Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings

by Jean Wyrick

Combining detailed coverage of the writing process with a wealth of professional readings, Wyrick's STEPS TO WRITING WELL WITH ADDITIONAL READINGS has helped thousands of students learn to write effective academic essays. Extremely student-friendly, it presents rhetorical strategies for composing essays in an easy-to-follow progression of useful lessons and activities. With over 70 student and professional readings and a variety of hands-on activities, it gives you the models and practice you need to write well-constructed essays with confidence. The 11th edition features useful visual learning aids, student writing samples on timely topics, assignments that promote using sources and multiple rhetorical strategies, and updated discussions of multimodal texts and online databases. It also reflects guidelines from the APA's 2020 Publication Manual. Now available: MindTap digital learning solution.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, Education

768 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1993

Reviews

[William Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the English textbooks my composition class requires. So far this well written book has been a great instructional device to help become a better writer.

[Sebah Al-Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it.

Essay writing, essay types, essay elements, research.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a text book book for a writing class. One of my favorite essays was called "So What's So Bad about Being So-So?" This essay was a classic and I will remember it forever. You have to read it.

[LaSalseraLoca · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE IT!! :D

We are currently using this text for my high school Advanced Composition class and I wish I had a copy to keep for myself!! :D It is such a wonderful textbook to refer to!!