The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing, Concise Edition

by John Mauk, John Metz

Showing students that the act of writing is connected to their daily lives, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Concise Edition, Third Edition, now brings an even stronger emphasis on invention to your writing course as it helps students rediscover concepts, uncover meaning, and rethink the world around them. Emphasizing the invention process throughout, the third edition offers twelve chapters to help students invent ideas more than any text on the market. Its seventy-plus reading selections by both professional and student writers expose readers to a variety of disciplines. The new edition also includes an even more reader-friendly design and now begins with an entire chapter devoted to helping students transition into college-level thinking and writing. A proven text, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Concise Edition, Third Edition, is noted for its fresh voice, colorful use of images, and the soundness and timeliness of its pedagogical foundation. It breaks down the opposition between the personal spaces of everyday life and the critical discourse of academia. The result is a book offering students and teachers pedagogy for making meaning and generating writing, at the intersection of academic and nonacademic life. With its emphasis on invention, The COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Concise Edition, Third Edition, gives students excellent preparation for the academic reading and writing activities they may encounter throughout their college experience and well beyond.

Genres: School, College

576 pages, Spiral-bound

First published February 3, 2003

Reviews

[Kelly]

School book, what more can I say. There is actually some o.k. short stories in here.

[Mackenzie · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could leave negative stars I would. While I understand this is a college text book and therefore boring, the writer has a very interesting way of being able to say the exact same thing over and over again in slightly different wording. I feel like I would throw half of this book away and it wouldn't change a thing I would learn.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

My new nifty freshman comp book. It seems better than most, actually. The readings are mostly interesting and pretty diverse, which is nice. And I like all the attention it puts on drafting and thesis construction. The whole theme here seems to be writing from/about the self/personal experience--this always gets me better essays to read over any random theme I can assign. But ultimately, it doesn't matter how much I like the book if my students hate it. I'll do a re-review at the end of the semester

[Kymberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

English 105 so far interesting.