Instructors at hundreds of colleges and universities have turned to How to Write Anything for support that empowers every student with advice they need, when they need it. And students love it—holding onto the book for other classes —because the authors’ tone makes writing in any genre approachable, with a flexible, rhetorical framework for the most commonly taught academic and public genres. The fourth edition offers students a new Part 1: Strategies for College Writing, even more support for understanding genres and purpose, and an expanded and thoroughly revised take on grammar, mechanics, and usage—all essential to academic success. The result is everything you need to teach composition in a flexible and highly visual guide, reference, handbook, and reader. Also available: LaunchPad, an online course space with pre-built units featuring the full e-book, book-specific reading comprehension quizzes, adaptive LearningCurve activities to help students hone their understanding of reading and writing, and additional support in A Student’s Companion to How to Write Anything.

Click here to find out about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. Designed to be clear and simple, How to Write Anything re-imagines how texts work, with support for students wherever they are in their writing process. The Guide, in Parts 1 and 2, lays out focused advice for writing common genres, while the Reference, in Parts 3 through 9, covers the range of writing and research skills that students need as they work across genres and disciplines. Intuitive cross-referencing and a modular chapter organization that’s simple to follow make it easy for students to work back and forth between the chapters and still stay focused on their own writing. Now also available in a version with 50 fresh, additional readings from a wide range of sources, organized by the genres covered in the guide. The result is everything you need to teach composition in a flexible, highly visual guide, reference, and reader. Introducing Author Talk: Watch our video interview with Jay Dolmage.