Purpose and Process: A Reader for Writers

by Stephen P. Reid

Encouraging writers to take control of their reading and writing, Purpose and Process, Fourth Edition:

Features introductory chapters on reading and writing that introduce students to critical reading and to the various purposes and processes for writing. Focuses on basic stages or dimensions, including collecting, shaping, drafting, and revising, and illustrates the individual processes of nine student writers. Organizes coverage by writing purposes, requiring students to observe, remember, investigate, explain, evaluate, solve a problem, or argue a subject for a specific audience in a defined context. Provides a full range of essays—20 new to this edition—that feature mainstream and minority authors, multicultural perspectives, and a variety of topics, writing levels, and styles.

In addition, a sequenced set of questions about each essay reinforces the reading/writing goals: Questions on Meaning, Questions on Purpose and Strategy, Questions on Audience and Language, and Questions for Discussion and Writing.

572 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

Reviews

[Abigail (42stitches) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A text I picked up on the "free" shelf in the English department of my university. Oddly enough, a pretty good book. Ideas and motivation for "critical reading". Which is a skill that everyone should continue to develop all their life. More on that later...