The Confident Writer Author:Carol C. Kanar, Kathleen T. McWhorter The Confident Writer functions simultaneously as a rhetoric with readings, a research guide, and a handbook. Students receive extensive writing practice throughout the text in order to become confident writers capable of making effective choices during the writing process.
Computer and Internet-based writing activities appear throu... more »ghout the text to strengthen students' writing and research skills.
Expanded coverage on patterns of development include updated guidance and new readings that emphasize the difference between "division" and "classification."
Revised instructions and the inclusion of more advanced activities promote students' critical-thinking skills.