Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 13th edition

For courses in English and writing.

Emphasizes the importance of style in writing for a global audience

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace asserts that good style is a matter of making informed choices in the service of one's readers. While writers know best what they want to say, readers ultimately decide if they've said it well.

The 13th Edition adds to this highly respected text with up-to-date advice on gender-neutral writing and writing for global audiences. The authors strive to help writers understand what readers expect and encourage revising to meet those expectations effectively. This book serves as an all-in-one guide to understanding the principles of effective writing.

Hallmark features of this title

Encourage writers to meet readers' expectations effectively

• Quick Tips offer brief summaries of important information throughout the text.
• A Common Errors list in Lesson Two offers readers a quick reference of mistakes to look out for in their own writing.
• Here's The Point summaries provide quick and easy reviews of core concepts.
• Exercises throughout encourage students to work together to understand key material.

New and updated features of this title

Foster an understanding of ethics, purpose, and clarity

• NEW: Kozier has amended the ethical principles discussed in the book. While Williams stated that the first rule of ethical style is "write to others as you would have others write to you," Kozier asserts that a second rule is needed to accommodate certain situations: "Do not write to others as you would not have others write to you."
• UPDATED: The ethics of clarity are covered through a series of short examples in Lesson 11, and they now invite more questions and discussion.
• NEW: The book's introduction now focuses on correctness rather than the history of unclear writing, to better focus the content.

Encourage writers to meet readers' expectations effectively

• REVISED and UPDATED: Examples throughout the book now feature an expanded range of topics and subjects.

Engage students with topics relevant to today's society

• UPDATED: Gender-inclusive language reflects the latest in our society's discourse on gender. This is covered both in Lesson 1 and from an ethical perspective in Lesson 11.
• NEW: Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, a speech that in today's fractious political climate has a renewed relevance and resonance, is analyzed in Lesson 12.