The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing

by Rise B. Axelrod, Charles R. Cooper

The new Concise St. Martin’s Guide provides streamlined coverage of the six most commonly assigned genres in first-year composition—remembering events, writing profiles, explaining concepts, arguing a position, proposing a solution, and justifying an evaluation. The Concise Guide leads students through the writing "Guides to Reading" equip students to analyze a genre’s basic features, and Axelrod and Cooper’s distinctive "Guides to Writing" help students apply their analysis of reading to the development of their own writing projects. With more hands-on activities for critical reading and working with sources, greater emphasis on the rhetorical situation, and a fresh new design to show students the strategies they need at a glance, the Concise Guide helps students accomplish their writing goals from start to finish. 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 with The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing , use ISBN 978-1-319-00686-0.

Genres: Education

544 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2014

Reviews

[Rachael]

Decent text for teaching various forms of essays.

[Dejanira Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the essays in here were very interesting. I'm happy my English 101 professor picked this because it's basically the size of a regular boo and it's not heavy at all