Backpack Writing, Books a la Carte Edition (4th Edition)

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013412880X / 9780134128801 Backpack Writing, Books a la Carte Edition Plus MyWritingLab with Pearson eText - Access Card Package
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For college courses in Composition and Rhetoric.

Revealing the writing process through interactive learning
Backpack Writing, Fourth Edition presents writing, reading, and research processes dynamically, using a variety of visuals to illustrate how readers interact with texts and how writers compose. One of the first textbook authors to focus on multimedia composing, Lester Faigley employs his own advice to engage students in every step of the writing process — for both college composition and everyday life — and pulls back the curtain on how writers work.

Aligned with the learning goals for a first-year college writing course identified in the 2014 Outcomes Statement from the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Backpack Writing gives students the support they need to succeed in first-year composition, in their other courses, and in their careers.

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