Writing Matters, Tabbed Preliminary Edition (Comb-bound)

Writing Matters, Tabbed Preliminary Edition (Comb-bound)

<i>Writing Matters</i> unites research, reasoning, documentation, grammar and style in a cohesive whole, helping students see the conventions of writing as a network of <b>responsibilities</b> writers have... </p> ...to <b>other writers</b>. <i>Writing Matters</i> clarifies the responsibility writers have to one another--whether they are collaborating in an online peer review or drawing on digital and print sources in a research project--to treat information fairly and accurately and to craft writing that is fresh and original--their own! </p> ...to the <b>audience</b>. <i>Writing Matters</i> stresses the importance of using conventions appropriate to the audience, to write clearly, and to provide readers with the information and interpretation they need to make sense of a topic. </p> ...to the <b>topic</b>. <i>Writing Matters</i> emphasizes the writer's responsibility to explore a topic thoroughly and creatively, to assess sources carefully, and to provide reliable information at a depth that does the topic justice. </p> ...to <b>themselves</b>. <i>Writing Matters</i> encourages writers to take their writing seriously and to approach writing tasks as an opportunity to learn about a topic and to expand their scope as writers. Students are more likely to learn about a topic and to expand their scope as writers. Students are more likely to write well when they think of themselves as writers rather than as error-makers. By explaining rules in the context of responsibility, <i>Writing Matters</i> addresses composition students respectfully as mature and capable fellow participants in the research and writing process.