A more thorough grounding for students in academic expectations. Chapters 1-3 include new discussions of academic reading and writing, their distinctive demands, and the importance of mastering them as a requirement for success in college. These chapters also cover such topics as procrastination and plagiarism while bringing together useful advice on study and classroom skills.
New annotated student essays use color screens to point out the writer’s rhetorical strategies as well as the distinctive features of the chapter’s mode. In addition, many of the brief examples of student and professional writing throughout the book are annotated to help students immediately see key points.
20 new readings, including 4 student essays, deal with issues close to students’ daily lives, such as a humorous classification of excuses for turning in college assignments late, a vivid description of working in a fast-paced restaurant kitchen, and a favorable comparison of
The Onion with the mainstream media. More of the readings now include source documentation to serve as models.
A new chapter on writing effective paragraphs includes new advice about paragraph structure, topic sentences, and transitional words and phrases, showing a student essay in progress to illustrate these features.
An online e-book and an expanded suite of free and premium electronic resources developed specifically for this book, including a free companion Web site with an interactive learning style inventory and graphic organizers. Re:Writing collects our most popular free online resources in one place, including Exercise Central (over 9,000 skill practice exercises), sample essays, documentation models, tutorials, and more. Premium resources (can be packaged or purchased separately) include the online e-book.