Timely, teachable, and diverse readings provide excellent models of writing. 68 professional readings from some of the best classic and contemporary writers and 12 well-crafted student essays offer an array of subjects, styles, and cultural points of view.
Thorough coverage of reading skills and the writing process provide students with a foundation for the composition course. The first two chapters address close, critical reading and provide students with a solid introduction to each stage of the writing process.
Introductions to each rhetorical mode give students the support they need where they need it, showing students how to use a particular strategy to establish purpose, context, and point of view.
Annotated student essays model ways of successfully incorporating rhetorical strategies while discussion questions following each sample essay encourage students to analyze and evaluate the overall effectiveness of the strategies at work in that example.
Popular "Writers on Writing" chapter helps students see themselves as writers. With pieces by Russell Baker, Anne Lamott, William Zinsser, and others, students will find humor, inspiration, and advice to enrich their own writing processes.