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Strategies for Successful Writing : A Rhetoric, Research Guide, and Reader
ISBN: 9780132320306 | 0132320304
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007
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The authors of "Strategies for Successful Writing: a Rhetoric, Research Guide, and Reader "have strived to achieve the same steadfast goals that have motivated them from the beginning: create a rhetorically-organized writing guide that combines three books into one convenient and flexible teaching tool while offering students an exceptional value. By having at their disposal a comprehensive textbook that offers ample material for a full-year composition course, instructors teaching a "one-term" course can make various selections from Chapters 1... MORE
| Preface | p. xiii |
| To the Student | p. xx |
| Rhetoric | p. 1 |
| Writing: A First Look | p. 3 |
| The Purposes of Writing | p. 4 |
| The Audience for Your Writing | p. 6 |
| The Qualities of Good Writing | p. 10 |
| Writing and Ethics | p. 10 |
| Strategies for Successful Reading | p. 13 |
| Orienting Your Reading | p. 13 |
| A First Readi... MORE | p. 14 |
| Additional Readings | p. 15 |
| Mastering Reading Problems | p. 17 |
| Reading to Critique | p. 18 |
| Reading As a Writer | p. 18 |
| The Appeal of the Androgynous Man by Amy Gross | p. 20 |
| Writing About What You Read | p. 22 |
| Planning and Drafting Your Paper | p. 26 |
| Understanding the Assignment | p. 27 |
| Zeroing In on a Topic | p. 27 |
| Gathering Information | p. 34 |
| Organizing the Information | p. 36 |
| Developing a Thesis Statement | p. 39 |
| Writing the First Draft | p. 42 |
| Planning and Drafting with a Word Processor | p. 45 |
| Revising and Editing Your Paper | p. 47 |
| Preparing to Revise | p. 48 |
| Considering the Whole Essay | p. 48 |
| Strengthening Paragraph Structure and Development | p. 54 |
| Sharpening Sentences and Words | p. 55 |
| Proofreading Your Draft | p. 57 |
| Writing the Introduction and Conclusion | p. 57 |
| Selecting a Title | p. 57 |
| Revising with a Computer | p. 60 |
| Peer Evaluation of Drafts | p. 61 |
| Collaborative Writing | p. 67 |
| Maintaining and Reviewing a Portfolio | p. 68 |
| Narration: Relating Events | p. 70 |
| Purpose | p. 71 |
| Action | p. 71 |
| Conflict | p. 72 |
| Point of View | p. 73 |
| Key Events | p. 74 |
| Dialogue | p. 75 |
| Ethical Issues | p. 76 |
| Writing a Narrative | p. 77 |
| Sample Student Essay of Narration: The Beach Bum by Gail Bartlett | p. 78 |
| CriticalEdge | p. 82 |
| Description: Presenting Impressions | p. 84 |
| Purpose | p. 85 |
| Sensory Impressions | p. 85 |
| Dominant Impression | p. 87 |
| Vantage Point | p. 87 |
| Selection of Details | p. 89 |
| Arrangement of Details | p. 90 |
| Ethical Issues | p. 90 |
| Writing a Description | p. 91 |
| Sample Student Essay of Description: The Big One by Rebecca Mutch | p. 93 |
| Critical Edge | p. 95 |
| Process Analysis: Explaining How | p. 97 |
| Kinds of Process Analysis Papers | p. 98 |
| Ethical Issues | p. 100 |
| Writing a Process Analysis | p. 100 |
| Sample Student Essay of Process A<$$$> | |
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