| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Series |
Writing the critical essay : an opposing viewpoints guide |
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Gale virtual reference library
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Writing the critical essay.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
section 1. Opposing viewpoints on the BP oil spill -- section 2. Model essays and writing exercises -- section 3. Supporting research material. |
| Summary |
Provides model essays on a current controversial issue guiding students in writing a five-paragraph essay, including persuasive, descriptive, expository and cause-and-effect essays. Includes guided reading and discussion questions to help students understand the essays themselves and target persuasive techniques authors use to compose convincing arguments. This volume covers the 2010 BP (British Petroleum) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
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Oil wells -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Blowouts.
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Oil pollution of the sea -- Mexico, Gulf of.
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Mexico, Gulf of -- Environmental conditions.
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| Added Author |
Scherer, Lauri S., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: BP oil spill. Detroit, Mich. : Grenehaven Press, c2012 9780737758337 (DLC) 2011026402 |
| ISBN |
9780737766165 (electronic book) |
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9780737758337 (hbk.) |
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0737758333 (hbk.) |
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