Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook

Designed to serve as three books-in-one, this comprehensive text combines a reader and a handbook section. The rhetoric section presents the full range of writing strategies, all illustrated by student essays, along with coverage of research writing, special writing assignments, and paragraph and sentence skills. The reader section presents a mix of 41 contemporary and classic essays by professional writers. The handbook section is designed as an easy reference to the major elements and errors of grammar, punctuation and mechanics.

Designed to serve as three books in one, this text helps students to write effectively by giving them strategies and guidelines for composition, essays that illustrate these strategies, and problem-solving tips for more error-free writing. KEY TOICS:The Rhetoric section presents writing strategies along with student essays, special writing assignments, and paragraph, sentence, and stylistic skills; the Reader section provides 41 contemporary essays by professional writers that illustrate the different strategies and display a variety of styles, tones, and themes; the Handbook section is an easy reference to the major composition elements, errors of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. An ideal reference that makes other references unnecessary for freshman composition.