Publisher's Synopsis
The original, best-selling interdisciplinary composition text, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, Eighth Edition , teaches students of all majors and interests to communicate more effectively.
Hallmarks of the text include its sound writing instruction-focusing on summary, synthesis, and critique-combined with engaging, thematic readings that provide depth of coverage in each discipline-specific chapter. Expanded coverage of argumentation and writing online address issues of today's classrooms. Updated, streamlined pedagogy and class-tested new thematic chapters keep this classic exciting and current.