Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition

Key differences between 12th and 11th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 3 years (2015 vs 2012).
• The book was first published in 1982.
• The paperback print of Twelfth Edition is 48 pages thinner.
• More coverage of the key elements of academic writing, including new strategies for writing a research paper and a section on writing a reflective essay.
• In the Twelfth Ed. 29 of the book's eadings are new.
• New section " Develop Your Thesis" in Chapter 1 includes a definite five-step process for developing an effective thesis statement.
• Chapter 21 presents a new cluster of selections examining the phenomenon of slacktivism, which empowers us to be lazy, sluggish, and to feel good about it.