Patterns: A Short Prose Reader

by Mary Lou Conlin

Designed to provide students with a basic understanding of paragraph and essay writing, this rhetorically arranged reader contains paragraphs and short essays by professional and student writers alike. Patterns is organized around eight rhetorical methods, with additional chapters on fundamental writing skills and combining the modes. Each chapter offers a substantial introduction to the pattern, and extensive apparatus surrounds every selection.

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983