From Idea to Essay 2009 : A Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook
ISBN: 9780495802112 | 0495802115
Edition: 12thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 11/9/2009
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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 addresses writing research papers and using documentation. Part IV presents 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 visual-based and internet-research assignments. The Twelfth Edition is briefer and more concise than previous editions, making it more functional and accessible for students.
| Fundamentals | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Prewriting | |
| Writing | |
| Rewriting | |
| Generating Ideas with Journal Writing | |
| Assembling a Portfolio | |
| Critical Thinking, Reading, and Seeing | |
| Critical Thinking | |
| Critical Reading | |
| Critical Seeing | |
| Responding to a Work of Art | ... MORE |
| Elements of the Essay | |
| Purpose | |
| Audience | |
| Strategy | |
| Comparison/Contrast | |
| Blending Rhetorical Patterns | |
| The Paragraph | |
| Uses of the Paragraph | |
| The Shape of the Paragraph | |
| Characteristics of the Paragraph | |
| Journalistic Paragraphs | |
| Transitions between Paragraphs | |
| Paragraphs without Transitions | |
| Using Varied Paragraph Transitions | |
| Beginning and Ending Paragraphs | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Planning and Organizing the Essay Finding a Topic | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Writer's Block | |
| Finding the Thesis | |
| The Informal Outline | |
| The Formal Outline | |
| Use of the Outline | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Drafting, Revising, and Style | |
| Pointers on Drafting | |
| The First Draft | |
| Revising the First Draft | |
| Achieving Style | |
| Editing the Second Draft | |
| Rewriting Assignment | |
| Writing the Essay | |
| Narration | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "The Code" | |
| Poem: "Richard Cory" | |
| How to Write a Narration | |
| Professional Model: "A Gift of Laughter" | |
| Student Model: "My Uncle Thom" | |
| Alternate Readings: Excerpt from Night | |
| "The Tell-tale Heart" | |
| Description | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "The Lament" | |
| Poem: "Coats" | |
| How to Write a Description | |
| Professional Model: "Mma Ramotswe Thinks about the Land" | |
| Student Model: "Children and Guns" | |
| Alternate Readings: "My Father" | |
| "Sister Flowers" | |
| Example | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "We're Poor" | |
| Poem: "Eleanor Rigby" | |
| How to Write with Examples | |
| Professional Model: "Are You All Right?" | |
| Student Model: "Poverty in Atlanta" | |
| Alternate Readings: "What I've Learned from Men" | |
| "The Word as Person: Eponyms" | |
| Definition | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "Arrangement in Black and White" | |
| Poem: "Incident" | |
| How to Write a Definition | |
| Professional Model: "People Aren't Born Prejudiced" | |
| Student Model: "Prejudice: Child of Ignorance" | |
| Alternate Readings: "Will Someone Please Hiccup My Pat?" | |
| "Jim Crow Days" | |
| Comparison/Contrast | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "Dream House" | |
| Poem: "The Twins" | |
| How to Write a Comparison/Contrast Paper | |
| Professional Model: "Diogenes and Alexander" | |
| Student Model: "Aben and James" | |
| Alternate Readings: "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts" | |
| "The Richer, The Poorer" | |
| Process | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank" | |
| Poem: "Tract" | |
| How to Write a Process Paper | |
| Professional Model: "Coming into Language" | |
| Student Model: "Driving to Preserve Your Car" | |
| Alternate Readings: "How My Grandmother Became a Concubine" | |
| "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words" | |
| Classification/Division | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "Harrison Bergeron" | |
| Poem: "All the World's a Stage" | |
| How to Write a Classification/Division Paper | |
| Professional Model: "The Plot against People" | |
| Student Essay: "Handicaps" by David Beckham | |
| Alternate Readings: "Three Types of Resistance to Oppression" | |
| "College Pressures" | |
| Causal Analysis | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" | |
| Poem: "Money" | |
| How to Write an Analysis of Cause | |
| Professional Model: "The Catastrophe of Success" | |
| Student Model: "The Coffee Virgin" | |
| Alternate Readings: "Why We Crave Horror Movies" | |
| "Nearing Ninety" | |
| Argumentation | |
| Reading for Ideas | |
| Story: "War" | |
| Poem: "Doolie is a Traitor" | |
| How to Write an Argument | |
| Professional Model: "The Case against Man" | |
| Student Model: "Online Role Playing: Waste of Time or Valuable Tool?" | |
| Alternate Readings: "I Want a Wife" | |
| "Playing God on No Sleep" | |
| The Essay Examination | |
| Preparing for the Essay examination | |
| How to Do Well on Essay Examinations | |
| Using Rhetorical Strategies in Essay Examinations | |
| The Research Paper | |
| Doing the Research | |
| Choosing a Topic | |
| Doing the Research | |
| Using the Internet to Research a Topic | |
| Compile a Bibliography | |
| Take 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) | |
| 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 | |
| Combining Sentences | |
| Errors in Punctuation | |
| Errors in Capitalization | |
| Errors in Spelling | |
| Appendix: Answers to Self-Grading Exercises | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
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