Broadening the traditional notion of undergraduate research, WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH thoroughly covers
the essential skills for developing a research paper: analytical reading, synthesizing, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
Presenting the process of research in a practical sequence, including separate chapters on finding, analyzing,
and integrating sources, the authors illustrate each stage of the process with examples of student and professional
writing. Using a flexible and goal-oriented approach, the authors have created a text that blends the best features
of a theoretically informed rhetoric, an interdisciplinary reading anthology, and a research guide. WRITING, READING,
AND RESEARCH, Ninth Edition, provides helpful and engaging exercises, frequent opportunities to write, and many
occasions for discussion and critical response.