A "thorough and engaging writing guide for students who need direction and encouragement" (Matt Byars, instructor at Lubbock Christian University), Back to the Lake shows students the connections between smart writing strategies and effective model essays. Robust and practical writing advice--with innovative templates to get started writing--is supported by interesting readings arranged by rhetorical mode and written by a mix of classic, contemporary, and student writers. Now with a new chapter on "Elements of the Essay"; a new modes chapter on "Analysis" covering critical and process analysis; and almost 50 percent new readings. Now available in a more interactive ebook version that takes student reading to the next level with questions that help them check their comprehension as they read.