The new edition of this best-selling series combines comprehensive development and practice in the rhetorical modes while integrating instruction in reading, critical thinking, vocabulary, and grammar.

Developing Composition Skills focuses students on narrating, describing, analyzing, comparing and contrasting, classifying, and evaluating at the paragraph level and offers a complete introduction that bridges the gap between the paragraph and the essay.

New and Updated in this edition:

●"Building vocabulary"sections provide presentation and practice of vocabulary skills, including: recognizingword forms and collocations, using synonyms and antonyms, and understanding suffixes. Excerpts from the Collins COBUILD Dictionaries enrich vocabulary development.
●Editing practice in every chapter focuses students on common writing mistake sand helps develop accuracy.
●New and updated reading act as springboards and models for student writing.
●Updated grammar instruction and practice provide students with the tools needed to achieve their writing goals.
●A more visual, full-color presentation offers a contemporary and streamlined.
●Assessment CD-ROM with Exam View allows teachers to create tests and quizzes easily.