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Based on the firm conviction that all students can write, this combination writing guide and handbook, is an excellent desk reference as well as a superb textbook. It can be used for both English Composition I and II courses, offers students (and fledgling writers) strategies that will serve them well in developing the types of written communication and thought essential to academic, working world, and personal success. The book focuses on writing as a process and is intended to help students identify and refine their own personal writing processes. Each chapter contains a composition section, a stylistic section, and a portfolio section to support ongoing learning and writing progress. Students will want to carry this book with them as a reference tool and as an inspiration to write from the heart.

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How refreshing to find a college textbook that remembers that at the heart of good writing is a human heart, one attached to a writer with experiences, reflections, attitudes, and perceptions worthy of sharing. You've Gotta Have Heart is structured with humor, humanity, and a keen understanding of the starts and stops that accompany almost every writer's process. Filled with student-composed essays, examples, and anecdotes from the author's real life, and encouraging quotations from other writers and artists, You've Gotta Have Heart focuses on carefully guiding students through the writing process. Furthermore, the text helps students build confidence in their writing by advocating a portfolio approach, different kinds of peer reviewing, and metacognitive strategies for writers. Students should find a textbook that validates their own experiences and voices extremely beneficial and enjoyable. --Angela M. Gulick, Associate Professor of English and Critical Studies, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

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