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Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum
Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum
- ISBN 13:
9780205885435
- ISBN 10:
0205885438
- Edition: 12th
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 09/17/2012
- Publisher: Longman
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Summary
Table of Contents
Read morePreface for Instructors
A Note to the Student
PART I How to Write Summaries, Critiques, Syntheses, and Analyses
Part One: Structures
Chapter 1—Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation
What Is a Summary?
Can a Summary Be Objective?
Using the Summary
BOX: Where Do We Find Written Summaries?
The Reading Process
BOX: Critical Reading for Summary
How to Write Summaries
BOX: Guidelines for Writing Summaries
Demonstration: Summary
Will Your Job Be Exported?—Alan S. Blinder
Read, Reread, Highlight
Divide into Stages of Thought
Write a Brief Summary of Each Stage of Thought
Write a Thesis: A Brief Summary of the Entire Passage
Write the First Draft of the Summary
Summary 1: Combine Thesis Sentence with Brief Section Summaries
The Strategy of the Shorter Summary
Summary 2: Combine Thesis Sentence, Section Summaries, and Carefully Chosen Details
The Strategy of the Longer Summary
How Long Should a Summary Be?
Exercise 1.1: Individual and Collaborative Summary Practice
Summarizing Figures and Tables
Bar Graphs
Exercise 1.2: Summarizing Graphs
Pie Charts
Exercise 1.3: Summarizing Pie Charts
Line Graphs
Exercise 1.4: Summarizing Line Graphs
Tables
Exercise 1.5: Summarizing Tables
Paraphrase
BOX: How to Write Paraphrases
Exercise 1.6: Paraphrasing
Quotations
Choosing Quotations
Quoting Memorable Language
BOX: When to Quote
Quoting Clear and Concise Language
Quoting Authoritative Language
Incorporating Quotations into Your Sentences
Quoting Only the Part of a Sentence or Paragraph That You Need
Incorporating the Quotation into the Flow of Your Own Sentence
Avoiding Freestanding Quotations
Exercise 1.7: Incorporating Quotations
Using Ellipses
Using Brackets to Add or Substitute Words
BOX: When to Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote
BOX: Incorporating Quotations into Your Sentences
Exercise 1.8: Using Brackets
Avoiding Plagiarism
BOX: Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 2—Critical Reading and Critique
Critical Reading
Question 1: To What Extent Does the Author Succeed in His or Her Purpose?
BOX: Where Do We Find Written Critiques?
Writing to Inform
Evaluating Informative Writing
Writing to Persuade
Exercise 2.1: Informative and Persuasive Thesis Statements
Evaluating Persuasive Writing
The Moon We Left Behind—Charles Krauthammer
Exercise 2.2: Critical Reading Practice
Persuasive Strategies
Logical Argumentation: Avoiding Logical Fallacies
BOX: Tone
Exercise 2.3: Understanding Logical Fallacies
Writing to Entertain
Question 2: To What Extent Do You Agree with the Author?
Identify Points of Agreement and Disagreement
Exercise 2.4: Exploring Your Viewpoints—in Three Paragraphs
Explore the Reasons for Agreement and Disagreement: Evaluate Assumptions
Inferring and Implying Assumptions
An Example of Hidden Assumptions from the World of Finance
Critique
How to Write Critiques
BOX: Guidelines for Writing Critiques
Demonstration: Critique
To What Extent Does the Author Succeed in His or Her Purpose?
To What Extent Do You Agree with the Author? Evaluate Assumptions
Model Critique: A Critique of Charles Krauthammer’s “The Moon We Left Behind”—Andrew Harlan
Exercise 2.5: Informal Critique of the Model Critique
BOX: Critical Reading for Critique
The Strategy of the Critique
Chapter 3—Thesis, Introduction, Conclusion
Writing a Thesis
The Components of a Thesis
Making an Assertion
Starting with a Working Thesis
Using the Thesis to Plan a Structure
BOX: How Ambitious Should Your Thesis Be?
