"This text was written to serve the needs of students and instructors alike; to help students further develop and hone the skills necessary to communicate effectively in the digital age, and to help instructors facilitate that learning.
With those two objectives foremost in mind, it offers a scaffolded structure of lessons, exercises, and other resources designed to facilitate learning and teaching.
Because research suggests that students learn best when they apply and practice concepts, each chapter focuses on a specific composition skill or concept, and leads student practice toward independent mastery.
Compose also exposes students to the idea of composition beyond the academic essay, and addresses specifically the inner workings of composition, and the various ways of thinking and organizing ideas that can be applied to most genres."
