Publisher's Synopsis
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.
