Patterns for College Writing
A Rhetorical Reader and Guide
by Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell
16th Edition
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781319411817 |
| eText ISBN | 9781319511364 |
| Publisher | Bedford/St. Martin's |
| Publishing Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 16th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 864 |
Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide, 16th Edition delivers introductory composition instruction focused on fundamental writing processes and active reading. The reader supports students in establishing clear academic routines for textual analysis, research, and essay preparation.
Coverage highlights essential rhetorical foundations through dedicated chapters on critical reading, invention, arrangement, and reading visual texts. Students work through these modules to learn practical strategies for thesis development, effective source selection, and mode-based essay organization.
Targeted at introductory college writing students and writing instructors, this 864-page print volume provides a structured resource for semester-length rhetoric and composition courses.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Reading to Write: Becoming a Critical Reader
- • Understanding Critical Reading
- • Assessing Your Prior Knowledge
- • CHECKLIST: Questions for Assessing Your Prior Knowledge
- • Determining Your Purpose
- • CHECKLIST: Questions about Your Purpose
- • Previewing
- • Highlighting
- • Brent Staples, Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis by (Insert Name)
- • Moisés Naím, The YouTube Effect
- • Annotating
- • CHECKLIST: Questions for Critical Reading
- • Brent Staples, Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis by (Insert Name) (with sample annotations)
- • Reading Visual Texts
- • Previewing a Visual
- • CHECKLIST: Questions for Previewing
- • Highlighting and Annotating a Visual
Chapter 2: Invention
- • Understanding Your Assignment
- • Setting Limits
- • Length
- • Purpose
- • Audience
- • Occasion
- • Knowledge
- • CHECKLIST: Setting Limits
- • Moving from Subject to Topic
- • Questions for Probing
- • CHECKLIST: Questions for Probing
- • Freewriting
- • A Student Writer: Freewriting
- • Finding Something to Say
- • Brainstorming
- • A Student Writer: Brainstorming
- • Journal Writing
- • A Student Writer: Journal Writing
- • Grouping Ideas
- • Clustering
- • A Student Writer: Clustering
- • Making an Informal Outline
- • A Student Writer: Making an Informal Outline
- • Developing a Thesis
- • Defining the Thesis Statement
- • Deciding on a Thesis
- • Stating Your Thesis
- • Implying a Thesis
- • A Student Writer: Developing a Thesis
- • CHECKLIST: Stating Your Thesis
Chapter 3: Arrangement
- • Recognizing a Pattern
- • CHECKLIST: Recognizing a Pattern
- • Understanding the Parts of the Essay
- • The Introduction
- • CHECKLIST: What Not to Do in an Introduction
- • The Body Paragraphs
- • CHECKLIST: Effective Support
- • The Conclusion
- • CHECKLIST: What Not to Do in a Conclusion
- • Constructing a Formal Outline
- • CHECKLIST: Constructing a Formal Outline
- • A Student Writer: Constructing a Formal Outline
Chapter 4: Drafting and Revising
- • Writing Your First Draft
- • CHECKLIST: Drafting
- • A Student Writer: Writing a First Draft
- • Revising Your Essay
- • Revising with an Outline
- • Revising with a Checklist
- • CHECKLIST: Revising
- • Revising with Your Instructor’s Written Comments
- • Revising in a Conference
- • Revising in a Peer-Editing Group
- • CHECKLIST: Guidelines for Peer Editing
- • Strategies for Revising
- • A Student Writer: Revising a First Draft
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET
- • Points for Special Attention: First Draft
- • The Introduction
- • The Body Paragraphs
- • The Conclusion
- • A Student Writer: Revising a Second Draft
- • Points for Special Attention: Second Draft
- • Working with Sources
- • The Title
- • A Student Writer: Preparing a Final Draft
- • Laura Bobnak, The Price of Silence (Student Essay)
Chapter 5: Editing and Proofreading
- • Editing for Grammar
- • Be Sure Subjects and Verbs Agree
- • Be Sure Verb Tenses Are Accurate and Consistent
- • Be Sure Pronoun References Are Clear
- • Be Sure Sentences Are Complete
- • Be Careful Not to Run Sentences Together without Proper Punctuation
- • Be Careful to Avoid Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- • Be Sure Sentence Elements Are Parallel
- • CHECKLIST: Editing for Grammar
- • Editing for Punctuation
- • Learn When to Use Commas — and When Not to Use Them
- • Learn When to Use Semicolons
- • Learn When to Use Apostrophes
- • Learn When to Use Quotation Marks
- • Learn When to Use Dashes
- • Learn When to Use Colons
- • CHECKLIST: Editing for Punctuation
- • Editing for Sentence Style and Word Choice
- • Eliminate Awkward Phrasing
- • Be Sure Your Sentences Are Concise
- • Be Sure Your Sentences Are Varied
- • Use Transitional Words and Phrases to Clarify Connections between Ideas
- • Choose Your Words Carefully
- • CHECKLIST: Editing for Sentence Style and Word Choice
- • Proofreading Your Essay
- • Check for Commonly Confused Words
- • Check for Misspellings and Faulty Capitalization
- • Check for Typos
- • CHECKLIST: Proofreading
- • Checking Your Paper’s Format
- • CHECKLIST: Checking Your Paper’s Format
Chapter 6: Narration
- • What Is Narration?
