Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, best-selling authors with more than twenty-five years' experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom. In Patterns for College Writing, they offer a balance of classic and contemporary essays by writers like Sandra Cisneros, Deborah Tannen, E. B.White, and Henry Louis Gates Jr., providing students with exemplary models for their writing--and instructors with excellent, class-tested selections. With extensive headnotes before each reading, abundant apparatus after, and more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has always been an exceptional resource for students. In the tenth edition, a new chapter on editing and proofreading in Part One, "The Writing Process," gives students more help recognizing and correcting errors common in their writing, while Part Two, "Readings for Writers," offers a greater number of informative and argumentative essays, preparing students better than ever for the demands of college writing.

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

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Mandell, Stephen R.

Kirzner, Laurie G.

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Bedford/St Martins

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader, Seventh Edition and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader, Seventh Edition and Guide

Kirszner, Laurie G.

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Bedford/St. Martin's

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, best-selling authors and experienced teachers, know what works in the classroom. They have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections. The readings are a balance of classic and contemporary essays by writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Deborah Tannen, E. B. White, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. And with more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has always been an exceptional resource for students. Patterns also has the most comprehensive coverage of the writing process in a rhetorical reader with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough support for students of any rhetorical reader. With loads of exciting new readings and updated coverage of working with sources, Patterns for College Writing helps students as no other book does. There’s a reason it is the best-selling reader in the country.

With top-notch models for writing, Patterns for College Writing offers you classic and contemporary essays, some written by students, to help you develop your writing skills in a number of key styles.

No one writes for the introductory composition student like Kirszner and Mandell--the best-selling authors of the most successful reader in America, "Patterns for College Writing." Their most recent success, "Practical Argument, "Second Edition, simplifies the study of argument. A straightforward, full-color, accessible introduction to argumentative writing, it employs an exercise-driven, thematically focused, step-by-step approach to get to the heart of what students need to understand argument. "Practical Argument" focuses on basic principles of classical argument and includes alternative approaches. "Practical Argument" forgoes the technical terminology that confuses students and instead explains concepts in understandable, everyday language, with examples that are immediately relevant to students' lives. Thoroughly updated with exciting new topics and readings, "Practical Argument "now features e-Pages that take advantage of the Web by providing more than 200 online quizzes on the readings and argument instruction.

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More than ever, successful argumentation is a major part of academic success―and has plenty of real-world application. But students don’t benefit when they are bogged down with technical jargon and abstraction. That’s where Practical Argument comes in. 
 Bestselling authors Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell make argumentative writing accessible with a scaffolded, step-by-step approach to convey what students need to know about argument, in understandable language. The Fourth Edition includes an even more contemporary and diverse array of readings, as well as new coverage of the kinds of visual arguments students are likely to encounter in their everyday lives.

Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, best-selling authors and experienced teachers, know what works in the classroom. They have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections. The readings are a balance of classic and contemporary essays by writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Deborah Tannen, E. B. White, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. And with more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has always been an exceptional resource for students. Patterns also has the most comprehensive coverage of the writing process in a rhetorical reader with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough support for students of any rhetorical reader. With loads of exciting new readings and updated coverage of working with sources, Patterns for College Writing helps students as no other book does. There’s a reason it is the best-selling reader in the country.

No one writes for the introductory composition student like Kirszner and Mandell—the best-selling authors of the most successful reader in America, Patterns for College Writing. Their most recent success, Practical Argument, Second Edition, simplifies the study of argument. A straightforward, full-color, accessible introduction to argumentative writing, it employs an exercise-driven, thematically focused, step-by-step approach to get to the heart of what students need to understand argument. Practical Argument focuses on basic principles of classical argument and includes alternative approaches. Practical Argument forgoes the technical terminology that confuses students and instead explains concepts in understandable, everyday language, with examples that are immediately relevant to students’ lives. Thoroughly updated with exciting new topics and readings, Practical Argument now features e-Pages that take advantage of the Web by providing more than 200 online quizzes on the readings and argument instruction.

Loose-leaf Version for Practical Argument

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Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader, Seventh Edition and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Loose-leaf Version for Practical Argument & Writer's Help 2.0 for Hacker Handbooks 2e (Twelve Month Access)

Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Loose-leaf Version for Practical Argument