Now in its eighth edition, the authors ofStrategies for Successful Writing: a Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook have strived to achieve the same steadfast goals that have motivated them from the beginning: create a rhetorically-organized writing guide that combines four books into one convenient and flexible teaching tool while offering students an exceptional value. By having at their disposal a comprehensive textbook that offers ample material for a full-year composition course, instructors teaching aone-termcourse can make various selections from Chapters 1-17, from whatever types of specialized writing suits the needs of their students, and from the appropriate essays in the reader. As well, because the authors believe strongly that an effective composition textbook should address students directly, they've aimed for a conversational yet clear style that invites students into the book, lessens their apprehensions about writing, and provides a model for their own prose. This style complements the authors' strong student-based approach to writing, and together they help create a text that genuinely meets student needs.

A comprehensive modes-oriented rhetoric for freshman composition that combines four books a rhetoric, a research guide, reader and handbook into one convenient teaching tool. Includes a handbook in back of the book.

For first-year courses in Composition/Rhetoric. This version of Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader and Handbook has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)* A four-in-one guide for writing in the modes -- a rhetoric, research guide, reader, and handbook At every step of the writing process, Strategies for Successful Writing supports students as they learn to compose in the rhetorical modes. Over 100 short examples demonstrate writing concepts and strategies, so that they can recognize them more easily in the longer reading selections and apply them in their own compositions. Instruction is kept brief and to the point, so that students spend more time writing and less time reading about writing. Perfect for those seeking support for participating in academic discourse for the first time, this four-in-one guide may be the only text students will need for the composition course. * The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the "increasing mobility of texts," MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.

Featuring a reader-friendly layout and tone, Strategies will engage you through a relaxed, conversational style that complements its practical, student-based approach to writing. Lively and appealing professional and student model essays allow you to observe and internalize the strategies of successful writing. KEY TOPICS: Writing: An Overview; Strategies for Active Reading; Strategies for Planning and Drafting Your Writing; Strategies for Global Revisions: Working with the Whole; Strategies for Local Revisions: Paragraphs, Sentences, Diction, and Style; Strategies for Personal Writing: Narration; Strategies for Using Illustration: Making Yourself Clear; Strategies for Analytical Writing: Process Analysis; Strategies for Analytical Writing: Cause and Effect; Strategies for Analytical Writing: Definition; Strategies for Finding Patterns: Comparison; Strategies for Finding Patterns: Classification; Strategies for Convincing Others: Argument and Persuasion; Strategies for Researching: Using Secondary Research; Strategies for Researching: Using Primary Research; Strategies for Documentation: MLA Style; Strategies for Documentation: APA Style MARKET: First-Year Composition - Rhetoric (Composition)