The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers Brief Edition, without Handbook - Softcover

Reid, Stephen P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130210293 ISBN 13: 9780130210296

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to writing for one- or two-semester freshman composition courses.

This all-in-one text offers hallmark coverage of the purposes of writing, focusing on the importance of a writer's research, critical-reading skills, the ability to organize ideas, and a strategy to assess and develop rhetorical contexts. While the guide emphasizes traditional writing purpose and process, the author also considers the technological changes that influence and enhance contemporary writing, including expanded coverage of researching, evaluating, and documenting internet sources.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This best-selling writing guide—used at hundreds of colleges and universities—offers the clearest explanation of college writing. Every chapter contains advice on choosing a subject, collecting data, drafting, and revising for a specific purpose, while also integrating the appropriate rhetorical strategies. Effective student examples, professional essays, and journal exercises further illustrate how the writing process changes with each different purpose.

NEW FEATURES

• Twelve new professional essays by authors such as Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Talbot, Deborah Tannen, David Ansen, Nicholas Lemann, Emily Prager, Robin Morgan, and Jeremiah Creedon.
• Companion Website™—www.prenhall.com/reid—and complete online courses in B1ackBoard, WebCT, and CourseCompass course management platforms.
• Increased emphasis on writing a variety of genres based on real-world situations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130210293
• ISBN 13: 9780130210296
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 634