The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers - Hardcover

Reid, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130230057 ISBN 13: 9780130230058

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1998

Synopsis

Stephen Reid is Composition Program Director at Colorado State University where he is responsible both for the curriculum and for training the many graduate teaching assistants. Based on his experiences with students and beginning instructors alike, Reid authored The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers. Since its first publication in 1989, this writing guide has stood out in the market because each chapter centers on a specific writing purpose and integrates techniques, writing process, and patterns of development within the context of the chapter. This innovative organization ends flipping back and forth within the text. Complemented by an annotated instructor’s edition, The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers is the perfect writing guide for learning–and learning to teach–purpose and process.

About this title

From the Publisher

This comprehensive rhetoric is uniquely organized around purposes or areas for writers, including research and writing about literature. Each well-structured chapter contains process-oriented advice on choosing a subject, collecting data, drafting, and revising essays for each purpose and customizing major rhetorical strategies to each purpose. Effective student examples, professional essays, and journal exercises help introduce students to the writing process as it changes with each different purpose.

From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: The fourth edition of this all-in-one book continues to offer hallmark coverage of the purposes of writing. The book focuses on the importance of a writer's research, critical reading skills, the ability to organize ideas, and a purpose to assess and develop rhetorical contexts Key Topics: Retaining an emphasis on traditional writing purpose and process, the author also acknowledges the technological changes that influence and enhance contemporary writing. The new edition demonstrates how computers and networks provide additional opportunities for communication, writing, and revising while the World Wide Web and the Internet are becoming an important part of the research process.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130230057
• ISBN 13: 9780130230058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 676