A bold new full-color design, carefully chosen images, and a more open layout provide improved navigation and enhanced visual appeal.
9 new readings by such authors as Rick Bragg and Amitai Etzioni invite writing and discussion on topics including fast-food jobs, RateMyProfessors.com, species extinction, and crime.
More help with critical reading in newly annotated student essays. Colorcoded annotations make it easier for students to see the features of each genre and writing strategies in context, modeling the close, critical reading that students must learn to do themselves.
More help with academic writing and working with sources. Focusing on the complex rhetorical choices that students have to make, new sections in every writing assignment chapter cover topics such as introducing sources in a paragraph, addressing opposing points of view, and avoiding plagiarism.
More attention to document design in a new chapter that offers advice on design principles and detail specific to seven kinds of documents, including résumés, lab reports, and Web pages. In addition, each assignment chapter now includes "Thinking about Document Design" sections that illustrate the application of design principles to specific writing projects.