- • Using Narration
- • Planning a Narrative Essay
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Including Enough Detail
- • Varying Sentence Structure
- • Maintaining Clear Narrative Order
- • Structuring a Narrative Essay
- • Revising a Narrative Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Narration
- • Editing a Narrative Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Correcting Run-Ons
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Narration
- • A Student Writer: Literacy Narrative
- • Erica Sarno, Becoming a Writer (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • A Student Writer: Narration
- • Tiffany Forte, My Field of Dreams (Student Essay)
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: NARRATION
- • Visual Text: Marjane Satrapi, from Persepolis II (Graphic Fiction)
- • Junot Díaz, The Money
- • Bonnie Smith-Yackel, My Mother Never Worked
- • Martin Gansberg, Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police
- • Tara Westover, I Am Not Proof of the American Dream
- • George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
- • Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise (Poetry)
- • Writing Assignments for Narration
- • Collaborative Activity for Narration
Chapter 7: Description
- • What Is Description?
- • Using Description
- • Understanding Objective Description
- • CHECKLIST: Using Visuals Effectively
- • Understanding Subjective Description
- • Using Objective and Subjective Language
- • Selecting Details
- • Planning a Descriptive Essay
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Organizing Details
- • Using Transitions
- • Structuring a Descriptive Essay
- • Revising a Descriptive Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Description
- • Editing a Descriptive Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Description
- • A Student Writer: Objective Description
- • Mallory Cogan, My Grandfather’s Globe (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • A Student Writer: Subjective Description
- • Mary Lim, The Valley of Windmills (Student Essay)
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: DESCRIPTION
- • Visual Text: Ansel Adams, Jackson Lake (Photograph)
- • Bich Minh Nguyen, Goodbye to My Twinkie Days
- • Trevor Noah, Trevor, Pray
- • Marina Keegan, Stability in Motion
- • Heather Rogers, The Hidden Life of Garbage
- • Brian Doyle, Joyas Voladoras
- • Kate Chopin, The Storm (Fiction)
- • Writing Assignments for Description
- • Collaborative Activity for Description
Chapter 8: Exemplification
- • What Is Exemplification?
- • Using Exemplification
- • Using Examples to Explain and Clarify
- • Using Examples to Add Interest
- • Using Examples to Persuade
- • Planning an Exemplification Essay
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Providing Enough Examples
- • Choosing a Fair Range of Examples
- • Using Transitions
- • Structuring an Exemplification Essay
- • Revising an Exemplification Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Exemplification
- • Editing an Exemplification Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Using Commas in a Series
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Exemplification
- • A Student Writer: Exemplification
- • Kristy Bredin, Job Application Letter (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • Zoe Goldfarb, Food Insecurity on Campus (Student Essay)
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: EXEMPLIFICATION
- • Visual Texts: Four Inventions (Photographs)
- • Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel P. Huttenlocher, The Challenge of Being Human in the Age of AI
- • Deb Haaland, My Grandparents Were Stolen from Their Families as Children
- • Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria
- • Brent Staples, Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space
- • Farhad Manjoo, “Its Time for They”
- • Maia Szalavitz, Ten Ways We Get the Odds Wrong
- • Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl” (Fiction)
- • Writing Assignments for Exemplification
- • Collaborative Activity for Exemplification
Chapter 9: Process
- • What Is Process?
- • Understanding Instructions
- • Understanding Process Explanations
- • Using Process
- • Planning a Process Essay
- • Accommodating Your Audience
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Using Transitions
- • Structuring a Process Essay
- • Revising a Process Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Process
- • Editing a Process Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Avoiding Unnecessary Shifts
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Process
- • A Student Writer: Instructions
- • Mya Nunnally, Steps to the Dream (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • A Student Writer: Process Explanation
- • Melany Hunt, Medium Ash Brown (Student Essay)
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: PROCESS
- • Visual Text: Leaves Degrading (Photographs)
- • Curtis Sittenfeld, Finally Write That Short Story
- • Naomi Rosenberg, How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead
- • Brad Plumer and Ruairi Arrieta-Kenna, How Do Hurricanes Form? A Step-by-Step Guide
- • Eugene Kiely and Lori Robertson, How to Spot Fake News
- • Jessica Mitford, The Embalming of Mr. Jones
- • Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (Fiction)
- • Writing Assignments for Process
- • Collaborative Activity for Process
Chapter 10: Cause and Effect
- • What Is Cause and Effect?
