Reviews for Bill The Goat's Adult Refresher Guide To Writing

The average rating for Bill The Goat's Adult Refresher Guide To Writing based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-05 00:00:00 Kevin Little I read this more for it's later chapters than its earlier ones, curious about what it had to say about revision and how it co-located writing alongside reading. I liked the chapters devoted to these things the best, particularly the lists of questions Ede provides to help guide revision at multiple levels and regarding specific things. I also liked the guidance she provides towards the end of the book regarding the multiple types of statements that a writer might make and how we might go about interrogating them. So, why three stars? I found the earlier chapters unnecessarily pedantic in tone. I didn't feel like she was giving her college-student audience the credit they deserve. Or maybe it was that she wasn't making clear to them what they already knew (even if they didn't have the vocabulary to name it) as much as they might.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-07 00:00:00 Dena Ladner This is the textbook for the ENG 114 class I'm teaching this summer. Great material and exercises to help students learn how to analyze academic articles and synthesize multiple sources to put together a research paper.