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An abbreviated version of Bruce Ballengers best-sellingThe Curious Writer, this Concise edition offers the same strengths: an inquiry-driven approach, a personal author voice that engages and motivates students, and a focus on the connections between personal and academic writing. Like the full edition, The Curious Writer Concise Edition offers an emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions rather than answ... MORE

Instructor Preface

xix

Student Preface

xxviii

Writing as Inquiry

(34)

Motives for Writing

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(1)

Beliefs About Writing

(6)

Inquiring into the Details Journals

(1)

Unlearning Unhelpful Beliefs

(1)

The Beliefs of This Book

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Portfolios

(1)

Writing Situations and Rhetorical Choices

(2)

Habits of Mind

(7)

Start with Questions, Not Answers

(1)

Suspend Judgment

(1)

Writing with Computers

(1)

Search for Surprise

(2)

Inquiring into the Details Invention Strategies

(2)

Writing as a Process

(14)

Recognizing the Challenges

(5)

Thinking About Your Process

(1)

Linear versus Recursive Models

(2)

Dialectical Thinking

(6)

Using What You Have Learned

(3)

Reading as Inquiry

(28)

Motives for Reading

(1)

Beliefs About Reading

(2)

Reading Situations and Rhetorical Choices

(2)

Reading as a Process

(15)

Linear versus Recursive Models

(1)

Reading Jack Hitt, Excerpt from ``Dinosaur Dreams''

(2)

Inquiring into the Details Reading Perspectives

(1)

Dialectical Thinking

(1)

Believing and Doubting

(1)

Reading Bruce Ballenger, ``The Importance of Writing Badly''

(4)

Inquiring into the Details The Double-Entry Journal

(1)

Adapting to Unfamiliar Reading Situations

(1)

Reading David W. Noble, Excerpt from The Forces of Production

(2)

Writing with Computers

(1)

``Reading'' Images

(5)

Some Strategies for Reading Images

(5)

Using What You Have Learned

(2)

Ways of Inquiring

(28)

Opening Questions for Inquiry

(2)

Exploration

(4)

Explanation

(5)

Evaluation

(5)

Reading Peter Sacks, Excerpt from ``Generation X Goes to College''

(1)

Reflection

(3)

Symphonic Inquiry

(6)

Reading Stephen Corey, ``A Voice for the Lonely''

(5)

Writing with Computers

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

(2)

Writing a Personal Essay

(46)

Writing About Experience

(1)

Motives for Writing a Personal Essay

(1)

Personal Essays and Academic Writing

(1)

Features of the Form

(19)

Personal Essay Barbara Kingsolver, ``Life Without Go-Go Boots''

(3)

Inquiring into the Essay

100

(1)

Personal Essay Bailey White, ``Forbidden Things''

101

(3)

Inquiring into the Essay

104

(1)

Personal Essay Judith Ortiz Cofer, ``Silent Dancing''

105

(7)

Inquiring into the Essay

112

(1)

Seeing the Form Self-Portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston

113

(2)

The Writing Process

115

(22)

Thinking About Subjects

115

(1)

Generating Ideas

116

(1)

Listing Prompts

116

(1)

Fastwriting Prompts

117

(1)

Visual Prompts

117

(2)

Inquiring into the Details Clustering or Mapping

119

(1)

Research Prompts

120

(1)

Judging What You Have

120

(1)

What's Promising Material and What Isn't?

121

(1)

Questions About Purpose and Audience

121

(1)

Questions for Reflection

122

(1)

Writing the Sketch

122

(1)

Writing with Computers

123

(1)

Student Sketch Lana Kuchta, ``The Way I Remember''

124

(2)

Moving from Sketch to Draft

126

(1)

Evaluating Your Own Sketch

126

(1)

Questions for Peer Review

127

(1)

Reflecting on What You've Learned

127

(1)

Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information

127

(2)

Composing the Draft

129

(1)

Methods of Development

129

(1)

Using Evidence

130

(1)

Workshopping the Draft

131

(1)

Reflecting on the Draft

131

(1)

Questions for Readers

131

(1)

Revising the Draft

132

(1)

Polishing the Draft

133

(1)

Student Essay Micaela Fisher, ``Holy Jealousy''

134

(2)

Evaluating the Essay

136

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

137

(2)

Writing a Review

139

(44)

Writing That Evaluates

139

(1)

Motives for Writing a Review

140

(1)

The Review and Academic Writing

141

(1)

Features of the Form

142

(17)

Review Bryan Curtis, ``The Best Little Chophouse in Town''

145

(2)

Inquiring into the Essay

147

(1)

Review Neal Pollack, ``Rock On? Yeah, in Chairs''

148

(3)

Inquiring into the Essay

151

(1)

Review Ann Hodgman, ``No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch''

152

(4)

Inquiring into the Essay

156

(1)

Seeing the Form Choosing the Best Picture

157

(2)

The Writing Process

159

(22)

Thinking About Subjects

160

(1)

Generating Ideas

160

(1)

Listing Prompts

160

(1)

Fastwriting Prompts

161

(1)

Visual Prompts

161

(1)

Research Prompts

161

(1)

Writing with Computers

162

(1)

Judging What You Have

162

(1)

What's Promising Material and What Isn't?

