An updated and revised edition of Trudy Smoke's classic comprehensive writing skills book. Trudy Smoke's classic comprehensive writing text takes students step-by-step through the writing process and contains instruction in grammar, mechanics, and rhetorical forms. It prepares students for the reading and writing assignments they will encounter in their academic courses. This fourth edition features many new high-interest readings from a variety of genres, including personal, academic, journalistic, and fictional writing.