their college courses or careers. Instead of telling students how to write a genre, authors Jack and Pryal help students learn how a genre works using a genre toolkit that asks three questions: "What is it?" "Who reads it?" and "What's it for?" By taking this problem-solving approach to writing, How Writing Works prepares students for any writing situation that they may encounter at school, home, or work. Distinctive Features * The Genre Toolkit helps students identify a genre's structure, audience, and purpose * Integrated Assignments show students how to construct a series of small assignments that lead up to a major chapter project * Individual, Team, and Multimedia Projects draw from a variety of popular, professional, and academic examples to address rhetorical challenges of visual, written, and oral communication"--

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Published March 1, 2022

About the author

Jordynn Jack (1977- ) was born in Ontario, Canada and studied English and technical writing at Glendon College, York University, before earning her PhD in rhetoric and composition at Pennsylvania State University. Now professor in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, she researches and teaches courses in a range of areas: rhetoric of science, women's rhetorics, science writing, and rhetoric of health, medicine, and disability. When she is not researching, writing, or teaching, she enjoys knitting, sewing, cooking, traveling, and hiking. She lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband, daughter, and two cats.