Reviews for Elements of college writing

The average rating for Elements of college writing based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-06-01 00:00:00 James Lundgren The eighth edition of a text that was used in a persuasive writing class I took years ago. I love this book and consider it a classic. Everyone should be familiar with the fallacies of argument, especially since we're subjected to them every day of our lives.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-28 00:00:00 Remi Juillin One of the obvious positives about this book is that it covers a great deal of ground. Not only does it take you through the ins and outs of argument, rhetoric, claims, and the writing process in general, but it also has some worthy, engaging, and applicable topics (gun control, social media, the dangers of sports, childhood obesity, etc.) as basis for what students can expect to both read and write about. The Elements of Argument is a resource that any college composition student should have (if they can find a copy at a decent price, that is). It starts general, with a chapter on what argument is, and then shifts to being more specific with chapters that give advice on such elements as making a claim, backing up claims with support, researching, debating issues, documenting and research writing, and understanding multiple viewpoints of a topic. While the topics and the tips are helpful, it would have been more beneficial to simply see more examples in action. There are many writing pieces from various accredited new sources (Los Angeles Times, New York Times, etc), but there are not enough practical examples of student writing in action of the aforementioned elements of writing. Element of Argument does offer some examples, but some are not as helpful as one would hope. Still, despite this, there are many helpful aspects to this book, and I think it would be a solid resource for any student just starting in college and needing some helpful tips on beginning the writing process.