EXERCISE 3.1: Drafting Thesis Statements
Introductions
Quotation
Historical Review
Review of a Controversy
From the General to the Specific
Anecdote and Illustration: From the Specific to the General
Question
Statement of Thesis
EXERCISE 3.2: Drafting Introductions
Conclusions
Statement of the Subject’s Significance
Call for Further Research
Solution/Recommendation
Anecdote
Quotation
Question
Speculation
EXERCISE 3.3: Drafting Conclusions
Chapter 4—Explanatory Synthesis
What Is a Synthesis?
Summary and Critique as a Basis for Synthesis
Inference: Moving Beyond Summary and Critique
Purpose
Example: Same Sources, Different Uses
BOX: Where Do We Find Written Syntheses?
Using Your Sources
Types of Syntheses: Explanatory and Argument
Explanation: News Article from the New York Times
While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales—Michael Moss
Argument: Editorial from the Boston Globe
Got Too Much Cheese?—Derrick Z. Jackson
What Are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods?
Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms—The United States Department of Energy
Why a GM Freeze?—The GM Freeze Campaign
How to Write Syntheses
BOX: Guidelines for Writing Syntheses
The Explanatory Synthesis
Demonstration: Explanatory Synthesis—Going Up? An Elevator Ride to Space
Exercise 4.1: Exploring the Topic
The History of the Space Elevator—P. K. Aravind
Applications of the Space Elevator—Bradley C. Edwards
Going Up—Brad Lemley
Why We Need a Space Elevator—Cathy Swan and Peter Swan
Consider Your Purpose
Exercise 4.2: Critical Reading for Synthesis
Formulate a Thesis
Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material
Develop an Organizational Plan
Summary Statements
Write the Topic Sentences
BOX: Organize a Synthesis by Idea, Not by Source
Write Your Synthesis
Explanatory Synthesis: First Draft
Revise Your Synthesis: Global, Local, and Surface Revisions
Revising the First Draft: Highlights
Exercise 4.3: Revising the Explanatory Synthesis
Model Explanatory Synthesis: Going Up? An Elevator Ride to Space—Sheldon Kearney
BOX: Critical Reading for Synthesis
Chapter 5—Argument Synthesis
What Is an Argument Synthesis?
The Elements of Argument: Claim, Support, and Assumption
Exercise 5.1: Practicing Claim, Support, and Assumption
The Three Appeals of Argument: Logos, Ethos, Pathos
Logos
Exercise 5.2: Using Deductive and Inductive Logic
Ethos
Exercise 5.3: Using Ethos
Pathos
Exercise 5.4: Using Pathos
The Limits of Argument
Fruitful Topics for Argument
Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis—Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech
Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007: Report of the Review Panel
Laws Limit Schools Even After Alarms—Jeff Gammage and Stacey Burling
Perilous Privacy at Virginia Tech—Christian Science Monitor
Colleges Are Watching Troubled Students—Jeffrey McMurray
Campus Stabbing Victim Sues UC Regents—Larry Gordon
Virginia Tech Massacre Has Altered Campus Mental Health Systems—Associated Press
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Exercise 5.5: Critical Reading for Synthesis
Consider Your Purpose
Making a Claim: Formulate a Thesis
Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material
Develop an Organizational Plan
Formulate an Argument Strategy
Draft and Revise Your Synthesis
Model Argument Synthesis: Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech—David Harrison
The Strategy of the Argument Synthesis
Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments
Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Supporting Evidence
Provide Various Types of Evidence and Motivational Appeals
Use Climactic Order
Use Logical or Conventional Order
Present and Respond to Counterarguments
Use Concession
BOX: Developing and Organizing Support for Your Arguments
Avoid Common Fallacies in Developing and Using Support
The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis
Organizing Comparison-and-Contrast Syntheses
Organizing by Source or Subject
Organizing by Criteria
Exercise 5.6: Comparing and Contrasting
A Case for Comparison-and-Contrast: World War I and World War II
Comparison-and-Contrast Organized by Criteria
Model Exam Response
The Strategy of the Exam Response
Summary of Synthesis Chapters
Chapter 6—Analysis
What Is an Analysis?
BOX: Where Do We Find Written Analyses?
