The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Concise Edition

by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson

A concise version of the most successful college rhetoric published in over a decade, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Concise Edition offers the most progressive and teachable introduction now available to academic and personal writing. The four-color guide offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, and numerous examples of student and professional writing. Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Concise Edition has set the new standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.

416 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2002

Reviews

[John C. Mason · Rating 3 out of 5]

I teach at one college that uses this book for its freshman composition courses. I like the assignments and its grounding in rhetorical approaches. It is weak on detailed information on documentation (but doesn't everyone use the Purdue OWL anyway?), and it is not the type of book that contains essays for student response. It is easy to use, and its strengths lie in discussions of modes and models of academic writing.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

On here, this says that there are 416 pages in this book. I have this exact version of this book, and it has less than 400 pages....so I don't know who put 416, but that's totally wrong.

[Asim Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to read online this book

[Susannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seattle University
UCOR 1100-12: Restoring Human Dignity

It's exactly what you expect from an academic writing manual.