This aims-based rhetoric and reader teaches students analytical reading, academic writing, and inquiry as the keys to success in college.

• Part I, “Reading Rhetorically,” includes an indepth discussion of analytical reading and shows students how skilled academic readers construct the meaning of a text.
• Part II, “The Rhetorical Reader as Writers,” provides an overview of academic writing, the role of reading in research, and writing from sources: summary, paraphrase, direct quotation, and citation practices.
• Parts II follows the evolution of a student writing project as the student moves from summary to rhetorical analysis to researched critique of a reading. Ideal for individuals in developing critical reading and writing skills.