Guide to Composition

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Sandra M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Textbooks.

Humanities.

Communication--Textbooks.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) [2025]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A Guide to Composition (2025) is an introduction to college writing and research. The text begins by defining basic principles of rhetoric and composition using popular texts such as advertisements, speeches, and news media. This textbook then moves to the specific genres of narrative and argument. Elements of the writing process are emphasized throughout the text in addressing writing center use, idea generation, library use, peer review, and ethical attribution including some discussion of A.I. Each chapter is written by current or former Kutztown University faculty and students, making it particularly well-suited to Kutztown University students; however, chapters two through eight are particularly inviting to wider audiences. Each chapter contains a number of writing process activities that may be useful as classroom activities or homework assignments.

Contents:

Assignments and Activities

Preface: Welcome to Composition

Chapter 1: Using the Writing Center at KU

Chapter 2: The Rhetorical Situation

Chapter 3: The Shape of Rhetoric

Chapter 4: Telling Stories with Narrative Writing Conventions

Chapter 5: Generating Ideas and Writing Topic Proposals

Chapter 6: Strategies of Organization

Chapter 7: Grammar and Mechanics

Chapter 8: Practicing Better Peer Feedback

Chapter 9: Using the Rohrbach Library

Chapter 10: Ethical and Effective Attribution

Afterword: Writing For and Beyond KU

Notes:

Description based on print resource