162

(1)

Questions About Audience and Purpose

163

(3)

Thinking About Criteria

166

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Collaborating on Criteria

167

(1)

Writing the Sketch

168

(1)

Student Sketch Mike Peterson, ``Gladiator: Good Hollywood''

168

(2)

Moving from Sketch to Draft

170

(1)

Evaluating Your Own Sketch

170

(1)

Questions for Peer Review

171

(1)

Reflecting on What You've Learned

171

(1)

Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information

171

(1)

Re-experience

171

(1)

Interview

172

(1)

Read

172

(1)

Composing the Draft

172

(1)

Methods of Development

173

(1)

Using Evidence

174

(1)

Workshopping the Draft

175

(1)

Reflecting on the Draft

175

(1)

Questions for Readers

175

(1)

Revising the Draft

176

(1)

Polishing the Draft

177

(1)

Student Essay Mike Peterson, ``Open Your Eyes, Cameron Crowe''

178

(2)

Evaluating the Essay

180

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

181

(2)

Writing a Proposal

183

(44)

Writing About Problems and Solutions

183

(3)

Problems of Consequence

184

(1)

Problems of Scale

185

(1)

Motives for Writing Proposals

186

(1)

The Proposal and Academic Writing

187

(1)

Features of the Form

187

(16)

Proposal Maia Szalavitz, ``Stand and Deliver''

189

(3)

Inquiring into the Essay

192

(1)

Proposal James Howard Kunstler and Nikos A. Salingaros, ``The End of Tall Buildings''

193

(5)

Inquiring into the Essay

198

(1)

Proposal Caroline Hsu, ``Is It Time to Ditch Senior Year?''

199

(2)

Inquiring into the Essay

201

(1)

Seeing the Form Stop Torturing Chicks?

202

(1)

The Writing Process

203

(22)

Thinking About Subjects

204

(1)

Generating Ideas

204

(1)

Listing Prompts

204

(1)

Fastwriting Prompts

204

(2)

Inquiring into the Details Causation

206

(1)

Visual Prompts

207

(1)

Research Prompts

207

(1)

Judging What You Have

208

(1)

What's Promising Material and What Isn't?

208

(1)

Questions About Audience and Purpose

209

(1)

Questions of Form

209

(1)

Research Considerations

210

(1)

Writing the Sketch

210

(1)

Student Sketch Amy Garrett, ``The Happy Cow''

211

(1)

Moving from Sketch to Draft

212

(1)

Evaluating Your Own Sketch

212

(1)

Questions for Peer Review

212

(1)

Writing with Computers

213

(1)

Reflecting on What You've Learned

214

(1)

Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information

214

(1)

Composing the Draft

215

(1)

Methods of Development

216

(1)

Using Evidence

217

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Evidence---A Case Study

218

(1)

Workshopping the Draft

218

(1)

Reflecting on the Draft

218

(1)

Questions for Readers

219

(1)

Revising the Draft

219

(1)

Polishing the Draft

220

(1)

Student Essay Amy Garrett, ``The Happy Cow''

221

(4)

Evaluating the Essay

225

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

225

(2)

Writing an Argument

227

(46)

Writing to Persuade People

227

(5)

Getting into Arguments

228

(2)

Making Claims

230

(1)

Two Sides to Every Argument?

231

(1)

Motives for Writing an Argument

232

(1)

The Argument and Academic Writing

233

(1)

Features of the Form

234

(13)

Argument Amitai Etzioni, ``Law and Order and the Wild, Wild Web''

236

(3)

Inquiring into the Essay

239

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Some Basic Argument Strategies

239

(1)

Argument George F. Will, ``The `Growth Model' and the Growth of Illiteracy''

240

(2)

Inquiring into the Essay

242

(1)

Argument Doris Lessing, ``What We Think of America''

243

(1)

Inquiring into the Essay

244

(1)

Seeing the Form Guess.com Ad

245

(2)

The Writing Process

247

(24)

Thinking About Subjects

247

(1)

Generating Ideas

248

(1)

Listing Prompts

248

(1)

Fastwriting Prompts

249

(1)

Visual Prompts

250

(1)

Research Prompts

250

(2)

Writing with Computers

252

(1)

Judging What You Have

252

(1)

What's Promising Material and What Isn't?

