First-year-writing college courses provide students with foundations for writing throughout their studies and their professional achievements. Writing allows students the opportunity to critically consider the purpose for their texts, to identify their readers, to plan their document, to iteratively work through the document, and to practice the writing process. Writing also gives students a voice -- the opportunity to put their ideas, their values, and their findings in writing. But creating these texts requires training -- on the writing process, rhetorical appeals, types of arguments,…

First-year writing courses provide students with foundational principles for writing their studies and professional endeavors. These principles include phases in the writing process as well as elements of effective narratives, including cohesion, coherence, rhetorical appeals, and citation practices. 

This bok allows students to learn these principles and improve their writing while engaging cognitively with their developing texts. Created by writing instructors, this book provides students with skills and prompts to help them think through the texts they are creating.