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Longman Writer, The: Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook

by: Nadell, Judith; Langan, John; McMeniman, Linda

Longman Writer, The: Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook

by: Nadell, Judith; Langan, John; McMeniman, Linda

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9780205334643
ISBN 10:
0205334644
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2003
Publisher: Longman
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Preface

xxi

PART I THE READING PROCESS

(12)

Becoming a Strong Reader

(10)

Get an Overview of the Selection

(1)

Deepen Your Sense of the Selection

(1)

Evaluate the Selection

(8)

``Family Counterculture''

(6)

Ellen Goodman

PART II THE WRITING PROCESS

(132)

Getting Started Through Prewriting

(23)

Observations About the Writing Process

(2)

Use Prewriting to Get Started

(18)

Keep a Journal

(2)

The Pre-Reading Journal Entry

(1)

Understand the Boundaries of the Assignment

(1)

Determine Your Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Point of View

(2)

Analyzing Your Audience: A Checklist

(2)

Discover Your Essay's Limited Subject

(3)

Generate Raw Material About Your Limited Subject

(5)

Organize the Raw Material

(2)

Activities: Getting Started Through Prewriting

(3)

Identifying a Thesis

(8)

What Is a Thesis?

(1)

Finding a Thesis

(1)

Writing an Effective Thesis

(3)

Tone and Point of View

(1)

Implied Pattern of Development

(1)

Including a Plan of Development

(1)

Don't Write a Highly Opinionated Statement

(1)

Don't Make an Announcement

(1)

Don't Make a Factual Statement

(1)

Don't Make a Broad Statement

(1)

Arriving at an Effective Thesis

(1)

Placing the Thesis in an Essay

(1)

Activities: Identifying a Thesis

(3)

Supporting the Thesis with Evidence

(8)

What Is Evidence?

(1)

How Do You Find Evidence?

(1)

How the Patterns of Development Help Generate Evidence

(1)

Characteristics of Evidence

(4)

The Evidence Is Relevant and Unified

(1)

The Evidence Is Specific

(1)

The Evidence Is Adequate

(1)

The Evidence Is Dramatic

(1)

The Evidence Is Accurate

(1)

The Evidence Is Representative

(1)

Borrowed Evidence Is Documented

(1)

Activities: Supporting the Thesis with Evidence

(2)

Organizing the Evidence

(9)

Use the Patterns of Development

(1)

Select an Organizational Approach

(2)

Chronological Approach

(1)

Spatial Approach

(1)

Emphatic Approach

(1)

Simple-to-Complex Approach

(1)

Prepare an Outline

(4)

Guidelines for Outlining: A Checklist

(3)

Activities: Organizing the Evidence

(2)

Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft

(29)

How to Move from Outline to First Draft

(1)

General Suggestions on How to Proceed

(1)

If You Get Bogged Down

(1)

A Suggested Sequence for Writing the First Draft

(17)

Write the Supporting Paragraphs

(11)

Write Other Paragraphs in the Essay's Body

(1)

Write the Introduction

(3)

Write the Conclusion

(2)

Write the Title

(1)

Pulling It All Together

(1)

Sample First Draft

(2)

Harriet Davids, ``Challenges for Today's Parents''

(1)

Commentary

(1)

Activities: Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft

(7)

Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

(13)

Strategies to Make Revision Easier

(5)

Set Your First Draft Aside for a While

(1)

Work from Typed or Printed Text

(1)

Read the Draft Aloud

(1)

Participate in Peer Review

(1)

Evaluate and Respond to Peer Review

(1)

Evaluate and Respond to Your Instructor's Comments

(1)

View Revision as a Series of Steps

(1)

Revising Overall Meaning and Structure

(1)

Revising Overall Meaning and Structure: A Checklist

(1)

Revising Paragraph Development

(2)

Revising Paragraph Development: A Checklist

100

(1)

Sample Student Revision of Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

101

(1)

Activities: Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

102

(3)

Revising Sentences and Words

105

(28)

Revising Sentences

105

(13)

