From Idea to Essay
ISBN: 9780495912125 | 0495912123
Edition: 13thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
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Respected and relied upon, FROM IDEA TO ESSAY is a rhetorically arranged rhetoric/ reader/research paper guide/handbook that systematically leads students through the complex process of writing an essay. Part I covers the fundamentals of essay writing. The heart of the book, Part II, teaches the nine rhetorical modes in nine identically structured chapters. Part III discusses essay examinations and how to use rhetorical strategies. Part IV addresses writing research papers and using documentation. Part V is a handbook of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. FROM IDEA TO ESSAY features appealing readings with literary, professional, and student examples presented together with vocabulary words for study. The text includes a wealth of writing activities, including visually-based and internet-research assignments.
| Preface | |
| Fundamentals | |
| The Writing Process | |
| What is Good Writing | |
| The Process and Structure of Writing | |
| Personal Versus Objective Writing | |
| Generating Ideas with Journal Writing | |
| Assembling a Portfolio | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Critical Thinking, Reading, and Seeing | |
| Critical Thinking | ... MORE|
| Critical Reading | |
| Poem: "Richard Cory" | |
| Critical Seeing | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Elements of Writing | |
| Purpose | |
| Audience | |
| Pattern | |
| Blending Rhetorical Patterns | |
| Practical Applications of the Rhetorical Strategies | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Planning and Organizing the Essay | |
| Finding a Topic | |
| The Controlling Idea | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Writer's Block | |
| The Informal Outline | |
| The Formal Outline | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| The Paragraph | |
| The Topic Sentence | |
| Sentences that Back Up the Topic Sentence | |
| Sentences Used in Transitions between Concepts and Ideas | |
| More about the Topic Sentence | |
| Characteristics of the Paragraph | |
| Transitions Between Paragraphs | |
| Beginning and Ending Paragraphs | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Drafting, Revising, and Style | |
| Pointers on Drafting | |
| The First Draft | |
| Revising the First Draft | |
| Achieving Style | |
| Editing the Second Draft | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Peer Review Assignment | |
| Writing the Essay | |
| Narration | |
| Story: "The Code" | |
| Poem: "Richard Cory" | |
| How to Write a Narration | |
| Professional Model: "A Gift of Laughter" | |
| Further Reading: Exerpt from Night | |
| Further Reading: "The Tell-Tale Heart" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold and for a Story Line | |
| Description | |
| Story: "The Lament" | |
| Poem: "Coats" | |
| How to Write a Description | |
| Professional Model: "Mma Ramotswe Thinks About the Land" | |
| World" | |
| World" | |
| Further Reading: "Bonobo Momma" | |
| Further Reading: "Sister Flowers" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold or for a Dominant Impression (Description) | |
| Examples | |
| Story: "We're Poor" | |
| Poem: "Eleanor Rigby" | |
| How to Write with Examples | |
| Professional Model: "Are You All Right?" | |
| Further Reading: "The Keypad Solution" | |
| Further Reading: "The Word as Person: Eponymns" | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold or for Cases (Examples) | |
| Definition | |
| Story: "Arrangement in Black and White" | |
| Poem: "Incident" | |
| How to Write a Definition | |
| Professional Model: "Fundamentalism" | |
| Further Reading: "Will Someone Please Hiccup My Pat?" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold (Definitions) | |
| Comparison/Contrast | |
| Story: "Dream House" | |
| Poem: "The Twins" | |
| How to Write a Comparison/Contrast Paper | |
| Professional Model: "Diogenes and Alexander" | |
| Further Reading: "Grant and Lee: a Study in Contrasts" | |
| Further Reading: "The Richer, the Poorer" Dorothy West Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold or Likenesses and Differences (comparison/contrast) | |
| Process | |
| Story: "How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank? | |
| Poem: "Tract" | |
| How to Write a Process Paper | |
| Professional Model: "Coming into Language" | |
| Further Reading: "Battle of the Big Box" | |
| Further Reading: "How to Say Nothing in 50 Words" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold and for Steps (Process) | |
| Classification/Division | |
| Story: "Harrison Bergeron" | |
| Poem: "All the World's a Stage" | |
| How to Write a Classification/Division Paper | |
| Professional Model: "The Plot Against People" | |
| Further Reading: "Three Types of Resistance to Oppression" | |
| Further Reading: "On Dumpster Diving" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold or Related Types | |
| Causal Analysis | |
| Story: "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" | |
| Poem: "Money" | |
| How to Write an Analysis of Cause | |
| Professional Model: "The Catastrophe of Success" | |
| Further Reading: "Why We Crave Horror Movies" | |
| Further Reading: "Nearing Ninety" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold or for Reasons and Consequences | |
| Argumentation | |
| Story: "War" | |
| Poem: "Dooley Is a Traitor" | |
| How to Write an Argument | |
| Professional Model: "The Case Against Man" | |
| Prejudice in Modern America" | |
| Prejudice in Modern America" | |
| Further Reading: "I Want a Wife" | |
| Further Reading: "Playing God on No Sleep" | |
| Cluster Discussion: Understanding Diversity | |
| Understanding Diversity in Religion | |
| "Soap and Ambergris" | |
| Understanding Diversity in Skin Color | |
| "Mixed-Blood Stew" | |
| Understanding Diversity in Sexual Orientation | |
| "First" | |
| Writing Assignments | |
| Internet Research Assignment | |
| Additional Writing Assignments | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Photo Writing Assignment | |
| Digging for Gold or for Points and Counterpoints | |
| The Essay Examination | |
| Preparing for the Essay Examination | |
| How to Do Well on Essay Examinations | |
| Using Rhetorical Strategies in Essay Examinations | |
| Sample Essay Exams | |
| The Research Paper | |
| Doing the Research | |
| Choosing a Topic | |
| Doing the Research | |
| Using the Personal Interview to Research a Topic | |
| Using the Internet to Research a Topic | |
| Compiling a Bibliography | |
| Taking Notes | |
| Formulating the Thesis, Outlining the Paper, and Writing the Abstract | |
| Writing and Documenting the Paper | |
| Plagiarism | |
| Documenting the Humanities Paper (MLA) | |
| Documenting the Social Sciences Paper (APA) | |
| Preparing the Final Copy (MLA) | |
| Preparing the Final Copy (APA) | |
| Sample Student Papers | |
| Suicides Go Up" | |
| Suicides Go Up" | |
| Handbook | |
| Grammar Fundamentals | |
| The Sentence | |
| The Clause and Phrase | |
| Sentence Types | |
| Parts of Speech | |
| Correcting Common Errors | |
| Errors with Sentences | |
| Errors in Agreement | |
| Errors in Point of View | |
| Errors in Reference | |
| Errors with Modifiers | |
| Errors in Parallelism | |
| Errors in Diction | |
| Wordiness | |
| Combining Sentences | |
| Errors in Punctuation | |
| Errors in Capitalization | |
| Errors in Spelling | |
| Appendix: Answers to Self-Grading Exercises Credits | |
| Index | |
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