THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. A new take on the traditional rhetorical modes, showing how they are used in the kinds of writing college students are most often assigned--arguments, analyses, reports, narratives, and more.

This is a preassembled package of Back to the Lake (978-0-393-42072-2) and The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises and an access card for the ebook of The Little Seagull Handbook and InQuizitive for Writers (978-0-393-64639-9). Back to the Lake is the reader and writing guide that helps developing writers succeed

A new take on the traditional rhetorical modes, showing how they are used in the kinds of writing college students are most often assigned arguments, analyses, reports, narratives, and more."

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