Make Sentences Consistent with Your Tone

105

(1)

Make Sentences Economical

106

(3)

Vary Sentence Type

109

(4)

Vary Sentence Length

113

(1)

Make Sentences Emphatic

114

(4)

Revising Sentences: A Checklist

118

(1)

Revising Words

118

(10)

Make Words Consistent with Your Tone

119

(1)

Use an Appropriate Level of Diction

119

(1)

Avoid Words That Overstate or Understate

120

(1)

Select Words with Appropriate Connotations

120

(1)

Use Specific Rather Than General Words

121

(1)

Use Strong Verbs

122

(2)

Delete Unnecessary Adverbs

124

(1)

Use Original Figures of Speech

125

(1)

Avoid Sexist Language

126

(2)

Revising Words: A Checklist

128

(1)

Sample Student Revision of Sentences and Words

128

(1)

Activities: Revising Sentences and Words

129

(4)

Editing and Proofreading

133

(12)

Edit Carefully

133

(1)

Use the Appropriate Manuscript Format

134

(2)

Appropriate Manuscript Format: A Checklist

134

(2)

Proofread Closely

136

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Proofreading

137

(5)

``Challenges for Today's Parents''

137

(2)

Harriet Davids

Commentary

139

(3)

Activities: Editing and Proofreading

142

(3)

PART III THE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

145

(233)

An Overview of the Patterns of Development

147

(8)

The Patterns in Action: During the Writing Process

147

(1)

The Patterns in Action: In an Essay

148

(7)

Analyzing How a Writer Combines Patterns: A Checklist

149

(1)

Virginia Woolf, ``The Death of the Moth''

149

(6)

Description

155

(38)

What Is Description?

155

(1)

How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience

156

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

157

(1)

Description: A Prewriting Checklist

158

(1)

Strategies for Using Description in an Essay

158

(4)

Revision Strategies

162

(1)

Description: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

162

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

163

(6)

``Salt Marsh''

164

(2)

Marie Martinez

Commentary

166

(3)

Activities: Description

169

(2)

Prewriting Activities

169

(1)

Revising Activities

169

(2)

Professional Selections: Description

171

(20)

``Once More to the Lake''

171

(7)

E. B. White

``Sister Flowers''

178

(6)

Maya Angelou

``Flavio's Home''

184

(7)

Gordon Parks

Additional Writing Topics: Description

191

(2)

Narration

193

(35)

What Is Narration?

193

(1)

How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience

194

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

194

(1)

Narration: A Prewriting Checklist

194

(1)

Strategies for Using Narration in an Essay

195

(6)

Revision Strategies

201

(2)

Narration: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

201

(2)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

203

(4)

Paul Monahan, ``If Only''

204

(1)

Commentary

205

(2)

Activities: Narration

207

(2)

Prewriting Activities

207

(1)

Revising Activities

208

(1)

Professional Selections: Narration

209

(16)

``Shooting an Elephant''

209

(7)

George Orwell

``The Fourth of July''

216

(5)

Audre Lorde

``So Tsi-fai''

221

(4)

Sophronia Liu

Additional Writing Topics: Narration

225

(3)

Illustration

228

(35)

What Is Illustration?

228

(1)

How Illustration Fits Your Purpose and Audience

229

(2)

Prewriting Strategies

231

(1)

Illustration: A Prewriting Checklist

231

(1)

Strategies for Using Illustration in an Essay

232

(3)

Revision Strategies

235

(1)

Illustration: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

235

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

236

(7)

Michael Pagano, ``Pursuit of Possessions''

238

(2)

Commentary

240

(3)

Activities: Illustration

243

(2)

Prewriting Activities

243

(1)

Revising Activities

244

(1)

Professional Selections: Illustration

245

(16)

``Bombs Bursting in Air''

245

(6)

Beth Johnson

``Managing Mixed Messages''

251

(5)

Susan Douglas

``Is Sex All That Matters?''

256

(5)

Joyce Garity

Additional Writing Topics: Illustration

261

(2)

Division-Classification

263

(40)

What Is Division-Classification?

