This concise e-textbook offers clear, practical guidance for writing essays, with a focus on description, narration, exemplification, and argument. It includes a quick-reference review of common grammar errors, introduces multimodal assignment ideas, and provides a brief overview of MLA formatting. Designed to help students develop confidence, Writing Is Communicating: Composition, Grammar, Style encourages students to reflect on themselves as writers and to own their voice.
Mary
Wallen
Dr. Mary Ruth Stepp Wallen brings over three decades of college teaching experience to her work. A native of Inez, Kentucky, she holds dual B.A. degrees in English and Journalism from Morehead State University (1995), an M.A. in English with a creative writing emphasis from Indiana State University (1997), an MFA in Fiction from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale (2003), and a Doctorate of Arts in English Pedagogy from Murray State University (2021). Since 2003, she has been teaching at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Prestonsburg, KY. Dr. Wallen believes that strong writing transcends genre and empowers all who practice it.