The Confident WriterThe Confident Writer functions simultaneously as a rhetoric with readings, a research guide, and a handbook. Students receive extensive writing practice throughout the text in order to become confident writers capable of making effective choices during the writing process.Computer and Internet-based writing activities appear throughout the text to strengthen students' writing and research skills. |
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