How to Write Anything with Readings: A Guide and Reference

by John J. Ruszkiewicz, Jay T. Dolmage

Instructors at hundreds of colleges and universities have turned to How to Write Anything for support that empowers every student with advice they need, when they need it. And students love it―holding onto the book for other classes ―because the authors’ tone makes writing in any genre approachable, with a flexible, rhetorical framework for the most commonly taught academic and public genres.

The fourth edition offers students a new Part 1: Strategies for College Writing, even more support for understanding genres and purpose, and an expanded and thoroughly revised take on grammar, mechanics, and usage―all essential to academic success. The result is everything you need to teach composition in a flexible and highly visual guide, reference, handbook, and reader.

Also LaunchPad, an online course space with pre-built units featuring the full e-book, book-specific reading comprehension quizzes, adaptive LearningCurve activities to help students hone their understanding of reading and writing, and additional support in A Student’s Companion to How to Write Anything.

Genres: Writing, School, Reference, Nonfiction, College

928 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2008

Reviews

[vi paola · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was for school and it really helped with my writing skills.

[Emily Houvener]

This will stay on my currently-reading shelf through the semester. It's the chosen text for the 101 classes I'm teaching. So far, I'm finding it to be a helpful little text. The Instructor's Manual is dream of book, filled with exciting activities to try to get students out of their academic stupor.

[Kyra Horton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read excerpts for my composition two college course. Was well written and easy to follow!

[Phillip · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've taught out of a decent number of composition/rhetoric books in my time, and this is probably my favorite. The authors do a good job clearly and effectively presenting concepts--at least on a basic level--in such a way that students can easily follow. Their use of images is effective, including both pictures, and graphic guides to help with things like paper structure or setting up MLA citations. Some of the humor is a bit corny and some of the references try too hard to be hip, but one should expect that from a composition textbook, it's part of the charm.

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this text for a college composition course and HIGHLY recommend it. It is user-friendly, easy-to-read and good for college students, especially those who are not inclined to write. I have an additional copy of the 2nd edition I'm willing to sell. If interested, please email me at given2fly1981@yahoo.com

[Romantic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding resource material for anyone interested in enhancing their writing skills and especially useful for writing college level papers.