The Concise McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for College, Writing for Life

by Duane Roen, Gregory R. Glau, Barry M. Maid

The Concise McGraw-Hill Guide is designed to help students learn to write more effectively not only in their college courses but also in their professional, civic, and personal lives. An affordable reader, rhetoric, and research guide, The Concise Guide shows students how to set goals for their writing, to use effective composing strategies to reach those goals, and to assess their progress toward achieving them. Based on the idea that effective writers are strong communicators in any context, The Concise McGraw-Hill Guide emphasizes the skills established by the Writing Program Administrator's Outcomes Statement that form the foundation of assessment practices at writing programs throughout the country -- rhetorical knowledge, critical thinking, writing processes, and conventions. These skills form the basis of the instruction in each assignment chapter and throughout the text.

588 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2008

Reviews

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book introduces argumentation and rhetoric in a way simple enough for lower-level college composition students to grasp. It almost makes me wish we could use two texts for students: one for higher level and one for lower-level 111 and 108 students. This suits the higher level 108 and the lower level 111. Provides a nice bridge. Criticism: A bit repetitive.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the textbook I use for teaching Composition I and II at Brown Mackie College. The cover I have is more attractive. There is green lettering on a white cover with an attractive design on the front cover. Anyway, the textbook was updated and I like it. The chapters are easy to navigate and there are interesting essays for students to peruse and reflect.

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Issued for my ENG101 class.