- • Using Cause and Effect
- • Understanding Main and Contributory Causes
- • Understanding Immediate and Remote Causes
- • Understanding Causal Chains
- • Avoiding Post Hoc Reasoning
- • Planning a Cause-and-Effect Essay
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Arranging Causes and Effects
- • Using Transitions
- • Structuring a Cause-and-Effect Essay
- • Finding Causes
- • Describing or Predicting Effects
- • Revising a Cause-and-Effect Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Cause and Effect
- • Editing a Cause-and-Effect Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Avoiding “The reason is because”; Using Affect and Effect Correctly
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Cause and Effect
- • A Student Writer: Cause and Effect
- • Evelyn Pellicane, The Irish Famine, 1845–1849 (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: CAUSE AND EFFECT
- • Visual Text: Jeffrey Coolidge, Rube Goldberg Machine (Photograph)
- • Ray Fisman and Michael Luca, Did Free Pens Cause the Opioid Crisis?
- • Sophie Caldecott, The Internet: How Words Can Unite or Divide Us
- • Maggie Koerth, Why Rational People Buy into Conspiracy Theories
- • Linda M. Hasselstrom, A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun
- • Karen Miller Pensiero, Photos That Change History
- • Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est (Poetry)
- • Writing Assignments for Cause and Effect
- • Collaborative Activity for Cause and Effect
Chapter 11: Comparison and Contrast
- • What Is Comparison and Contrast?
- • Using Comparison and Contrast
- • Planning a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
- • Recognizing Comparison-and-Contrast Assignments
- • Establishing a Basis for Comparison
- • Selecting Points for Discussion
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Structuring a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
- • Using Subject-by-Subject Comparison
- • Using Point-by-Point Comparison
- • Using Transitions
- • Revising a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Comparison and Contrast
- • Editing a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Using Parallelism
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Comparison and Contrast
- • A Student Writer: Subject-by-Subject Comparison
- • Mark Cotharn, Brains versus Brawn (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • A Student Writer: Point-by-Point Comparison
- • Maria Tecson, A Comparison of Two Websites on Attention Deficit Disorder (Student Essay)
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
- • Visual Texts: Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, and Irakli Tsuladze, First Love (Sculptures)
- • John McWhorter, If You Have Something to Say, Then Say It
- • Anahad O’Connor, Fake Meat vs. Real Meat
- • Ellen Laird, I’m Your Teacher, Not Your Internet-Service Provider
- • Deborah Tannen, Sex, Lies, and Conversation
- • Isabel Wilkerson, Emmett Till and Tamir Rice, Sons of the Great Migration
- • Susan Glaspell, Trifles (Play)
- • Writing Assignments for Comparison and Contrast
- • Collaborative Activity for Comparison and Contrast
Chapter 12: Classification and Division
- • What Is Classification and Division?
- • Understanding Classification
- • Understanding Division
- • Using Classification and Division
- • Planning a Classification-and-Division Essay
- • Selecting and Arranging Categories
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • CHECKLIST: Establishing Categories
- • Using Transitions
- • Structuring a Classification-and-Division Essay
- • Revising a Classification-and-Division Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Classification and Division
- • Editing a Classification-and-Division Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Using a Colon to Introduce Your Categories
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Classification and Division
- • A Student Writer: Classification and Division
- • Josie Martinez, What I Learned (and Didn’t Learn) in College (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION
- • Visual Text: Tom Fishburne, 5 Types of Social Media Strategies (Cartoon)
- • Mindy Kaling, Flick Chicks: A Guide to Women in the Movies
- • Carolyn Foster Segal, The Dog Ate My Tablet, and Other Tales of Woe
- • Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
- • Stephanie Ericsson, The Ways We Lie
- • Ursula Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Fiction)
- • Writing Assignments for Classification and Division
- • Collaborative Activity for Classification and Division
Chapter 13: Definition
- • What Is Definition?
- • Understanding Formal Definitions
- • Understanding Extended Definitions
- • Using Definition
- • Planning a Definition Essay
- • Developing a Thesis Statement
- • Deciding on a Pattern of Development
- • Structuring a Definition Essay
- • Revising a Definition Essay
- • REVISION CHECKLIST: Definition
- • Editing a Definition Essay
- • GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: Avoiding is when and is where
- • EDITING CHECKLIST: Definition
- • A Student Writer: Definition
- • Ajoy Mahtab, The Untouchable (Student Essay)
- • Points for Special Attention
- • Focus on Revision
- • PEER-EDITING WORKSHEET: DEFINITION
- • Visual Text: Alison Bechdel, The Rule (Comic Strip)
- • Solene Rauturier, What Is Fast Fashion and Why Is It So Bad?
- • Judy Brady, I Want a Wife
- • Virginia Foxx, Stop Calling It “Vocational Training”
- • Toni Morrison, Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination
- • Emily Dickinson, “Hope” is the thing with feathers (Poetry)
- • Writing Assignments for Definition
- • Collaborative Activity for Definition
Chapter 14: Argumentation
- • What Is Argumentation?
- • Understanding Argumentation and Persuasion
- • Planning an Argumentative Essay
- • Choosing a Topic
- • Developing a Thesis
- • Analyzing Your Audience
- • Gathering and Documenting Evidence
- • Dealing with the Opposition
- • Strategies
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