Word Count: 23874

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Textbook for introductory composition, focusing on writing processes, essay writing, and research writing.

Abstract
This PDF focuses on college-level writing, critical reading, and research challenges. This College Writing Handbook is a modified version of the Guide to Writing by Vallerie Mott and a writer listed as "Alexis." The original version of this book was released under a CC-BY license and is copyright by Lumen Learning. The changes to this book listed are released under a CC-BY-SA license and are copyright by Joshua Dickinson of Jefferson Community College.
Description
This all-in-one handbook has several chapters on the writing process. Also featured is coverage of critical reading, logical fallacies, avoiding plagiarism, citing in APA or MLA style, writing across the disciplines, as well as the typical grammar, punctuation, usage, ESL coverage.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1951/71295

Subjects
College Writing, Research, Usage, Grammar, Handbook, APA Style, MLA Style, Writing Process

An Open Source Textbook for Students Enrolled in ELL 80 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Short Description:
Several English pronunciation lessons to make you a more effective speaker.

Word Count: 3006

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The Commons: Tools for Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric gives instructors and students of college writing courses a single source for information on metacognitive critical reading, rhetorical awareness, and MLA formatting basics as well as interesting and relevant reading and viewing content. Its approach is interdisciplinary, bringing in material from ecology, sociology, psychology, technology, popular culture, political science, cultural studies, and literature. Each essay, website, video, infographic, and poem has been carefully chosen to speak to the Eastern Kentucky University community, but everyone can find something that speaks to our common human experience and our need to communicate and connect with one another.

Short Description:
This open textbook is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace.

Word Count: 76959

ISBN: 978-0-9699813-3-6

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NSCC EDITION

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Communication Skills is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. It is written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues. Adapted from the Seneca College version of Communication @ Work.

Word Count: 125091

ISBN: 978-1-990641-78-7

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Short Description:
Adapted for Seneca College by Tom Bartsiokas, Robin Potter, and Tricia Hylton from A College-to-Career Guide to Success (2019) Partially Adapted from Business Communication for Success (2015). Communication @ Work is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. It is conveniently presented in a variety of AODA-compliant formats and written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues.

Word Count: 125263

ISBN: 978-1-998755-48-6

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A College-to-Career Guide to Success (2019) Partially Adapted from Business Communication for Success (2015)

Short Description:
This open educational resource is designed to guide first-year college students in developing the vital communication skills that will help with the real, everyday tasks of writing and speaking in their chosen profession. Organized in three major units—Communication Fundamentals, Applied Writing, and Oral Communication—the textbook is conveniently presented in a variety of AODA-compliant formats and written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues. By meeting the learning outcomes of Algonquin College’s first-year Communications course ENL1813 and its follow-up ENL1823 or equivalent, the textbook helps ensure that students graduate with the communication skills necessary to succeed in the modern workplace.

Word Count: 200025

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Canadian Edition (2020) Adapted from A College-to-Career Guide to Success (2019) Partially Adapted from Business Communication for Success (2015)

Short Description:
This open educational resource is designed to guide first-year college students in developing the vital communication skills that will help with the real, everyday tasks of writing and speaking in their chosen profession. Organized in three major units—Communication Fundamentals, Applied Writing, and Oral Communication—the textbook is conveniently presented in a variety of AODA-compliant formats and written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues. The textbook helps ensure that students graduate with the communication skills necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. This version was revised for Personal Support Workers

Word Count: 194888

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The Compact Anthology of World Literature II is an invaluable resource for students and educators, offering a carefully curated selection of key literary works from diverse cultures and historical periods. Edited by a team of experts, this anthology spans genres from ancient to modern times, providing insightful commentary and context that help readers engage with universal themes like justice, morality, and identity. As part of the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, it offers free access to high-quality literature, making it a vital tool for fostering critical thinking and global awareness in today’s interconnected world. Its flexibility supports a range of teaching approaches, making it an essential text for exploring the transformative power of literature.

This textbook is meant for first year English Composition Courses. The text covers the essentials of composition and rhetoric in a recursive manner and introduces research skills.

When you are eager to get started on the coursework in your major that will prepare you for your career, getting excited about an introductory college writing course can be difficult. However, regardless of your field of study, honing your writing skills—and your reading and critical-thinking skills—gives you a more solid academic foundation.

In college, academic expectations change from what you may have experienced in high school. The quantity of work you are expected to do is increased. When instructors expect you to read pages upon pages or study hours and hours for one particular course, managing your work load can be challenging.

The quality of the work you do also changes. It is not enough to understand course material and summarize it on an exam. You will also be expected to seriously engage with new ideas by reflecting on them, analyzing them, critiquing them, making connections, drawing conclusions, or finding new ways of thinking about a given subject. Educationally, you are moving into deeper waters. A good introductory writing course will help you swim.

Composition 1: Introduction to Academic Writing was created with the intention of providing a free, comprehensive Composition 1 textbook to the students of Connors State College in Oklahoma. This textbook is a compilation of several OER textbooks and resources with edits, revisions, and additions provided by Brittany Seay. This composition 1 textbook covers academic writing in its most basic definition.

Chapter 1 covers what is academic writing, who does it, and why
Chapter 2 covers the rhetorical modes used in academic writing
Chapter 3 covers rhetorical analysis
Chapter 4 covers the basic parts of a standard academic essay
Chapter 5 covers the academic argument
The last section of the book is a collection of 88 open essays

Composition 2: Research and Writing was created with the intention of providing a free, comprehensive Composition 2 textbook to the students of Connors State College in Oklahoma. This textbook is a compilation of several OER textbooks and resources with edits, revisions, and additions provided by Brittany Seay. This textbook focuses on the ins and outs of academic writing and research. It looks at the early stages of research from generating ideas and key term searches to creating projects that synthesize the information found from sources. This textbook also discusses academic writing with a particular focus on research writing.

Chapter 1 covers the idea behind research and why it is important
Chapter 2 covers finding and reading academic sources
Chapter 3 covers using the information found in academic sources
Chapter 4 covers putting together an academic research argument

Remixed OER textbook for an introductory Composition II course. Includes a list of themed readings on technology, as well as suggested assignment templates.

Remixed OER textbook for an introductory Composition I course. Includes a list of themed readings on mental health, as well as suggested assignment templates.

This workbook is designed for college-level freshman composition courses. It includes units and assignments on reflective writing, punctuation and mechanics, sentence combining, MLA and APA documentation style, the writing process, and research writing.

A Handbook and Anthology

Short Description:
This book is divided into two parts. Part I is a Composition Handbook designed to teach students the components of the writing process and the conventions of various forms of school and college writing assignments. Part II is an Anthology of Literature designed to help students read actively, analyze, understand, enjoy, and appreciate stories, poems, and plays by a diverse and inclusive group of exceptional writers.

Long Description:
This book is divided into two parts. Part I is a Composition Handbook designed to teach students the components of the writing process and the conventions of various forms of school and college writing assignments. Part II is an Anthology of Literature designed to help students read actively, analyze, understand, enjoy, and appreciate stories, poems, and plays by a diverse and inclusive group of exceptional writers.

Word Count: 513391

ISBN: 978-1-77420-024-7

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Word Count: 209091

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