Longwood Guide to Writing, The

Aims-based rhetoric/reader/handbook characterized by its accessibility and based on the authors' classroom teaching. Emphasizes invention, including a unique technique based on Burke. Includes 31 professional and 21 student essays (from authors' classes), 3 poems, and 4 short stories. Differentiates between argument and persuasion - unique. Unique chapters on style at the word and sentence level.