This compact but complete guide shows that less is more—with fewer extraneous details getting in the way of students trying to learn on the run, it allows them to focus on the most important principles of effective technical communication. The Concise Guide takes a rhetorical approach to technical communication; instead of setting up a list of rules that you should apply uniformly to all writing situations, it introduces students to the bigger picture of how the words they write can affect the people intended to use them. Assignments and exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce and test knowledge.

Fresh off the success of Flash Nonfiction Funny comes a piping-hot new take on the flash genre: Food. Working within a 750-word limit, each of these nonfiction pieces is driven by a hunger for something filling. Memories of an ill-fated birthday cake, contemplations on a family recipe, an embarrassing sauce spill on a first date — all of it true, all of it tasty. Featuring both established and up-and-coming writers, this collection is perfect for students of writing and brevity — and for anybody who appreciates good food!?Featuring essays by Dinty W. Moore, Kim Addonizio, Sarah Wesley Lemire, Stephen Goff, Mark Lewandowski, Alison Townsend, Jesse Waters, Elizabeth Danek, Jonathan Ammons, Leeanna Torres, Eric D. Lehman, Sari Fordham, Renee Cohen, Brian Phillip Whalen, Rebecca Beardsall, Pamela Felcher, Lisa Romeo, Amy Barnes, and many more!

The much-anticipated second edition of The Book of Literary Terms features new examples and terms to enhance Turco's classic guide that students and scholars have relied on over the years as a definitive resource for the definitions of the major terms, forms, and styles of literature. Chapters covering fiction, drama, nonfiction, and literary criticism and scholarship offer readers a comprehensive guide to all forms of prose and their many sub-genres. From "Utopian novel", "videotape", and "yellow journalism", to "kabuki play", "Personalism", and "Poststructuralism", this book is a valuable reference offering an extensive world of knowledge. Every teacher, student, critic, and general lover of literature should be sure to add The Book of Literary Terms to their library.