Authors:Edward P. J. Corbett, Robert J. Connors,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: student, modern, rhetoric, classical
Number of Pages: 562
Published: 1998-08-06
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 0195115422
ISBN-13: 9780195115420

Now in a new edition, this standard work in its field discusses the three vital parts of classical rhetoric--argument, arrangement, and style--bringing these elements to life and demonstrating through numerous examples their effective application in yesterday’s and today’s writing. This new edition features a new chapter on progymnasta (classical composition exercises), an updated survey of the history of rhetoric, and an updated section on "External Aids to Invention".

Authors:Edward P. J. Corbett, Robert J. Connors,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: statement, style
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1998-09-03
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0195115430
ISBN-13: 9780195115437

An essential reference for writers, this brief text offers readers an analysis of style, grammar, diction, and composition, including elements excluded by other books, such as tropes and the benefits of imitation. A reprint of the popular Chapter IV of Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, it features lively exercises that emphasize the practical applications of classic styles.

Authors:Edward P.J. Corbett, Rosa A. Eberly,
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Keywords: elements, series, reasoning, composition
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 2000-05-18
List price: $36.60
ISBN-10: 0205315119
ISBN-13: 9780205315116

The second edition of The Elements of Reasoning retains the accessible and succinct approach that made the first edition the best treatment of the essentials of argumentation. It presents the principles that govern the composition of effective argumentative discourse and includes brief examples, with analyses that show students the underlying structure of the argument presented and the ways in which the rhetoric was persuasive. For anyone interested in rhetoric and reasoning.

Authors:the late Edward P. J. Corbett, Nancy Myers, Gary Tat
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: sourcebook, teacher, writing
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1999-08-12
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0195123778
ISBN-13: 9780195123777

Now in its fourth edition, this widely acclaimed sourcebook remains one of the most up-to-date and inclusive works on teaching writing today. In this edition, the editors have added twelve new essays and deleted several from the previous edition, making the content as timely as possible. Emphasizing the importance of adapting good pedagogy to multiple environments and audiences, this unique collection features some of the most intellectually exciting and pedagogically sound articles in the field. The Writing Teacher’s Sourcebook, 4/e, is the definitive resource for beginning and experien

Authors:Mary Corbett, Sheila Corbett Kihne,
Publisher: Adams Media
Keywords: days, marry, going, ways, list
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-12-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1593374003
ISBN-13: 9781593374006

You are a wonderful woman (everybody says so!) and you want to get married. But six months, a year, more years go by and you still aren’t married. What’s the problem? The problem is that you have wasted time on the wrong men. And when you are with the wrong man, you aren’t available to meet the right man. Men who aren’t interested in marriage can easily trick you into thinking that they are. The List identifies subtle red flag behavior immediately so you won’t be fooled again. For example, did you know that: A man who takes you out for a last minute coffee d

Author: Dan Corbett
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: graphs, conceptual, over, unification, reasoning
Number of Pages: 162
Published: 2003-01-31
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 0306474875
ISBN-13: 9780306474873

Reasoning and Unification over Conceptual Graphs is an exploration of automated reasoning and resolution in the expanding field of Conceptual Structures. Designed not only for computing scientists researching Conceptual Graphs, but also for anyone interested in exploring the design of knowledge bases, the book explores what are proving to be the fundamental methods for representing semantic relations in knowledge bases. While it provides the first comprehensive treatment of Conceptual Graph unification and reasoning, the book also addresses fundamental issues of graph matching, automated reaso

Author: Pie Corbett
Publisher: Pan Childrens
Keywords: works
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2007-01-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 033043439X
ISBN-13: 9780330434393

This is the sixth title in the best-selling "The Works" series. It features every kind of poem you could ever need for a school assembly in seven sections: Festivals, Celebrations and Seasons; Thoughts, Feeling and Faith; People - Families, Friends, Heroes and Heroines; Looking After the World; Celebrating Small Things; The Journey - Growing, Changing, Old and New and Stories and Symbols. There are poems for happy times, poems of praise and poems to help with feelings of confusion and grief. It is the perfect addition to every classroom but also an invaluable collection for every home.