Everyone's an Author 4th Edition by Lunsford, Brody, Ede, Enoch, Moss, Papper & Walters (2023)

Everyone's an Author, Fourth Edition (2023) by Andrea A. Lunsford, Michal Brody, Lisa Ede, Jessica Enoch, Beverly J. Moss, Carole Clark Papper, and Keith Walters is the "can-do" writing guide that helps students harness the power of rhetoric in every aspect of their lives. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, this widely adopted composition text builds student confidence by showing them they already know how to make good rhetorical choices in their daily lives — and offers concrete writing advice for growing those skills as students, professionals, and citizens.

By understanding rhetoric, students bridge the gap between the writing they already do — online, at home, in their communities — and the writing they'll do in college and beyond. It's a book for all students, offering examples, readings, and advice in which everyone can see themselves.

New to the Fourth Edition: extended inclusive, rhetoric-focused message with new chapters on reflection; language, power, and rhetoric; and writing for a public audience — along with a new suite of teaching tools designed to inspire and empower instructors.

Topics covered: rhetorical situations; writing processes and strategies; argument and persuasion; audience analysis; genre awareness; multimodal composition; research methods and source evaluation; using and documenting sources in MLA and APA; writing across the disciplines; public writing and civic rhetoric; digital writing and social media; visual rhetoric; oral presentations; collaborative writing; style and design; grammar and mechanics; and writing for diverse audiences.

Essential for: first-year composition, English 101 and 102, freshman writing seminars, rhetoric and composition programs, writing across the curriculum (WAC), writing in the disciplines (WID), technical writing, professional writing, and any course where rhetorical awareness and strong writing are required.