Language Arts & Disciplines

PUPText's first dictionaryThis glossary provides an overview of the terms publishing professionals use in every department, from editorial to sales. In some cases, the language is similar in books and magazines, digital media, or comics, but may have a different meaning. This guide includes...

Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology presents an introduction to cultural anthropology designed to engage students who are learning about the anthropological perspective for the first time. The book offers a sustained focus on language, food, and sustainability in an inclusive format that is...

This book analyses data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows and other audiovisual material, to examine attitude datives in Levantine Arabic. It looks at four types of interpersonal pragmatic marker: topic/affectee-oriented, speaker-oriented, hearer-oriented and subject-oriented to explore the...

No detailed description available for "The Poetry of George Herbert".Author: Helen VendlerPublisher: Harvard University PressPublished: 02/05/1975Pages: 303Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75dISBN: 9780674864641About the AuthorVendler Helen: Helen Vendler is A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard University.

The Maverick is the Western New Mexico University student-run undergraduate academic journal. The Maverick is supported by WNMU's academic imprint, Mimbres Press, and is dedicated to representing the WNMU undergraduate student body through in-class and extracurricular essays, research, art, and creative writing.Mimbres Press of...

Public speaking is hard enough, giving a briefing is downright painful. All eyes are on you, and your audience expects a lot out of you. Take the stress out of briefing and learn how to keep cool under pressure and deliver effective presentations. From...

The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie. This is a US only edition. The efficiency of a book is like that of a man, in one important respect: its attitude toward its subject is the first source of its power. A book may...

Prison scandals, terrorism, corporate fraud, election rigging -- most likely you have heard something of the sort in the last ten minutes. But what is truth and what is part of the great "washout" of biased reporting? A celebration of lucid investigative reporting, selected...

This book is not about exploring outer space. This book is about exploring your own innerspace-answering the question, "Who am I?"Do you have the strength to take this challenging journey? Do you have the courage to explorethe labyrinths of your own psyche? Do you...

Now revised and expanded Speaking Frames: How to Teaching Talk for Writing: Ages 10-14 brings together material from Sue Palmer's popular Speaking Frames books with additional material covering the primary/secondary transition. Providing an innovative and effective answer to the problem of teaching speaking and...

An enhanced version of the original -Side by side- program.Author: Steven Molinsky, Bill BlissPublisher: Pearson Education ESLPublished: 03/31/2016Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 10.71h x 8.03w x 0.39dISBN: 9780132458887This title is not returnable

An enhanced version of the original -Side by side- program.Author: Steven Molinsky, Bill BlissPublisher: Pearson Education ESLPublished: 03/31/2016Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 10.71h x 8.11w x 0.32dISBN: 9780132458863This title is not returnable

"Learn English with Dogs!""14 Short Stories About Dogs in Easy English" is a collection of heartwarming and inspiring stories about dogs that will captivate the hearts of readers of all ages. Each story tells a unique tale of the bond between humans and their...

"A manual, a memoir, a critical study and a meditation on many forms of art and obsession, this book is a unique and thrilling contribution. While guiding us through the properties of exciting sentences, Grant Maierhofer also provides us with a model for distilling...

The definitive guide to becoming a successful freelance writer, now in an updated and expanded third edition Secrets of a Freelance Writer has long been the authoritative guide to making big money as a commercial freelance writer. In this new edition, you'll find out...

Revision sometimes seems more metaphor than real, having been variously described as a stage, an act of goal setting, a method of correction, a process of discovery, a form of resistance. Revising Moves makes a significant contribution to writing theory by collecting stories of...

Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your fourth-grade students! Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all! Text structures include: Question and answer Main idea and details Cause and effect Compare and...

Everything you wanted to know about storytelling or Adrian Tomine but were too afraid to ask"That would've been too easy and spontaneous for me, and I had to find a way to make everything more complicated." And yet for over thirty years, bestselling author,...

A SMARTER WAY TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. Take control of your financial aid experience with this essential guide--the only annual guidebook with line-by-line instructions for completing the FAFSA aid forms! Financing a college education is a daunting task no matter your circumstances. With line-by-line...

How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion? This accessible book...