How to Write Analyses
The Plug-In Drug—Marie Winn
Exercise 6.1: Reading Critically: Winn
Locate and Apply an Analytic Tool
Locate an Analytic Tool
Apply the Analytic Tool
Analysis Across the Curriculum
BOX: Guidelines for Writing Analyses
Formulate a Thesis
Develop an Organizational Plan
Turning Key Elements of a Principle or a Definition into Questions
Developing the Paragraph-by-Paragraph Logic of Your Paper
Draft and Revise Your Analysis
Write an Analysis, Not a Summary
Make Your Analysis Systematic
Answer the “So What?” Question
Attribute Sources Appropriately
BOX: Critical Reading for Analysis
When Your Perspective Guides the Analysis
Demonstration: Analysis
Model Analysis: The Case of the Missing Kidney: An Analysis of Rumor—Linda Shanker
Exercise 6.2: Informal Analysis of the Model Analysis
The Strategy of the Analysis
PART II Brief Takes
CHAPTER 7
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Toward An Intelligence Beyond Man’s—Robert Jastrow
The AI Revolution Is On—Steven Levy
2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal—Lev Grossman Computer Wins on ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial, It’s Not—John MarkoffWatson Doesn’t Know It Won On ‘Jeopardy!’—John Searle
What Did Watson the Computer Do?—Stanley Fish
Watson is Far From Elementary—Stephan Baker
CHAPTER 8FAIRY TALES: A CLOSER LOOK AT “CINDERELLA”
AN INTRODUCTION TO FAIRY TALES—Maria Tatar
SEVEN VARIANTS OF “CINDERELLA”
CINDERELLA—Charles Perrault
ASHPUTTLE—Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
A CHINESE “CINDERELLA”—Tuan Ch’êng-shih
THE MAIDEN, THE FROG, AND THE CHIEF’S SON—(AN AFRICAN “CINDERELLA”)
OOCHIGEASKW—THE ROUGH-FACED GIRL—(A NATIVE AMERICAN “CINDERELLA”)
WALT DISNEY’S “CINDERELLA”—Adapted by Campbell Grant
CINDERELLA—Anne Sexton
CHAPTER 9
THE ROAR OF THE TIGER MOM
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior—Amy Chua
Mother Inferior—Hanna Rosin
Tiger Daughter—Bill Powell
Amy Chua is a Wimp—David Brooks
In the Eye of the Tiger—Meghan Daum
Tiger Mom vs. Tiger Mailroom—Patrick Goldstein
America’s Top Parent—Elizabeth Kolbert
The Roar of the Tiger Mom—Annie Murphy Paul
In Defense of Being a Kid—James Bernard Murphy
PART III An Anthology of Readings
ECONOMICS
Chapter 10
The Changing Landscape of Work in the Twenty-first Century
PROSPECTS FOR GRADUATES
A Post-College Flow Chart of Misery and Pain—Jenna Brager
Many with New College Degree Find Job Market Humbling—Catherine Rampell
Job Outlook for College Graduates Slowly Improving—Lacey Johnson
DATA ON THE JOB MARKET
Not All College Degrees are Created Equal—Anthony P. Carnevale, Ban Cheah, and Jeff Strohl Employment Projections: 2010-2020 Summary—Bureau of Labor Statistics
WORK AND IDENTITY
No Long Term: New Work and the Corrosion of Character—Richard Sennett
An Inquiry into the Value of Work—Matthew B. Crawford
TRENDS AFFECTING WORK
Work and Workers in the 21st Century—Richard W. Judy and Carol D’Amico
Marking it in America—Adam Davidson
The Untouchables—Thomas Friedman
Will Your Job Be Exported?—Alan S. Blinder
Is Your Job an Endangered Species?—Andy Kessler
Degrees and Dollars—Paul Krugman
Synthesis Activities
Research Activities
SOCIOLOGY
Chapter 11
Have You Heard This? The Latest on Rumor
THE GOSSIPS—Norman Rockwell
RUMOR: A BRIEF CATALOG OF REFLECTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
TASTES LIKE CHICKEN—Snopes.com
TRUTH IS IN THE EAR OF THE BEHOLDER—Gregory Rodriguez
WHAT COST CHRIS DUSSOLD HIS DREAM JOB?—Thomas Bartlett
FIGHTING THAT OLD DEVIL RUMOR—Sandra Salmans
A PSYCHOLOGY OF RUMOR—Robert H. Knapp
“PAUL IS DEAD!” (SAID FRED)—Alan Glenn
