New Features:

• A section added on researching through the Internet that supplies concrete search techniques and help in judging the validity of sources

• A new design and more visuals give the text a more open and accessible format

• Four brand new sample "short essays," one of them presented in two drafts to demonstrate techniques of revision

• Section on paragraph coherence that focuses on transitions within a paragraph to make points relate back to the topic sentence

• In the editing section, instructions and grammar terminology have been made clearer

Retained Features:

• Presented in a concise, workbook format to give instructors the flexibility in assigning additional readings

• Modular approach that allows material to be covered out of sequence

• Strikes a good balance between explanation and exercises

• Exercises have been constructed of examples from actual student writing and deal with topics that are current and relevant to students