Let's Talk...

A Pocket Rhetoric

Second Edition

1 July 2025

Territory Rights — Worldwide.

Description

The brief, affordable rhetoric that inspires students to be curious and open-minded writers, readers, and researchers.

Already used at over 270 schools in its first edition, Let’s Talk is well liked by students and instructors because it is approachable, interesting, and easy to read, with just enough detail on writing, reading, and research. The second edition continues to bring a stronger focus on listening, curiosity, and open-mindedness than any other book of its kind, and now adds timely new coverage of the need for conversation, the role of argument in all kinds of writing, and the use of AI, all in a more interactive ebook with over 30 videos.

Digital Teaching and Learning Tools

Let's Talk... Ebook

Norton Ebooks offer an enhanced, active reading experience for an affordable price. Join hundreds of instructors who add their own content and notes to their students’ ebooks, where students are also able to make their own annotations, as well as search and read offline. Norton Ebooks can be viewed on all devices and are born accessible, with content and features designed from the start for all learners.

InQuizitive for Writers

InQuizitive for Writers assignments allow students to practice writing, editing, and research skills in a low-stakes, feedback-driven environment. Interactive questions ask students to explore writing processes and genres, practice sentence-editing, and apply good research habits.

Videos

Over 40 videos are available with Let’s Talk. More than ten feature the book authors speaking directly to students on a range of topics such as the importance of conversation, ways of getting and keeping attention, why now is a great time to be a writer, and more. The remaining 30 are brief, animated videos on key topics such as writing processes, rhetorical situations, specific kinds of writing, critical reading strategies, and more.

Plagiarism Tutorial

The Plagiarism Tutorial—newly updated to address generative AI throughout—guides students through why plagiarism matters, what counts as plagiarism, and how to avoid it. Then students are asked to identify plagiarism through a short quiz to assess what they’ve learned. Students earn 90 percent for completing the tutorial and an additional 10 percent based on their quiz performance. You can see your students’ scores, how much time they spent working through the tutorial, and when they finished in your Class Activity Report.

LetsTalkLibrary

The online LetsTalkLibrary includes a wealth of readings across a variety of media on timely and diverse topics that are sortable by theme, genre, and medium. Each reading is accompanied by a headnote and prompts that guide students to analyse, to reflect, and to develop arguments of their own.

Purchase Options

Print

9781324101345

137 x 188 mm • 688 pages

Paperback

Access to ebook and learning tools included in bind-in card

£32.00

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Standalone Ebook

9781324101369

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Interactive Ebook and Norton Learning Tools

9781324101413

  • Let's Talk... Ebook
  • InQuizitive for Writers
  • Videos
  • Plagiarism Tutorial
  • LetsTalkLibrary

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