The Longwood Guide to Writing

This new, concise version of The Longwood Guide to Writing is among the most accessible, up-to-date, and authoritative aims-based short rhetorics on the market.

The Longwood Guide to Writing, Concise Edition, introduces the writing and reading processes and then offers six aims-based "writing occasions," ranging from personal essays, to informative and evaluative essays, and position, persuasive, and problem/solution essays. A comprehensive chapter on research and writing from sources and a chapter on oral presentations teach students skills essential to success in college and after.