“…designed for high-school and college composition students to improve their persuasive writing.”
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES
FOR COMPOSITION
CRACKING AN ACADEMIC CODE
2ND EDITION
Rhetorical Strategies is a worktext for composition students to apply rhetorical theory in their writing. The exercises interconnect rhetorical skill work for students to practice “thinking on paper” in style (rhetorical figures, emphasis, arrangement); language (audience appropriate, diction, syntax); and conventions (MLA style, format, source handling).
“Karen A Wink’s worktext for students is a valuable resource in the English classroom. Written from the deep knowledge of someone who understands writing as a process, this is an effective tool to accompany the teaching and learning of how to write well. More specifically, this worktext makes clear how to write cogent, powerful arguments that respond to various situations and purposes. The tone of the worktext invites students to try their hand at writing while feeling comfortable learning the why behind arguments. This is an excellent worktext for educators working with high schoolers to prepare them for life beyond high school as well as for educators working with students in post-secondary schools.”
— Kimberly N. Parker, Ph.D. English Educator and Director of the Crimson Summer Academy at Harvard University, and author of Literacy is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching with the Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development (ASCD).
“Informative and comprehensible book for written and audio commentary” for student papers.
THE FEEDBACK PROCESS
ENGAGING STUDENTS WITH MEANINGFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR WRITING
The Feedback Process: Engaging Students with Meaningful Comments About their Writing features curriculum and instruction to assist humanities educators with commenting on student drafts. The focus is on students’ non-fiction writing or arguments supported with credible sources.
“Dr. Karen A. Wink has a written a book that has relevant and evidence-based applications not only for high school and higher-education writing instructors but also for any instructors who require writing assignments in their courses and want to be able to give meaningful feedback. The Feedback Process is filled with ready-to-use templates informed by Dr. Wink’s many years of experience as a college writing instructor. If you are facing a stack of student papers and need inspiration and fresh ideas, this is the text for you!”
— Mary Ellen Beaty-O’Farrell, chair, department of innovative teaching and learning, Johns Hopkins School of Education
Dr. Karen Wink is an English Professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where she has taught freshman composition and literature as well as upper-class global literature courses for 24 years. Dr. Wink earned her doctorate in English Education from the University of Maryland and taught high school English in the Howard County, MD. School District for four years. Dr. Wink received an “Excellence in Teaching” award from the New England Association of Teachers of English. Her research interests focus on pedagogy in the areas of rhetoric, composition, Shakespeare, and commentary practices in the field of English Education.
Karen A Wink, Ph.D. 