Product Description

Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4135 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 848 pages

From the Back Cover
Key Benefit: This book offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, numerous examples of writing, and thorough guides to research and editing. Key Topics: Emphasizes writing as a problem-posing, problem-solving process of inquiry. Written in a friendly, encouraging tone reminiscent of Ramage and Bean's best-selling argument text, Writing Arguments. It offers balanced coverage of academic writing and personal and narrative forms and provides readers with a continuum for understanding differences between academic, thesis-driven, “closed-form” writing and personal, “open-form” writing. Accessible readings throughout clearly illustrate rhetorical principles and represent a balance between professional and student writers. Market: For professionals wishing to improve their writing skills.

Customer Reviews

Good textbook
I will have to admit I would have never bought this book other than is being for a school text book. It's one hell of an English book that covers just about everything, written, that you could imagine. I'm glad that I have it for future reference.

Very well written textbook!
Very well written textbook. Very well organized towards constructive and creative writing with a lot of exercises to develop the thought process. I have enjoyed using it!

Happy with the text book
This book arrived in time before class started. It took about a week from the day I ordered this book. It was in good condition with no marks or torn pages. It looked like a new text book.