263

(2)

How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience

265

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

266

(1)

Division-Classification: A Prewriting Checklist

266

(1)

Strategies for Using Division-Classification in an Essay

267

(3)

Revision Strategies

270

(1)

Division-Classification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

271

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

271

(8)

Gail Oremland, ``The Truth About College Teachers''

273

(4)

Commentary

277

(2)

Activities: Division-Classification

279

(2)

Prewriting Activities

279

(1)

Revising Activities

280

(1)

Professional Selections: Division-Classification

281

(20)

``Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising''

282

(5)

Ann McClintock

``But What Do You Mean?''

287

(8)

Deborah Tannen

``Doublespeak''

295

(6)

William Lutz

Additional Writing Topics: Division-Classification

301

(2)

Process Analysis

303

(41)

What Is Process Analysis?

303

(1)

How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience

304

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

305

(1)

Process Analysis: A Prewriting Checklist

305

(1)

Strategies for Using Process Analysis in an Essay

306

(4)

Revision Strategies

310

(1)

Process Analysis: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

310

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

311

(8)

Robert Barry, ``Becoming a Videoholic''

313

(4)

Commentary

317

(2)

Activities: Process Analysis

319

(3)

Prewriting Activities

319

(1)

Revising Activities

320

(2)

Professional Selections: Process Analysis

322

(20)

``Don't Just Stand There''

322

(6)

Diane Cole

``Your New Computer''

328

(6)

Bill Bryson

``Watching the Animals''

334

(8)

Richard Rhodes

Additional Writing Topics: Process Analysis

342

(2)

Comparison-Contrast

344

(34)

What Is Comparison-Contrast?

344

(1)

How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience

345

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

346

(1)

Comparison-Contrast: A Prewriting Checklist

346

(1)

Strategies for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay

347

(4)

Revision Strategies

351

(1)

Comparison-Contrast: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

351

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

352

(7)

Carol Siskin, ``The Virtues of Growing Older''

355

(2)

Commentary

357

(2)

Activities: Comparison-Contrast

359

(2)

Prewriting Activities

359

(1)

Revising Activities

360

(1)

Professional Selections: Comparison-Contrast

361

(15)

``A Slow Walk of Trees''

361

(5)

Toni Morrison

``The Ugly Truth About Beauty''

366

(4)

Dave Barry

``And Then I Went to School''

370

(6)

Joseph H. Suina

Additional Writing Topics: Comparison-Contrast

376

(2)

Cause-Effect

378

(133)

What Is Cause-Effect?

378

(1)

How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience

379

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

380

(1)

Cause-Effect: A Prewriting Checklist

380

(1)

Strategies for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay

381

(5)

Revision Strategies

386

(1)

Cause-Effect: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

386

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

387

(8)

``Americans and Food''

389

(3)

Carl Novack

Commentary

392

(3)

Activities: Cause-Effect

395

(2)

Prewriting Activities

395

(1)

Revising Activities

396

(1)

Professional Selections: Cause-Effect

397

(14)

``Why We Crave Horror Movies''

397

(4)

Stephen King

``Why People Don't Help in a Crisis''

401

(6)

John M. Darley

Bibb Latane

``Black Men and Public Space''

407

(4)

Brent Staples

Additional Writing Topics: Cause-Effect

411

(2)

Definition

413

(31)

What Is Definition?

413

(1)

How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience

414

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

415

(1)

Definition: A Prewriting Checklist

415

(1)

Strategies for Using Definition in an Essay

416

(3)

Revision Strategies

419

(1)

Definition: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

419

(1)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

420

(7)

``Physics in Everyday Life''

421

(3)

Laura Chen

Commentary

424

(3)

Activities: Definition

427

(1)

Prewriting Activities

427

(1)

Revising Activities

427

(1)

Professional Selections: Definition

428

(14)

``Entropy''

429

(4)

K. C. Cole

``Life As Type A''

433

(5)

James Gleick

``Absolutophobia''

438

(4)

John Leo

Additional Writing Topics: Definition

442

(2)

Argumentation-Persuasion

444

(67)

What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?

