The St. Martin's Guide to Writing

by Rise B. Axelrod, Charles R. Cooper

The best-selling college rhetoric for over 20 years, The St. Martin's Guide has an unparalleled record of proven success. From the beginning, Axelrod and Cooper have taken the best of classic and contemporary theory, filtered it through their own and their colleagues' classroom experience, and then blended the result into a flexible classroom tool. Their step-by-step guides to writing specific kinds of essays were a groundbreaking concept and changed the way writing is taught in American colleges. The course continues to change, and Axelrod and Cooper continue to source-based writing, analysis of argument, online teaching, and visual rhetoric are some of the focuses of this latest revision. By seamlessly incorporating practical, class-tested solutions to these new challenges, Axelrod and Cooper have once again provided the best foundation for college writing.

Genres: Writing, Reference, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School, Teaching, Language

1072 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1988

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Surprisingly, the worst Comp. textbook I've probably ever had to teach from. Soo dry and general and textbook-ish, not worth the students' money. I had to use the 7th edition, so maybe the 8th is better somehow, but I wound up mostly making copies from other textbooks to give my students. One upside, it had essays by Tobias Wolff and Annie Dillard.

[Rachelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book for one of my writing classes.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Textbook for an ENG COMP class. Great articles. Decent Exercises.

[Alicia Zuto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full of exercising and information but I wouldn't say it's the best or the most interesting or detailed. It's definitely good but I don't want to mislead anyone. And this maybe just my opinion.