Demonstrates and reinforces the interrelatedness of reading and writing

New - An inviting new design supports the pedagogy by connecting related instructional material and drawing attention to key takeaways.
A visual presentation of the reading/writing process is demonstrated by a color-coded system throughout the writing process chapters:

Purple type relates to reading information
Green type relates to the creative and composition aspects of the writing process
Blue type relates to revision elements
Maroon type relates to editing.

Strategies for reading critically are woven through each rhetorical mode chapter and applied to a professional essay, a writing prompt, the writing of other students, and students’ own writing.

Emphasizes the writing process as it relates to personal, academic, and professional writing

New - Sample paragraphs are now embedded within the guidelines for writing paragraphs in each rhetorical mode, highlighting them for the students prior to their own writing attempts. Seeing the guidelines at work in the samples helps students learn how to build effective paragraphs.
Progressive instruction and writing assignments move students from personal to academic writing through a systematic and seamless color-coded process.
Students learn from their own writing as they write, revise, and edit their own writing with guidance through the chapter apparatus.
Rhetorical modes are taught as patterns of thought, highlighting the need for multimodal writing in college and beyond.
Peer Evaluation Forms and logs to chart student progress enable students to keep track of their own process.
Student and professional examples are used as models to foster good student writing and prompt discoveries which students can apply to their own writing.

Grammar instruction

A complete color-coded grammar handbook provides students with quick reference checks and plenty of grammar practice along with MyLab Writing prompts that direct students to pertinent mastery-based instruction and exercises/activities.
Pre- and post-tests for each unit in the grammar handbook allow students to see the progress they have made in each unit and provides them with the confidence in mastering the various grammar topics in the book and in MyLab Writing.
The appendixes help students track their progress in the various skills they acquire. References to these appendixes are interspersed throughout the book so students know when to use them as they study the concepts in each chapter.

Check out the preface for a complete list of features and what's new in this edition.

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Mosaics: Reading and Writing Paragraphs, 8th edition

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