444

(1)

How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience

445

(3)

Prewriting Strategies

448

(1)

Argumentation-Persuasion: A Prewriting Checklist

448

(1)

Strategies for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay

449

(15)

Revision Strategies

464

(2)

Argumentation-Persuasion: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

464

(2)

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

466

(10)

``Compulsory National Service''

469

(3)

Mark Simmons

Commentary

472

(4)

Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion

476

(4)

Prewriting Activities

476

(1)

Revising Activities

477

(3)

Professional Selections: Argumentation-Persuasion

480

(28)

``In Praise of the `F' Word''

480

(5)

Mary Sherry

``Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom''

485

(4)

Clifford Stoll

Debating the Issues: Date Rape

489

(1)

``Rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know''

490

(5)

Camille Paglia

``Common Decency''

495

(4)

Susan Jacoby

Debating the Issues: Multiculturalism

499

(1)

``Let's Tell the Story of All America's Cultures''

500

(4)

Yuh Ji-Yeon

Jr., ``The Cult of Ethnicity: Good and Bad''

504

(4)

Arthur Schlesinger

Additional Writing Topics: Argumentation-Persuasion

508

(3)

PART IV THE RESEARCH PAPER

511

(100)

Selecting a Subject, Using the Library and the Internet, and Taking Notes

513

(51)

Some General Comments About the Research Paper

513

(1)

Plan the Research

514

(7)

Understand the Paper's Boundaries

514

(1)

Understand Primary Versus Secondary Research

515

(3)

Choose a General Subject

518

(1)

Selecting an Appropriate Subject to Research: A Checklist

518

(1)

Prewrite to Limit the General Subject

519

(1)

Conduct Preliminary Research

519

(1)

Identify a Working Thesis

520

(1)

Make a Schedule

521

(1)

Find Sources in the Library

521

(13)

The Computerized Catalog

522

(1)

The Card Catalog

523

(3)

The Reference Section

526

(2)

Periodicals

528

(6)

Use the Internet

534

(10)

The Internet and the World Wide Web

534

(1)

What the Web Offers

534

(1)

The Advantages and Limitations of the Library and the Web

535

(1)

Accessing the Web

535

(2)

Using the Net to Find Books on Your Topic

537

(1)

Using the Net to Find Articles and Other Materials on Your Topic

538

(5)

Evaluating Internet Materials

543

(1)

Using Other Internet Tools

543

(1)

Prepare a Working Bibliography

544

(1)

Take Notes to Support the Thesis with Evidence

545

(16)

Why Take Notes?

545

(1)

Before Note-Taking: Evaluate Sources

545

(1)

Before Note-Taking: Refine Your Working Bibliography

546

(2)

Before Note-Taking: Read Your Sources

548

(2)

When Note-Taking: What to Select

550

(1)

When Note-Taking: How to Record Statistics

551

(1)

When Note-Taking: Use Index Cards

551

(2)

Two Other Note-Taking Approaches

553

(1)

Kinds of Notes

553

(8)

Activities: Selecting a Subject, Using the Library and the Internet, and Taking Notes

561

(3)

Writing the Research Paper

564

(47)

Refine Your Working Thesis

564

(1)

Sort the Note Cards

565

(1)

Organize the Evidence by Outlining

565

(2)

Prepare the Works Cited List: MLA Format

567

(9)

Citing Book Sources

568

(3)

Citing Periodical Sources

571

(2)

Citing Computerized Sources

573

(2)

Citing Other Nonprint Sources

575

(1)

Write the First Draft

576

(1)

Presenting the Results of Primary Research

577

(1)

Document Borrowed Material Using MLA Format---How to Avoid Plagiarism

577

(9)

Indicate Author and Page

578

(3)

Special Cases of Authorship

581

(1)

Special Cases of Pagination

582

(1)

Blending Quotations into Your Text

583

(2)

Presenting Statistics

585

(1)

