Designed for courses essay writing (college level). This text challenges students to think, read, and write on a literal, interpretive, and critical level by discussing various rhetorical strategies through the use of both student and professional essays. Each chapter discusses in detail a single rhetorical technique, and includes a selection of professional readings in order to demonstrate the use of that particular technique. The questions following each reading are designed to move students through a literal understanding of the piece, to interpretation, and finally to analysis.