Strategies for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader

by Susan X. Day, Elizabeth McMahan, Linda S. Coleman

Employing an approach that is firmly process-oriented and interactive, this anthology presents extended, lively essays meant to spur ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic, and illustrate methods for organizing and presenting information. It incorporates high-interest reading material with creative activities; traditional concerns about correctness, coherence, and meaning; and step-by-step writing assignments. A key objective of the book is to integrate reading and writing more closely and usefully than most other readers on the market today. Key coverage includes a writer's approach to analytical reading; a concise survey of the writing process; and a contextual study of the major rhetorical strategies for effective reading and writing. For writers and business professionals responsible for writing, preparing, and/or analyzing documents.

584 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 1999

About the author

Susan X Day is an assistant professor of psychology at Iowa State University of Science and Technology in Ames. She pursues two research programs, one concerning personality and the development of interests, and one concerning the use of distance technology in psychotherapy. Dr. Day taught English at Illinois State University for 20 years before beginning her Ph.D. in psychology at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Her specialties in English studies are writing and pedagogy, and she has done research on the practices of dissertation writers and the identity development of creative writers. In 1999, Dr. Day won the national American Psychological Association-sponsored Outstanding Graduate Student Award for excellence in scholarship and professional development in her field. She is the author and co-author of more than a dozen college textbooks in rhetoric, grammar, and literature, and her research has appeared in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist and Psychological Science.