A practical, reliable and comprehensive handbook providing sensible advice and practice models for composing and revising, reading critically, developing and delivering spoken and written arguments, analysing texts, practicing grammar and punctuation skills, conducting research, and integrating and citing sources. Woven throughout this new edition is a new emphasis on critical reading, providing a process to enable students to analyse various types of texts and sources they discover through research, their own writing, and the work of their peers. A range of new features help student writers while saving lecturers time and effort. Instructors can draw from the text to plan class discussions, conduct in-class workshops, and provide feedback on student work that they can easily apply.