Revise, Edit, and Proofread the First Draft

586

(2)

Revising the Research Paper: A Checklist

587

(1)

APA Documentation Format

588

(4)

Parenthetic Citations

589

(1)

References List

590

(2)

Computerized Sources

592

(1)

A Note About Other Documentation Systems

592

(1)

Student Research Paper: MLA-Style Documentation

593

(15)

``America's Homeless: How the Government Can Help''

594

(14)

Brian Courtney

Commentary

608

(1)

Activities: Writing the Research Paper

608

(3)

PART V THE LITERARY PAPER AND EXAM ESSAY

611

(34)

Writing About Literature

613

(21)

Elements of Literary Works

614

(2)

How to Read a Literary Work

616

(2)

Read to Form a General Impression

616

(1)

Ask Questions About the Work

616

(1)

Analyzing a Literary Work: A Checklist

616

(1)

Reread and Annotate

617

(1)

Modify Your Annotations

618

(1)

Write the Literary Analysis

618

(7)

Prewrite

618

(1)

Identify Your Thesis

619

(1)

Support the Thesis with Evidence

620

(1)

Organize the Evidence

621

(1)

Write the First Draft

621

(2)

Revise Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

623

(1)

Revising a Literary Analysis: A Checklist

623

(1)

Edit and Proofread

624

(1)

Pulling It All Together

625

(2)

Read to Form a General Impression

625

(1)

``Early Autumn''

625

(1)

Langston Hughes

Ask Questions About the Work

626

(1)

Reread and Annotate

626

(1)

Student Essay

627

(2)

``Stopping to Talk''

627

(1)

Karen Vais

Commentary

628

(1)

Additional Selections and Writing Assignments

629

(5)

``Out, Out---''

630

(1)

Robert Frost

``The Story of an Hour''

631

(3)

Kate Chopin

Writing Exam Essays

634

(11)

Three Forms of Written Answers

635

(1)

Short Answers

635

(1)

Paragraph-Length Answers

635

(1)

Essay-Length Answers

636

(1)

How to Prepare for Exam Essays

636

(1)

At the Examination

637

(2)

Survey the Entire Test

637

(1)

Understand the Essay Question

637

(2)

Write the Essay

639

(3)

Prewrite

639

(1)

Identify Your Thesis

639

(1)

Support the Thesis with Evidence

639

(1)

Organize the Evidence

640

(1)

Write the Draft

640

(1)

Revise, Edit, and Proofread

641

(1)

Sample Essay Answer

642

(2)

Commentary

643

(1)

Activity: Writing Exam Essays

644

(1)

PART VI A CONCISE HANDBOOK

645

(2)

OPENING COMMENTS

647

(3)

SENTENCE FAULTS

650

(12)

Fragments

650

(6)

Phrase Fragments

650

(3)

Dependent Clause Fragments

653

(3)

Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

656

(4)

Three Common Pitfalls

657

(3)

Faulty Parallelism

660

(2)

VERBS

662

(5)

Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement

662

(3)

Problems with Verb Tense

665

(2)

PRONOUNS

667

(8)

Problems with Pronoun Use

667

(8)

Pronoun Case

667

(3)

Pronoun Agreement

670

(3)

Pronoun Reference

673

(2)

MODIFIERS

675

(3)

Problems with Modification

675

(3)

Misplaced and Ambiguous Modifiers

675

(1)

Dangling Modifiers

676

(2)

PUNCTUATION

678

(22)

Period

678

(2)

Question Mark

680

(1)

Exclamation Point

680

(1)

Comma

680

(6)

Semicolon

686

(1)

Colon

687

(1)

Quotation Marks

688

(3)

Ellipsis

691

(1)

Apostrophe

692

(2)

Parentheses

694

(2)

Brackets

696

(1)

Hyphen

696

(2)

Dash

698

(2)

MECHANICS

700

(6)

Capitalization

700

(1)

Underlining and Italics

701

(2)

Numbers

703

(1)

Abbreviations

704

(2)

SPELLING

706

(9)

Index

715

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