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Using a process-writing approach, this third-year composition text helps students master writing skills and gain confidence as writers. The text is set up in a workbook format and is written entirely in French, except for the first chapter. Students broaden their repertoire of related speech acts, vocabulary, grammatical structures, and stylistic elements through three major sections.

Each chapter features a model text—a literary piece, journalistic selection, or informal writing—that represents the Francophone world. "Les actes de parole" sections focus on expanding knowledge of speech acts and vocabulary related to the model texts. "La stylistique" sections features grammatical and stylistic elements and provide additional tools for writing. Each chapter ends with a writing exercise in response to a provocative photo.

• New! In "Analyse stylistique" and "Analyse structurelle" exercises, students analyze writing style, organization, techniques, the role of images, and the use of verb tenses. Writing strategies checklists have been added to reinforce key points students should remember when composing essays in French.
• New! The Second Edition features increased coverage of free-writing.
• New! Model essays written by their peers help students gain confidence that they can compose essays in French without having to be professional writers.
• New! "Authentic Readings" have been changed in some chapters to increase student interest and accessibility.
• Supported by writing strategy instruction, application exercises, and editing activities, each chapter guides students through the stages of pre-writing and drafting, from generating, selecting, and ordering ideas, to revising, editing, and analyzing the final product.
• "Mise en pratique" sections focus on pre-writing preparation, including planning, organization, and reinforcement of vocabulary.
• Designed to complement the multiple-draft writing process, Self-Editing and Peer-Editing Guides draw attention to organization, articulation, and development of an argument, reader needs, and grammatical and lexical accuracy. The guides help students focus on the rereading and revising process.

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this book really helps with the grammatical aspects of mastering the French language. Our class used in for French Grammar and Composition, and it was a great learning tool.