Seeing & Writing

by Donald McQuade, Christine McQuade

The first full-color composition reader truly to reflect visual culture, Seeing & Writing is based on a simple Careful seeing leads to effective writing. Students actively and critically see the details of each verbal and visual text, think about its composition and the cultural context within which it operates, and then write thoughtfully and convincingly about it. With a new look, new features, and new essays and images, Seeing & Writing 4 continues to lead the way â as a visual, flexible, and above all, inspiring tool for the composition classroom.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Writing

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Scholarly Pursuits]

A college-level comprehension textbook focused on visual literacy. A personal favorite. I intend to obtain the most recent version for the updated content.

[Daniel]

...us to see, to examine, to observe, to scrutize, to pay attention to small details and so to inspire a more complete and fun writing experience. The book also adopts pieces that leave us agape, in a way that we can re-discover how we could write...