Features

-- One hundred twenty readings include poems, newspaper columns, diary entries, formal arguments, student essays, instructional texts, literary descriptions, personal letters, memoirs, speeches, and short stories.

-- Selections are grouped under a unique labeling system that shows how each reading is meant to be used: Advice, Discussion, Example, and Issues for Critical Thinking and Debate.

-- The Student Corner, found at the end of each chapter, includes both first and final drafts of a student essay as well as a writing tip from that student writer.

-- Each Issue for Critical Thinking and Debate contains a related graphic, intended to get students thinking.

-- Pedagogy for each selection includes vocabulary and writing suggestions, plus questions that ask students to consider the facts, strategies and issues.

-- Each chapter ends with three types of writing assignments: general assignments; Writing Assignments for a Specific Audience; and Collaborative Writing Project.

-- Three full-length student papers, illustrating both the MLA and APA styles of documentation as well as the literary essay, are included.

New to the Tenth Edition

-- Twenty-three new readings include the works of instantly recognizable writers such as Oscar Wilde and Maya Angelou, as well as those by lesser-known voices such as Judy Mann and Gerald Larue.

-- Four of the Issues for Critical Thinking and Debate are new and explore teen violence, family values, the existence of God, and the status of women.

-- A new MLA paper is in the appendix on theresearch paper, and the APA sample paper has been updated.