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Axelrod and Cooper's Concise Guide to Writing 5e with 2009 MLA Update

by: Axelrod, Rise B.; Cooper, Charles R.

Axelrod and Cooper's Concise Guide to Writing 5e with 2009 MLA Update

by: Axelrod, Rise B.; Cooper, Charles R.

ISBN 13:
9780312606077
ISBN 10:
0312606079
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/05/2009
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA updates and the 2010 APA updates . Adapted from the best-sellingSt. Martin's Guide to Writing,Axelrod and Cooper's Concise Guide to Writingprovides streamlined versions of the acclaimed Guides to Writing for six of the most commonly assigned genres in the first-year writing course. The careful integration of well-chosen readings with coverage of critical reading and guided writing in the Guide chapters is complemented by fuller coverage of reading, writing, and research in chapters at the end of the book all at a bargain price.

Author Biography

RISE B. AXELROD is director of English composition and McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence at the University of California, Riverside. She has previously been professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino, director of the College Expository Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and assistant director of the Third College Composition Program at the University of California, San Bernardino.

CHARLES R. COOPER is an emeritus professor in the department of literature at the University of California, San Diego, where he served as coordinator of the Third College Composition Program, Dimensions of Culture Program, and Campus Writing Programs. He has also been co-director of the San Diego Writing Project, one of the National Writing Project Centers. He is coeditor, with Lee Odell, of Evaluating Writing and Research on Composing: Points of Departure , and coauthor, with Susan Peck MacDonald, of Writing the World (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000).
Together, Axelrod and Cooper have coauthored The St. Martin's Guide to Writing and, with Allison Warriner, Reading Critically, Writing Well.

Note: Each chapter in Part One has the same basic structure as Chapter 2. For the sake of brevity, the recurring structure is not repeated in this abridged table of contents.

PREFACE
  1. Introduction
    Why Writing Is Important
       Writing Influences the Way You Think
       Writing Contributes to Learning
       Writing Fosters Personal Development
       Writing Connects You to Others
       Writing Promotes Success in College and at Work
    How Writing Is Learned
       Reading
       Writing
Creating the Best Conditions for Reading and Writing
Thinking Critically


PART ONE. WRITING ACTIVITIES\
2. Remembering an Event
     Writing in Your Other Courses/ in the Community/in the Workplace
        A Collaborative Activity:Practice Remembering an Event

Readings
       Jean Brandt, Calling Home
Annie Dillard, from An American Childhood
       *Rick Bragg, 100 Miles per Hour, Upside Down and Sideways
    Purpose and Audience
    Basic Features: Remembering Events

Guide to Writing
       The Writing Assignment
       Invention and Research
       Planning and Drafting
       Critical Reading Guide
       Revising

*Working with Sources
Editing and Proofreading

*Thinking about Document Design

Reflecting on Your Writing

  3. Writing Profiles

Readings
       Brian Cable, The Last Stop
John T. Edge, I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing
       *John McPhee, The New York Pickpocket Academy
Guide to Writing
Reflecting on Your Writing

  4. Explaining a Concept
    Readings
        Linh Kieu Ngo, Cannibalism: It Still Exists
Anastasia Toufexis, Love: The Right Chemistry
       *Bob Holmes, In the Blink of an Eye
   Guide to Writing
Reflecting on Your Writing

  5. Arguing a Position
    Readings
       Jessica Statsky, Children Need to Play, Not Compete
*Amitai Etzioni, Working at McDonald’s
*Karen Stabiner, Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, If Equality’s the Goal
Guide to Writing
Reflecting on Your Writing

  6. Proposing a Solution
    Readings
       Patrick O'Malley, More Testing, More Learning
*Karen Kornbluh, Win-Win Flexibility
*Gian-Claudia Sciara, Making Communities Safe for Bicycles
Guide to Writing
Reflecting on Your Writing



  7. Justifying an Evaluation
    Readings
       *Wendy Kim, Grading Professors
*A. O. Scott, News in Black, White, and Shades of Gray
Christine Romano, "Children Need to Play, Not Compete"
Guide to Writing
Reflecting on Your Writing

PART TWO. STRATEGIES FOR CRITICAL THINKING, WRITING, AND RESEARCH

  8. A Catalog of Invention Strategies
    Mapping
    Writing

  9. A Catalog of Reading Strategies
    Annotating
     Martin Luther King Jr., from Letter from Birmingham Jail (annotated sample)
    Taking Inventory
    Outlining
    Paraphrasing
    Summarizing
    Synthesizing
    Contextualizing
    Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language
    Looking for Patterns of Opposition
    Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values
    Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
    Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
    Judging the Writer's Credibility

10. Cueing the Reader
    Orienting Statements
    Paragraphing
    Cohesive Devices
    Connectives
    Headings and Subheadings

  11. Arguing
    Asserting a Thesis
    Giving Reasons and Support
    Counterarguing
    Logical Fallacies

  12. Field Research
    Observations
    Interviews
   Questionnaires

  13. Library and Internet Research
   Integrating Library and Internet Research
    Orienting Yourself to the Library
    Keeping Track of Your Research
    Getting Started
    Identifying Subject Headings and Key Words
    Searching Online Library Catalogs and Databases
    Locating Sources
    Using the Internet for Research
    Finding the Best Information Online
   Using Email and Online Communities for Research
    Reading Sources with a Critical Eye

  14. Using and Acknowledging Sources
    Using Sources
    Acknowledging Sources
       The MLA System of Documentation
       The APA System of Documentation
    Some Sample Research Papers

*An Annotated Research Paper

*15. Designing Documents
Considering Context

Elements of Document Design

Visuals

Sample Documents

  Index

   *new to this edition

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