Endorsements
“The amount of detail is perfect. Students will find this book easy to understand—and will appreciate not being overloaded with information.” —Mitzi Walker Jones, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
“The color-coded links are an ingenious way of bringing hyperlinks to the print medium . . . and I’m amazed at how closely the selected details match those I stress. I’m eager to use this book.”
—Sylvia Edwards, Longview Community College
“The readings are great. . . . They will be interesting to students. . . . The Norton Field Guide is one of the best rhetorics I’ve seen at achieving essential coverage with brevity. . . . It gives guidance to new instructors and flexibility to others.”
—Nedra Reynolds, University of Rhode Island
“The readings are varied and interesting. I enjoyed many of the selections and I think my students would as well. . . . Refreshing in its openness towards contemporary culture and nonacademic modes of writing.”
—Magdalena Maczynska, Catholic University of America
"The level of detail is perfect…It leaves room for the instructor to move about, to add material, to pitch the content in his or her particular way. Writers, even student writers, want advice, not directives. In years of reviewing, I have seen few books that really offer something new and valuable and interesting. The Norton Field Guide is one. The innovation it offers is long overdue."
—Paul Heilker, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"The writing style is great: it’s straight-shooting, not condescending, and assumes a thoughtful reader. At the same time, it’s clear and accessible. That’s important, as this is a text that will be read and reread. The tone of this text makes it very usable."
—Susanmarie Harrington, Indiana University—Purdue University, Indianapolis
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