252

(1)

Questions About Audience and Purpose

253

(1)

Research Considerations

254

(2)

Inquiring into the Details Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

256

(1)

Narrowing the Question

256

(1)

Writing the Sketch

257

(1)

Student Sketch Ben Bloom, ``How to Really Rock the Vote''

257

(1)

Moving from Sketch to Draft

258

(1)

Evaluating Your Own Sketch

258

(1)

Questions for Peer Review

259

(1)

Reflecting on What You've Learned

260

(1)

Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information

260

(1)

Composing the Draft

261

(1)

Methods of Development

261

(2)

Inquiring into the Details What Evidence Can Do

263

(1)

Using Evidence

264

(1)

Workshopping the Draft

264

(1)

Reflecting on the Draft

264

(1)

Questions for Readers

265

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Ten Common Logical Fallacies

265

(2)

Revising the Draft

267

(1)

Polishing the Draft

268

(1)

Student Essay Kelly Sundberg, ``I Am Not a Savage''

269

(2)

Evaluating the Essay

271

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

271

(2)

Writing a Critical Essay

273

(50)

Writing About Literature

273

(1)

Motives for Writing a Critical Essay

274

(1)

The Critical Essay and Academic Writing

275

(1)

Features of the Form

276

(26)

Short Story Leslie Marmon Silko, ``Lullaby''

277

(8)

Inquiring into the Story

285

(1)

Short Story Alice Walker, ``Everyday Use''

286

(8)

Inquiring into the Story

294

(1)

Critical Essay John Gruesser, ``Animal Imagery in `Everyday Use'''

295

(2)

Inquiring into the Essay

297

(1)

Seeing the Form Christina's World

298

(4)

Andrew Wyeth

The Writing Process

302

(19)

Thinking About Subjects

302

(1)

Generating Ideas

303

(1)

Listing Prompts

303

(1)

Fastwriting Prompts

304

(1)

Visual Prompts

304

(1)

Research Prompts

305

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Common Literary Devices

305

(2)

Judging What You Have

307

(1)

What's Promising Material and What Isn't?

307

(1)

Questions About Audience and Purpose

308

(2)

Writing a Sketch

310

(1)

Student Sketch Julie Bird, ``What Is the Role of Nature in `Lullaby'?''

310

(1)

Moving from Sketch to Draft

311

(1)

Evaluating Your Own Sketch

311

(1)

Questions for Peer Review

312

(1)

Reflecting on What You've Learned

312

(1)

Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information

312

(2)

Composing the Draft

314

(1)

Methods of Development

314

(1)

Using Evidence

315

(1)

Workshopping the Draft

315

(1)

Reflecting on the Draft

315

(1)

Questions for Readers

316

(1)

Revising the Draft

316

(1)

Polishing the Draft

317

(1)

Student Essay Julie Bird, ``Nature as Being: Landscape in Silko's `Lullaby'''

318

(3)

Evaluating the Essay

321

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

321

(2)

Research Techniques

323

(42)

Methods of Collecting

323

(1)

Research in the Electronic Age

324

(8)

The Magic Words That Open Doors

325

(1)

How Librarians Organize Books

326

(2)

Library of Congress Subject Headings

328

(1)

Google Your Boole

328

(4)

Developing Working Knowledge

332

(8)

Searching Key Library References

333

(3)

Inquiring into the Details Methods of Recording Information

336

(1)

Conducting Subject Surveys on the Web

337

(2)

Inquiring into the Details The Working Bibliography

339

(1)

Evaluating Library Sources

340

(1)

Evaluating Web Sources

341

(4)

Developing Deep Knowledge

345

(8)

Finding Books

345

(1)

Inquiring into the Details How to Annotate a Book

346

(1)

Finding Periodicals

346

(1)

Finding Newspapers

347

(1)

Finding Sources on the Web

347

(1)

Writing in the Middle: Synthesizing Source Information and Your Own Ideas

348

(1)

Writing with Computers

349

(1)

Double-Entry Journal

350

(1)

Research Log

350

(3)

Interviews

353

(4)

Arranging Interviews

353

(1)

Making Contact

354

(1)

Conducting the Interview

355

(1)

Using the Interview in Your Writing

356

(1)

Surveys

357

(4)

Defining a Survey's Goals and Audience

358

(1)

Types of Survey Questions

358

(1)

Crafting Survey Questions

359

(1)

Conducting a Survey

360

(1)

Using Survey Results in Your Writing

360

(1)

Knowing When to Stop

361

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

362

(3)

Using and Citing Sources

365

(80)

Controlling Information

365

(1)

Using Sources

366

(5)

Summarizing

367

(1)

Paraphrasing

368

(1)

