Longwood Guide to Writing, The: Brief Edition

by Ronald F. Lunsford, Bill Bridges, Charles W. Bridges

Reflecting ron lunsford and bill bridges' fifty years of combined teaching experience and their commitment to (and understanding of) the writing process, the longwood guide to writing is among the most engaging, up-to-date, and authoritative aims-based rhetorics on the market. In this text, the authors help students see the organic nature of the writing process by continually offering students the opportunity to examine and refine their own individual writing processes, rather than limiting them to a single one-size-fits-all process. Students are introduced to the various phases of the writing process, beginning with a wide variety of invention strategies, then they are invited to apply their creativity and what they have learned to a variety of writing “occasions” ? from the personal essay to the persuasive to the literary. They learn effective ways to do research, write with sources, take essay exams, and create portfolios, and ? in two unique chapters devoted to style ? they learn how form affects content.

612 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

My man is featured in this book, so we got an author copy and I just had to read the whole thing. The textbook as a whole is very practical and helpful...I am planning on using it for homeschooling. It starts with the basics of writing and development and easily tracks the stages from finding a topic to crudely forming an essay and revising and polishing. Basic grammatical rules are left to the end of the book in a section called "Preparing for Publication," which makes better sense than making the average college student/reader/writer slog through it again.