The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing

by John Mauk, John Metz

Showing students that the act of writing is connected to everyday living, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE makes invention the primary component of your writing course and helps students re-discover concepts, uncover meaning, and re-think the world around them.

Genres: School, College

864 pages, Hardcover

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.