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Patterns for College Writing provides instruction, visual texts, diverse essays, and student writing examples to help you develop your writing skills using rhetorical patterns like narration, description, argumentation, and more.

With top-notch models for writing, Patterns for College Writing offers you classic and contemporary essays, some written by students, to help you develop your writing skills in a number of key styles.

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Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with nearly thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing , they provide students with exemplary rhetorical... Read Full Overview

Engaging, accessible readings and thorough rhetorical instruction have made Patterns for College Writing the best-selling reader available. Patterns focuses students on the kinds of writing they will be asked to do throughout their college careers.