Effective and affordable, the Sixth Edition of AT A GLANCE: WRITING PARAGRAPHS AND BEYOND, WITH INTEGRATED READINGS guides students through the recursive flow of writing with revision and editing. The Sixth Edition adds a chapter on classification to its instruction in the process of prewriting, organizing, writing, and revising the paragraph and, optionally, the short essay. This edition features forty provocative, integrated readings (with accompanying quizzes on the Student Companion Site), optional reading-based writing instruction (summary, reaction, and two-part response), a chapter introducing the short essay, and a comprehensive handbook (supported by exercises and quizzes on the Student Companion Site).

 

Features

 

● The book focuses on writing the paragraph, but offers the option for instructors to include the short essay in a course, either occasionally or pervasively.

 

● The APA Guide for Writing Research Papers appears on the Student and Instructor Companion Sites, and an abundance of printable quizzes, which can be used for classwork, are on the Instructor Companion Site.

 

● Chapter 3 helps students write with more substance and become better prepared for all college writing assignments through optional reading-based writing.

 

● Chapter 4 shows students the basic similarity between well-developed paragraphs and well-developed essays.