Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide

Many instructors prefer to teach critical reading and writing without using a full-scale rhetoric. For them, Axelrod and Cooper have adapted the immensely successful approach of "The St. Martin's Guide to Writing "and applied it to a reader, creating a book that provide"s "both structure for students and flexibility for instructors. Chapter One introduces two general approaches to critical reading, showing students how to "read for meaning" and "read like a writer." Each of the following chapters then provides step-by-step guides to applying this knowledge in reading and writing a specific genre, ranging from autobiography to argument.Charles R. Cooper is the author of 'Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312463823 and ISBN 0312463820.