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The Curious Writer (with MyCompLab)
ISBN: 9780321331571 | 0321331575
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005
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The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger is an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing. Writing in a friendly, accessible voice that embodies his philosophy, the author emphasizes inquiry as a driving force behind the writing process and suggests that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, are more likely to approach writing as a method of discovery and learning. The Curious Writer treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both tex... MORE
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| The Spirit of Inquiry | |
| Writing as Inquiry | |
| Motives for Writing | |
| Beliefs About Writing | |
| What Do You Believe | |
| Unlearning Unhelpful Beliefs | |
| The Beliefs of This Book | |
| Writing Situations and Rhetorical Choices | |
| Habits of Mind | |
| Start With... MORE | |
| Suspend Judgment | |
| Search for Surprise | |
| A Room Full of Details | |
| Writing As a Process | |
| Recognizing the Challenges | |
| What Is Your Writing Process? | |
| Thinking About Your Process | |
| Linear vs. Recursive Models | |
| Dialectical Thinking | |
| Practicing Dialectical Thinking | |
| Overcome Your Own Challenges | |
| Using What You've Learned | |
| Reading as Inquiry | |
| Motives for Reading | |
| Beliefs About Reading | |
| What Do You Believe? | |
| Reading Situations and Rhetorical Choices | |
| Reading As a Process | |
| Linear vs. Recursive Models | |
| Reading Strategies | |
| Dialectical Thinking | |
| Believing and Doubting | |
| Practicing Dialectical Thinking | |
| Adapting to Unfamiliar Reading Situations | |
| Further Practice: An Adaptive | |
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