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Guides to Freshman Composition

You need to communicate an array of diverse topics to your students to ensure that they achieve the most from their Freshman English experience. These topics include everything from your grading criteria to sample student papers to the school’s plagiarism policy, and you need to guarantee that all of your students receive this information.
Fountainhead Press works with you to create an institution-specific “Freshman Guide to Composition.” This proven model helps you control the course outcome, while providing your students the tools necessary to succeed during the difficult beginning period of their academic careers.

The Benefits

This basic guide can grow over time to replace numerous other texts either required or recommended in your program.
Results
The result of this collaboration is a high-quality text that allows you to control: 
  • The content (creating consistency and eliminating waste)
  • The price to students (why should they pay exorbitant prices?)
  • The royalty you and/or your Department receives (fair to everyone involved)
  • The revision cycle (we revise when you tell us)
More Options

You have the option of including material that is specific to your course and institution. Syllabi, library resources, login requirements, grading criteria, plagiarism policies, sample student papers, profiles of outstanding graduates, career opportunities.

You provide Fountainhead Press with electronic files, and we do the rest, including design, page layout, permissioning, and proofing.
Control the Outcome of Your Course
Fountainhead Press is dedicated to fostering a community of like-minded Educators who are committed to producing a high quality, inexpensive product that specifically addresses the desired outcomes of their course. As publisher we facilitate the sharing of appropriate content within this community.

Shared Content
Choose from our Community of Rhetorical Content
 

Rhetorical Overview
 

What is Rhetoric? (Praxis)
The Elements of Rhetoric
Introduction to College Writing
Responding Rhetorically
 

Responding to Texts Rhetorically (Praxis)
Textual Analysis
How to Read Before You Write
Rhetorical Appeals
 

Arguing Rhetorically (Praxis)
Determine the Kairos of the Argument (Praxis)
Logical Fallacies
Constructing an Argument
Theses, Claims, and Forms of Argument
Rhetorical Strategies (Modes)
 

Description and Narration
Profiles and Memoirs
Process and Analysis
Illustration and Example
Comparison and Contrast
Classification and Division
Writing Rhetorically
 

Writing Rhetorically (Praxis)
The Writing Process
The Writing Process: Drafting, Revising, Editing
Composing and Organization for an In-Class Essay
Revising Rhetorically
  Revising Rhetorically (Praxis)
Editing and Proofreading
A Useable Usage Guide
Wet Clay Language
Grammar Review
Proofreader and Editor Symbols
Research
  Documenting Sources (Praxis)
Researching Rhetorically (Praxis)
A Concise Research Guide with MLA and APA Guidelines
Using MLA (updated 2009)
Using Electronic Sources
Plagiarism
  Plagiarism
Essay Writing with Word 2007
  Writing with Word 2007
Developmental Content
 

Getting Started with the Writing Process
Writing and Revising the Paragraph
Editing and Proofreading
The Essay Process
Choosing Appropriate Words
Writing Sentences
Working with Verbs
Working with Pronouns
Using Modifiers and Identifiers
Sentence Variety
Punctuating - Commas & Semicolons
Grammar Review
  Parts of Speech
Punctuation Marks
Capitalization
Spelling
Confusing Word Pairs and Groups

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