THROUGH FOUR EDITIONS, THE ALLYN & BACON GUIDE TO WRITING HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR ITS GROUNDBREAKING INTEGRATION OF COMPOSITION RESEARCH AND RHETORICAL PERSPECTIVE. IN REGULAR, BRIEF, AND CONCISE EDITIONS, THE TEXT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AT A WIDE RANGE OF TWO-AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS WHERE INSTRUCTORS ADMIRE ITS APPEAL TO STUDENTS, ITS FOCUS ON PROBLEM POSING, ITS DISTINCTIVE EMPHASIS ON WRITING AND READING AS RHETORICAL ACTS, ITS ENGAGING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, AND ITS EFFECTIVES WRITING ASS