Community Voices Academic, Work, and Public Readings

This wide-ranging reader introduces student writers to the forms and genres typical of the academic, work and public communities. Featuring a three-part structure that distinguishes between writing for the academic, workplace, and public communities, this innovative reader opens each part with introductions that alert students to the expectations of readers in that community. Readings and discussion identify and explore the relevant concerns, issues, trends, and ethical standards of each group. Comprehensive collections of Texts and Documents provide numerous and varied examples of the common forms of writing within each communityfrom abstracts to brochures to letters to the editor. Accompanying apparatus encourages students to analyze the writing conventions in each community in order to communicate effectively.Muth, Marcia F. is the author of 'Community Voices Academic, Work, and Public Readings', published 2003 under ISBN 9780321093318 and ISBN 0321093313.