This book was adapted by Angela Spires, Brendan Shapiro, Linda Gannon, Geoffrey Kenmuir, and Kimberly Kohl from  Cleveland State University’s A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre and Success in First-Year Writing and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

A Note About Citations

This text was written in and chapters have been edited to reflect the 8th edition of MLA.

A Note About the Use of Color

Within this text you will find links to works within the book and to outside works. These links will be indicated by the use of the color green. 

Also within this text you will find a series of defined words. These words will be indicated by the use of the color blue and you can hover over them or click on them to see each definition.

Cover Image

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