POLITICAL SMEAR RUMORS: TWO CASE STUDIES
THE ANATOMY OF A SMEAR CAMPAIGN: THE CASE OF JOHN McCAIN—Richard H. Davis
IN UNTRUTHS ABOUT OBAMA, ECHOES OF A DISTANT TIME—Samuel G. Freedman
RUMOR CASCADES AND GROUP POLARIZATION—Cass R. Sunstein
HOW RUMORS HELP US MAKE SENSE OF AN UNCERTAIN WORLD—Nicholas DiFonzo
MANAGING RUMORS—John Doorley and Helio Fred Garcia
THE RUMOR—John Updike
Synthesis Activities
Research Activities
Philosophy
Chapter 12
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pig Happiness?—Lynne McFall
In Pursuit of Happiness—Mark Kingwell
A Balanced Psychology and a Full Life—Martin E. P. Seligman
Some Dark Thoughts on Happiness—Jennifer Senior
Flow—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
If Money doesn’t Make You Happy, Then You Probably Aren’t Spending It Right—Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T. Gilbert, and Timothy D. Wilson
The Hippies Were Right All Along About Happiness—Andrew Oswald
David Cameron Aims to Make Happiness the New GDP—Allegra Stratton.
Happiness in Business? Priceless—Chip Conley
Happy Like God—Simon Critchley
A Critique of Positive Psychology—Richard Schoch
Happiness: Enough Already—Sharon Begley
Happiness—Jane Kenyon
The Good Life—Yi-Fu Tuan
From Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance— Robert Pirsig
Synthesis Activities
Research Activities
ENVIRONMENT/PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 13
Green Power
205 EASY WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH—Thomas Friedman
NATIONAL SECURITY CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. OIL DEPENDANCE--Report of an Independent Task Force
THE DANGEROUS DELUSIONS OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE--Robert Bryce
A DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER, POST-FUKUSHIMA
THE FUTURE OF NUKES, AND OF JAPAN—Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
NO FAIL SAFE OPTION—Eugene Robinson
WHY I STILL SUPPORT NUCLEAR POWER, EVEN AFTER FUKUSHIMA—William Tucker
IF THE JAPANESE CAN’T BUILD A SAFE REACTOR, WHO CAN?—Anne Applebaum
WHY NUCLEAR POWER IS STILL A GOOD CHOICE—Marl Lynas
SOLAR POWER
STATE SOLAR POWER PLANS ARE AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS—Marla Dickerson
HERE COMES THE SUN—Paul Krugman
SOLAR IS GETTING CHEAPER, BUT HOW FAR CAN IT GO?—Brad Plumer
WIND POWER
THE ISLAND IN THE WIND—Elizabeth Kolbert
WIND POWER PUFFERY—H. Sterling Burnett
ELECTRIC CARS
THE GREAT ELECTRIC CAR EXPERIMENT—Daniel Yergin
WHY THE GASOLINE ENGINE ISN’T GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON—Joseph B. White
Synthesis Activities
Research Activities
Business
Chapter 14
New and Improved: Six Decades of Advertising
Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals—Jib Fowles
Making the Pitch in Print Advertising—Courtland Bovée, John V. Thill, George P. Dovel, Marian Burk Wood
Selling Happiness: Two Scenes from Mad Men—Matt Weiner
A Portfolio of Print Advertisements
A Portfolio of TV Commercials
Synthesis Activities
Research Activities
PSYCHOLOGY
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 15
Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem —Erich Fromm
The Power of Situations —Lee Ross and Richard E. Nisbett
The Perils of Obedience —Stanley Milgram
Replicating Milgram: Would People Still Obey Today? —Jerry M. Burger
The Power Trip —Jonah Lehrer
Group Minds —Doris Lessing
Opinions and Social Pressure —Solomon E. Asch
The Stanford Prison Experiment —Philip G. Zimbardo
From Atonement (a novel) —Ian McEwan
Synthesis Activities
Research Activities
Credits
Index
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