Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, and Reader, Brief Edition

Written in a clear, engaging style, this 3-in-1 volume combines three books—a rhetoric, a research guide, and a reader—into one convenient learning/reference tool. The Rhetoric section presents a full range of writing strategies, along with chapters on paragraphs, sentences, style, and three specialized types of writing, and in-depth chapters on planning and drafting, as well as revising and editing a paper. The Research Guide section includes three comprehensive chapters on the research process. The Reader section contains forty-four essays that illustrate the different writing strategies and display a wide variety of styles, tones, and themes. (The book is available in an alternate version—with a convenient Handbook section.) For anyone wanting an all-in-one resource for learning or reviewing rhetorical writing strategies.