{"product_id":"smarter-writing-yelena-k-bailey-kirby-9781516528820","title":"Smarter Writing: A Student's Guide to College Composition and Research","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmarter Writing: A Student's Guide to College Composition and Research\u003c\/em\u003e helps students gain the writing skills needed to produce college level summaries, critiques, analyses, syntheses, and documented research papers, and provides instruction in analysis, argument, research techniques, and critical thinking skills. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written to be accessible and student-friendly, and to minimize the anxiety many students feel when approaching college-level writing, the book features relatable examples and steers away from formal academic language. Students learn to write effective theses, introductions, bodies, and conclusions to the standard college essay. They become familiar with common rhetorical modes, and comfortable searching for source material and using the MLA format. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Designed to enhance students' skills, to demonstrate effective techniques for organizing, researching and writing well, and perhaps most importantly, to boost students' confidence in their own abilities to manage their work and succeed in an academic environment, \u003cem\u003eSmarter Writing\u003c\/em\u003e is ideal for introductory composition courses. It is also an excellent text for writing courses for international students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYelena Kajevic Bailey-Kirby\u003c\/strong\u003e earned her master's degree in English literary studies with an emphasis in classic modern writing at the University of London, Royal Holloway. She is a professor of English at the College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, where her courses include English composition, developmental and creative writing, as well as world and contemporary literature. In addition to teaching, Professor Bailey-Kirby has served as a member of the college's composition, curriculum, assessment, library advisory, and writing center advisory committees. She is a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, the National Association of Developmental Education, National Council of Teachers of English, and the Modern Language Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yelena K. Bailey-Kirby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1516528824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781516528820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Yelena K. Bailey-Kirby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244156535039,"sku":"9781516528820","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f1996a3-d11e-4c8c-a7ec-a82005772482.jpg?v=1758135068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smarter-writing-yelena-k-bailey-kirby-9781516528820","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}