Table of Contents

List of Readings
From the Publisher
Preface
Part One: Rhetoric with Integrated Reader
1: Foundations: Reading and Thinking
2: The Writing Situation
3: Essay and Paragraph Essentials
4: Responding to Texts: Summaries and Analyses
5: The Argumentative Essay
6: The Literary Essay
Part Two: Research Guide
7: Writing a Research Essay
8: Documentation Styles
Part Three: Handbook
9: Achieving Clarity and Depth in Your Writing
10: Sentence Essentials
11: Punctuation and Apostrophes
12: Agreement, Pronouns, Modifiers, and Parallelism
Appendix A: Proofreading: Perfection is Possible
Appendix B: The In-Class Essay or Examination Essay
Appendix C: A Checklist for EAL Writers
Appendix D: Peer Edit Forms
Appendix E: Answers to Exercises
Glossary
Index
Credits

About the Author

Eric Henderson is an active author with Oxford University Press Canada, where his other books include The Active Reader, 3e (2015), The Empowered Writer, 2e (2014), Becoming an Active Reader (2013), and Short Fiction & Critical Contexts (co-edited with J. Hancock, 2009). He has also published articles in leading journals such as Canadian Literature, English Studies in Canada, and
Contemporary Literary Criticism. He teaches in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, where his teaching interests include composition, rhetoric, and style.

Reviews

"The text is comprehensive, up to date, logically organized, and sometimes even entertaining - no small feat for a writing guide. The exercises are very good, and the section on improving style is especially useful."
--Matte Robinson, St. Thomas University
"This book is fully comprehensive and can serve as the sole required text in a composition/essay-writing course. The heavy use of Canadian examples in the reader section is highly welcome."
--James Christian Parsons, University of Ottawa