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EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class.
Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in all facets of their lives. Straightforward and readable instruction sections introduce key vocabulary, concepts, and strategies. Three culminating assignments (Descriptive Personal Narrative; Text-Wrestling Analysis; Persuasive Research Essay) give students a chance to show their learning while also practicing rhetorical awareness techniques for future writing situations.
This textbook is designed for students of first- and second-year college composition courses (in Oregon, WR-115, 121, 122, and 222), but it is also a great tool for college prep students, more advanced writers, or independent learners. Early teachers are encouraged to use the textbook to support them in curriculum design, and experienced teachers can use it to supplement their tried-and-true methods.
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DOI
10.15760/pdxopen-17
Publication Date
7-11-2018
Publisher
Portland State University Library
Subjects
College writing, English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching, Rhetoric
Rights
© 2018 Shane Abrams
This open access textbook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25612
Recommended Citation
Abrams, Shane, "EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers" (2018). PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources. 20.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/20
10.15760/pdxopen-17
Notes
Publication of this book was made possible by Portland State University Library PDXOpen Publishing Initiative Grant program.
Accessibility
Accessibility Remediation was completed on the book in August 2020. This open textbook now meets our accessibility standards as adapted from BCCampus' Accessibility Statement