Essay Writing Skills with Readings offers students a practical guide to becoming better writers based on a straightforward and easy to apply framework: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills. From mastering the traditional essay and its variations to learning about the finer points of grammar and punctuation, Essay Writing Skills with Readings empowers students to take control of their writing and put it to work for them. Throughout the text, there is an emphasis on understanding audience, purpose, voice, summarization and research skills, which directs students to think critically about their writing