Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide - Softcover

Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312676840 ISBN 13: 9780312676841

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011

Synopsis

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with nearly thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections that balance classic and contemporary essays. Along with more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has the most comprehensive coverage of active reading, research, and the writing process, with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough apparatus of any rhetorical reader, all reasons why Patterns for College Writing is the best-selling reader in the country. And the new edition includes exciting new readings and expanded coverage of critical reading, working with sources, and research. It is now available as an interactive Bedford e-book and i

About this title

About the Author

During their longstanding collaboration, Laurie Kirszner and Stephen
Mandell have produced a number of best-selling college texts for
Bedford/St. Martin’s, including Foundations First: Sentences and Paragraphs,
Writing First: Practice in Context, and Focus on Writing. Laurie Kirszner
teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at the University of
the Sciences. Stephen Mandell is the founder and former director of the basic
writing program at Drexel University, where he teaches composition, literature,
and technical and business writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312676840
• ISBN 13: 9780312676841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 792