New Features of the Third Edition

• Instructional hints direct students' attention to proven ways of understanding grammar. Added to the first item of nearly every practice, each hint serves as an instructional bridge, assisting students as they move from learning about a skill to applying it in their writing.
• New reading selections: Amy Tan's "The Most Hateful Words"; an excerpt from The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck; and Helen Mrosla's "All Good Things," a moving story about a special assignment the author gave her students.
• "Real World" tests allow students to apply their understanding of sentence skills to documents they encounter outside the classroom: a job application form, two cover letters, and two résumés.
• Unequalled Technology Support! This text is accompanied by more teaching and learning software than any basic writing text. Icons added throughout this edition alert students when additional online coverage and activities are available.