Reflect, Inform, Persuade: College Writing Today, a reader/rhetoric for developing writers, examines the purposes for writing while demonstrating the varying processes writers employ to reach an end.
Elizabeth Kessler hones in on three important points: improving academic writing skills; writing for various purposes (gradually progressing from self to a focus on the wider world); and using materials that can be used as models for good writing (48 readings: professional model essays and a robust collection of thematically organized readings).
Its value price and practical three-part organization make Reflect, Inform, Persuade an option for a variety of interests or course objectives.