Includes index.

Contents: Reading and writing : from reading to writing. Reading critically -- Rhetoric : the art of persuasion -- Synthesis : incorporating outside sources -- The writer's voice -- The writer's thesis -- Organizing ideas -- Developing good paragraphs -- Patterns of development. Narration -- Description -- Process analysis -- Illustration/exemplification -- Definition -- Comparison/contrast -- Division/classification -- Causal analysis -- Argumentation and persuasion -- Combining the modes -- Rewriting your writing. The editing booth -- Special writing projects. Assignment 1 : the research paper -- Annotated student research paper : Modern Language Association (MLA) style -- Annotated student research paper : American Psychological Association (APA) style -- Assignment 2 : the literary paper -- Annotated literary paper.

"From helping you find your voice to guiding you on the latest MLA and APA documentation guidelines, Readings for Writers is designed to help you become a more successful writer. Throughout the text, the authors offer helpful commentary, practical tips and suggestions, student essays, and other writing tools that you can use for any assessment. But even more importantly, they present over 100 readings from a variety of genres and authors that will inspire and inform your writing"--Back cover. Read less