Corey Frost - The Broadview Guide to Writing

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For thousands of years humans have been likening the process of writing to the ways in which we interact with the landploughing and digging, sowing and reaping. In the early seventh century CE Isadore of Seville tells of how the Romans for their writing used styluses that were at first made of iron, later of bone, and quotes from a now-lost Roman play by the now-unknown playwright Atta: we shall turn the ploughshare upon wax, and plough with a bone point. Around 1400 the German poet Johannes von Tepl begins his long poem The Ploughman of Bohemia with a reference to what he refers to as a well-known maxim of scribes: the quill is my plough. In some sense the quill or pen is of course like a plough in that it digs into the writing surface. But the digging can also be likened more broadly to what writing doesas Seamus Heaney famously likens it in a 1964 poem about his fathers digging and what Heaney himself will do with his squat pen.

An image of ploughing, then, connects with the substance of this book as a metaphorical image of writing. But this particular image of ploughing connects in a more specific fashion to this particular writing guide: an extended discussion of Landscape with the Fall of Icarus features prominently in a chapter that is new to this edition, Seeing and Meaning: How to Read (and Write About) Visual Images. The cover image is in this case also a reminder that writing is a matter of content as well as process.

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The Broadview guide to writing : a handbook for students / Corey Frost, Karen Weingarten, Doug Babington, Don LePan, and Maureen Okun ; contributing editors, Laura Buzzard and Nora Ruddock. Sixth edition.

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The goal of The Broadview Guide is to provide a comprehensive yet concise writing reference that is easy to use in every respect. Weve made the book easy to carry around, and easy to use lying flat on a desk. Weve also built in several features that we hope will make the book easy for you to find your way around in:

section dividers: Flip to the section you want using the tabs on the section dividers. Here youll find the contents of that section.

page headers: Flip through the book with your eye on the page headers; these list section headings on the left, chapter headings on the right.

index: Go to the index at the back of the book to find the location in the book for any topic, large or small.

table of contents: The detailed table of contents at the beginning of the book sets out the sections, chapters, and topics within chapters.

The book opens with a substantial discussion of the processes of writing, focusing in particular on what is involved in researching and writing essays at the university level. Like the rest of the book, this part is divided into chapters and topics for ready reference, but we recommend reading it in its entirety. If essay writing, you may wish to pay particular attention to the sample essays provided:

the sample essay in MLA format reproduced on ).

the sample essay in APA will also be helpful for all who are required to use APA style in any of their courses.

The purchase price of this book includes free access to The Broadview Guide to Writing website, where you will find various sorts of material related to this book. (If you have purchased a used rather than a new copy, you may purchase a passcode online through the main Broadview Press website.) Perhaps most importantly, the companion website includes a wide range of exercises relating to almost every aspect of grammar and usage. Many of these are interactive; you can check immediately if you have answered correctly, andif you haventfind an explanation. (Instructors may of course ask that you complete particular exercises and hand in your score sheet to them, but we encourage you to try the exercises on your own as wellespecially in areas that the Diagnostic and Review Exercises suggest may not be areas of strength for you.)

You will also find several other sorts of material on The Broadview Guide to Writing companion website:

a selection of expository essays, ranging from Montaigne to the present day, each accompanied by questions and topics for discussion.

links to a variety of other helpful sites.

complete sample essays in Chicago and CSE formats, as well as additional complete essays in MLA and APA formats.