Overview
CONFIDENCE IN WRITING is a paragraph-to-essay developmental writing text that includes both student and professional readings to illustrate basic writing concepts and serve as models for analysis. Student examples show writing through various drafts, and illustrates invention, drafting, and revision concepts. Adopting a writing process approach, the text includes a handbook section that covers grammar and mechanics on the sentence level along with a short section on spelling improvement. The fourth edition of this fundamental textbook provides students with a process for planning, organizing, drafting, and revising paragraphs and essays.
Synopsis
CONFIDENCE IN WRITING is a paragraph-to-essay developmental writing text that includes both student and professional readings to illustrate basic writing concepts and serve as models for analysis. Student examples show writing through various drafts, and illustrates invention, drafting, and revision concepts. Adopting a writing process approach, the text includes a handbook section that covers grammar and mechanics on the sentence level along with a short section on spelling improvement. The fourth edition of this fundamental textbook provides students with a process for planning, organizing, drafting, and revising paragraphs and essays.
Booknews
The fourth edition of this writing text continues the approach of earlier editions, with examples of student drafts and their improvements, lengthy excerpts from well-known writers, and many examples of writing do's and don't's. Students gain confidence in their writing as they follow this clearly structured approach. A handbook of grammar is included. Both authors are in Washington State: Reynolds at Spokane Falls Community College, Huntington at Everett Community College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)