Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

✍ Scribed by Laurie G. Kirszner; Stephen R. Mandell

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin’s
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 962
• Edition: 13th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. InPatterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections that balance classic and contemporary essays. Along with more examples of student writing than any other reader,Patternshas the most comprehensive coverage of active reading, research, and the writing process, with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; the most thorough apparatus of any rhetorical reader; and the most comprehensive coverage of argumentative writing—all reasons whyPatterns for College Writingis the best-selling reader in the country. And the new edition includes exciting new readings, images, and debate and casebook topics.Patternsis now available as a Bedford e-Book to Go and in a variety of formats that can be downloaded to a computer, tablet, or e-reader. And now with the new edition, you can meet students where they are: online. Our newest set of online materials, LaunchPad Solo, provides all the key tools and course-specific content that you need to teach your class. Get all our great course-specific materials in one fully customizable space online; then assign and mix our resources with yours.  To package LaunchPad Solo free withPatterns for College Writing,use ISBN 978-1-319-01312-7.