The basics : a rhetoric and handbook - The Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook with Catalyst Access Card WITH Catalyst Access Card (4th ed)

This newly designed edition continues to include exercises throughout, a reference system unencumbered by complicated numbers and letters, a spiral-binding and tabs for easy reference, and simple and concise explanations of grammar and usage - all features that have made "The Basics" so popular.

It also includes more coverage of the writing process (particularly paragraph development) than similar books do, as well as new material on critical reading and argument, oral presentations and essay exams, online design and working with computers, and fuller coverage of grammar and usage - all of which offer students of varying abilities the support they need to succeed in college.