This brief guide teaches how to write the most common papers assigned in college source-based essays that summarize, analyze, critique, and synthesize. Comprehensive enough to serve as a primary text yet compact enough to serve as a supplement, this clear and concise writing guide teaches you how to critically read, clearly summarize, carefully respond to, precisely critique, creatively synthesize, and accurately quote or paraphrase texts. A Brief Guide is a valuable teaching and reference tool that many disciplines find useful for class work and for independent study.
Stephen Wilhoit is a Professor of English at the University of Dayton. He earned his B.A. in English at the University of Kentucky (1980), M.A. in English at the University of Louisville (1983), and Ph.D. in English/Composition Studies at Indiana University (1988). He joined the English Department at UD in 1988. Dr. Wilhoit's research interests include composition studies, scholarship of learning and teaching, faculty development/TA education, and creative writing.