Patterns for College Writing, Brief Edition: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. In <i>Patterns for College Writing</i>, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections that balance classic and contemporary essays. Along with more examples of student writing than any other reader, <i>Patterns</i> has the most comprehensive coverage of active reading, research, and the writing process, with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; the most thorough apparatus of any rhetorical reader; and the most comprehensive coverage of argumentative writing - all reasons why <i>Patterns for College Writing</i> is the best-selling reader in the country. And the new edition includes exciting new readings, images, and debate and casebook topics. <p></p><i>Patterns </i>is now available as a Bedford e-Book to Go and in a variety of formats that can be downloaded to a computer, tablet, or e-reader. And now with the new edition, you can meet students where they are: online. 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 <i>Patterns for College Writing, </i>use ISBN 978-1-319-01312-7.