Quoting

369

(2)

Citing Sources

371

(4)

Writing with Computers

372

(1)

Avoiding Plagiarism

372

(3)

MLA Documentation Guidelines

375

(42)

Inquiring into the Details The Common Knowledge Exception

376

(1)

Citing Sources

376

(1)

Where to Put Citations

377

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Citations That Go with the Flow

378

(1)

When You Mention the Author's Name

379

(1)

When There Is No Author

379

(1)

Works by the Same Author

380

(1)

When One Source Quotes Another

380

(1)

Personal Interviews

380

(1)

Several Sources in a Single Citation

381

(1)

Sample Parenthetical References for Other Sources

381

(2)

Format

383

(1)

The Layout

383

(3)

Preparing the ``Works Cited'' Page

386

(1)

Format

387

(1)

Citing Books

388

(1)

Sample Book Citations

389

(4)

Citing Periodicals

393

(1)

Sample Periodical Citations

394

(3)

Citing Nonprint and Other Sources

397

(2)

Citing ``Portable'' Databases

399

(2)

Citing Online Databases

401

(2)

Sample Online Citations

403

(5)

A Sample Paper in MLA Style

408

(1)

Student Essay Amy Garrett, ``We Need the Sun''

408

(9)

Evaluating the Essay

417

(1)

APA Documentation Guidelines

417

(26)

Inquiring into the Details Recent APA Style Changes

418

(1)

How the Essay Should Look

419

(1)

Page Format

419

(1)

Title Page

419

(1)

Abstract

419

(1)

Body of the Paper

420

(1)

References Page

421

(1)

Appendix

421

(1)

Notes

421

(1)

Tables and Figures

422

(1)

Language and Style

422

(1)

Citing Sources in Your Essay

423

(1)

When the Author Is Mentioned in the Text

423

(1)

When the Author Isn't Mentioned in the Text

423

(1)

When to Cite Page Numbers

423

(1)

A Single Work by Two or More Authors

423

(1)

A Work with No Author

424

(1)

Two or More Works by the Same Author

424

(1)

An Institutional Author

424

(1)

Multiple Works in the Same Parentheses

424

(1)

Interviews, E-mail, and Letters

425

(1)

New Editions of Old Works

425

(1)

A Web Site

425

(1)

Preparing the ``References'' List

425

(1)

Order of Sources

425

(1)

Order of Information

426

(1)

Sample References

427

(5)

Citing Electronic Sources

432

(1)

Sample References

432

(4)

A Sample Paper in APA Style

436

(1)

Student Essay Jeremy Johnson, ``I See Me as You See Me: An Ethnography of West Junior High''

436

(7)

Evaluating the Essay

443

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

443

(2)

Revision Strategies

445

Reseeing Your Topic

445

(1)

Divorcing the Draft

446

(1)

Strategies for Divorcing the Draft

447

(1)

Five Categories of Revision

448

(2)

Writing with Computers

449

(1)

Problems of Purpose

450

(6)

Revision Strategy 11.1: What's Your Primary Motive?

452

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.2: What Do You Want to Know About What You Learned?

453

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.3: Finding the Focusing Question

454

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.4: What's the Relationship?

455

(1)

Problems with Meaning

456

(7)

Implicit or Explicit Meaning

456

(1)

Looking Beyond the Obvious

457

(1)

Methods for Discovering Your Thesis

458

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.5: Find the ``Instructive Line''

458

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.6: Looping Toward a Thesis

459

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.7: Reclaiming Your Topic

460

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.8: Believing and Doubting

461

(1)

Methods for Refining Your Thesis

462

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.9: Questions as Knives

462

(1)

Problems with Information

463

(4)

Revision Strategy 11.10: Explode a Moment

464

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.11: Beyond Examples

464

(2)

Revision Strategy 11.12: Research

466

(1)

Problems with Structure

467

(6)

Formal Academic Structures

467

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.13: Reorganizing around Thesis and Support

467

(2)

Revision Strategy 11.14: Multiple Leads

469

(1)

Inquiring into the Details Types of Leads

470

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.15: The Frankenstein Draft

471

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.16: Make an Outline

472

(1)

Problems of Clarity and Style

473

(9)

Solving Problems of Clarity

474

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.17: Untangling Paragraphs

474

(2)

Inquiring into the Details Transition Flags

476

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.18: Cutting Clutter

476

(2)

Revision Strategy 11.19: The Actor and the Action Next Door

478

(1)

Improving Style

479

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.20: Actors and Actions

479

(2)

Revision Strategy 11.21: Smoothing the Choppiness

481

(1)

Revision Strategy 11.22: Fresh Ways to Say Things

482

(1)

Using What You Have Learned

482

Credits

(1)

Index

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