The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers

by Stephen P. Reid

Focused on both traditional writing purpose and process as well as on the technological resources that influence and enhance contemporary writing, this compact, all-in-one guide offers comprehensive coverage of the purposes of writing?with a focus on the importance of a writer's research, critical-reading skills, the ability to organize ideas, and a strategy to assess and develop rhetorical contexts. Each self-contained chapter takes readers through a sequenced series of specific purpose-based writing tasks?complete with professional and student samples, rhetorical techniques, journal exercises, reading and writing activities, revision suggestions, etc. Includes nearly a hundred short quotations by composition teachers, researchers, essayists, novelists, and poets on the nature of writing. A complete reference handbook provides a review of basic sentence elements, sentence structure and grammar, diction and style, punctuation and mechanics. Writing Myths and Rituals. Purposes and Processes for Writing. Observing. Remembering. Reading. Investigating. Explaining. Evaluating. Problem Solving. Arguing. Responding to Literature. Writing a Research Paper. Writing Under Pressure. Handbook. For anyone needing guidance in the writing process.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

598 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

As far as textbooks go, this one was okay. I didn't like how it was organized but in general the lessons were explained clearly; there were way to many examples, though.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Used to teach Baylor freshmen (ENG 1302). Read parts.