Includes index.

Contents: A Rhetoric for college writers: Posing problems: the demands of college writing -- Exploring problems, making claims -- Thinking rhetorically about purpose, audience, and genre -- Thinking rhetorically about how messages persuade -- Writing projects: Seeing rhetorically: the writer as observer -- Reading rhetorically: the writer as strong reader -- Writing an autobiographical narrative -- Writing an autobiographical narrative -- Writing an exploratory essay -- Writing an informative (and surprising) essay -- Analyzing field research data from observation, interviews, or questionnairs -- Analyzing images -- Analyzing a short story -- Analyzing and synthesizing ideas -- Writing a classical argument -- Making an evaluation -- Proposing a solution -- A Guide to composing and revising: Writing as a problem-solving process -- Composing and revising closed-form prose -- Composing and revising open-form prose -- A Rhetorical guide to research: an introduction to research -- Finding and evaluating sources -- Using, citing, and documenting sources -- A Guide to special writing and speaking occasions: Oral communication: working in groups and giving speeches -- Essay examinations: writing well under pressure -- Assembling a portfolio and writing a reflective self-evalution -- A Guide to editing: Improving your editing skills -- Understanding sentence structure -- Punctuating boundaries of sentences, clauses, and phrases -- Editing for standard english usage -- Editing for style -- Editing for punctuation and mechanics.