This book identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing. It shows students how to frame their arguments as a response to what others have said and provides templates to help them start making the moves. The fourth edition features many new examples from academic writing, a new br>Chapter on entering online discussions, and a thoroughly updated br>Chapter on writing in the social sciences. Finally, two new readings provide current examples of the rhetorical moves in action. ≪ em> about the authorcathy birkenstein is a lecturer in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has published essays on writing in college English, and, with Gerald graff in the chronicle of higher education, academe, and college composition and Communication. .

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