The new Concise St. Martin’s Guide provides streamlined coverage of the six most commonly assigned genres in first-year composition—remembering events, writing profiles, explaining concepts, arguing a position, proposing a solution, and justifying an evaluation. The Concise Guide leads students through the writing process: "Guides to Reading" equip students to analyze a genre’s basic features, and Axelrod and Cooper’s distinctive "Guides to Writing" help students apply their analysis of reading to the development of their own writing projects. With more hands-on activities for critical reading and working with sources, greater emphasis on the rhetorical situation, and a fresh new design to show students the strategies they need at a glance, the Concise Guide helps students accomplish their writing goals from start to finish.

Includes index.

Introduction: Thinking about Writing -- Remembering an Event -- Writing Profiles -- \Explaining a Concept -- Arguing a Position -- Proposing a Solution -- Justifying an Evaluation -- Strategies for Reading Critically -- Cueing the Reader -- Analyzing and Synthesizing Arguments -- Analyzing Visuals -- Arguing -- Designing Documents -- \Planning a Research Project -- Finding Sources and Conducting Field Research -- \Evaluating Sources -- Using Sources to Support Your Ideas -- \Citing and Documenting Sources in MLA Style.