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Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers, Brief, The: 2009 MLA Update Edition
ISBN: 9780205735662 | 0205735665
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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For undergraduate Composition I and II courses. From the first edition,The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writershas focused on writing for a variety of purposes in a rhetorical situation. Although audience, context, and writing situation are important, a writerrs"s purpose should be and has always been the focal point of the sequence of assignments. The Prentice Hall Guidebegins with observing and remembering, which are personally important to the writer. It then turns to more reader-based, academic purposes, including critical reading, expository writing, and argumentative writing. Each chapter in this sequence is self-contained, with introductions, guidelines, professional and student models, writing process advice, research tips, revising guidelines, peer review questions, and postscript reflections on the assignment. This compact, efficient guide touches on all the critical aspects of college writing - both personal and academic - within rich, self-contained chapters - no more flipping back and forth between sections to find appropriate guidelines, models, and writing process information.
| Preface | |
| Credits | |
| Writing Myths and Rituals | |
| Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice | |
| Place, Time, and Tools | |
| Energy and Attitude | |
| Keeping a Journal | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "On Keeping a Journal" | |
| Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing | |
| Rhetorical Situations | ... MORE |
| Writer, Occasion, Purpose, Audience, Genre, Context | |
| Purposes for Writing | |
| Writer-Based Purposes | |
| Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes | |
| Combinations of Purposes | |
| Subject, Purpose, and Thesis | |
| Purpose and Audience | |
| Audience Analysis | |
| Purpose, Audience, and Genre | |
| The Rhetorical Situation | |
| Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays | |
| "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl" | |
| "I'm OK, but You're Not" | |
| Dimensions of the Writing Process | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| The Whole Process | |
| Writing with a Computer | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and Shaping | |
| "Athletes and Education" | |
| "On Writing "Athletes and Education" | |
| A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and Revising | |
| From "The Declaration of Independence" | |
| Observing | |
| Techniques for Writing About Observations | |
| Observing People | |
| Observing Places | |
| From "Sierra" | |
| Observing Objects | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Take This Fish and Look at It" | |
| "Observing Wolves" | |
| Observing: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "Permanent Tracings" | |
| "Empty Windows" | |
| Remembering | |
| Techniques for Writing About Memories | |
| Remembering People | |
| Remembering Places | |
| Remembering Events | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Lives on the Boundary" | |
| "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self" | |
| "César Chávez Saved My Life" | |
| Alejandrez | |
| Remembering: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "The Wind Catcher" | |
| "The Red Chevy" | |
| Reading | |
| Techniques for Writing about Reading | |
| Critical Reading Strategies | |
| Guidelines for Class Discussion | |
| Summarizing and Responding to an Essay | |
| "Teach Diversity-with a Smile" | |
| Summarizing | |
| Responding | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Letter to America" | |
| "Vows" | |
| "Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" | |
| Reading and Writing Processes | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| "Teaching Tolerance in America" | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "Letter to Margaret Atwood" | |
| "Two Responses to Deborah Tannen" | |
| Analyzing & Designing Visuals | |
| Techniques for Analyzing Visuals | |
| Analyzing Visuals with Text | |
| Analyzing Visuals in Context | |
| "Progress or Not" | |
| "Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945" | |
| "Who's a Looter?" | |
| Analyzing the Genre of the Visual | |
| Rhetorical Appeals to the Audience | |
| Designing Visuals | |
| Techniques for Designing Visuals | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Miss Clairol's 'Does She . . . Or Doesn't She?': How to Advertise a Dangerous Product" | |
| "Never Just Pictures," | |
| Processes for Analyzing and Designing Visuals | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Analysis Focused on the Visual | |
| "Triple Self-Portrait" | |
| Analysis Focused on the Social Context | |
| "Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban" | |
| Analysis Focused on the Story | |
| "Coming Home" | |
| Peer Response | |
| Writing Process Postscript | |
| "Some Don't Like Their Blues at All" | |
| "Weight Loss 101 for the Adult Fitness Program" | |
| Investigating | |
| Investigative Writing Techniques | |
| Summary of a Book or Article | |
| A Brief Report with Graphics | |
| "Gimme An A (I Insist!)" | |
| Investigation Using Multiple Sources | |
| "That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online" | |
| Profile of a Person | |
| "Rick Steves's Not-So-Lonely Planet" | |
| Extended Interview | |
| "Reading Statistical Tea Leaves" | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Surfin' the Louvre" | |
| "Plotting a Net Gain" | |
| "The End of Cheap Oil" | |
| "The Homeless and Their Children" | |
| Investigating: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Community Service Learning | |
| Research Tips | |
| Doing Field Research | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "The Hollywood Indian " | |
| "My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic" | |
| Explaining | |
| Techniques for Explaining | |
| Explaining What | |
| Explaining How | |
| Explaining Why | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Multiracialness" | |
| "How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards" | |
| "How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently" | |
| Explaining: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Tips for Integrating Images | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "English Only" | |
| "Anorexia Nervosa" | |
| Evaluating | |
| Techniques for Writing Evaluations | |
| Evaluating Commercial Products or Services | |
| "The Hybrid Grows Up," | |
| Consumer Reports | |
| Evaluating Works of Art | |
| Evaluating Performances | |
| "Peter Jackson's Sorcery" | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "Evaluating a Website" | |
| "All's Not Well in Land of 'The Lion King'" | |
| "Today's Special" | |
| "Prime Time Art" | |
| "Watching the Eyewitless News" | |
| Evaluating: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "Borrowers Can be Choosy" | |
| "The Big Chill" | |
| Problem Solving | |
| Problem Solving Techniques | |
| Demonstrating That a Problem Exists | |
| Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal" | |
| "Solving for Pattern" | |
| "One Thing to Do About Food" | |
| "The Argument Culture" | |
| Problem Solving: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Peer Response | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "No Parking" | |
| "New Regulations and You" | |
| Arguing | |
| Techniques for Writing Argument | |
| Claims for Written Argument | |
| Appeals for Written Argument | |
| Rogerian Argument | |
| The Toulmin Method of Argument | |
| Analyzing Statistics | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| "The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?" | |
| "The Damnation of a Canyon" | |
| "Death and Justice" | |
| Multi-Genre Casebook on Immigration Reform: "Immigration Reform in America" | |
| "Employers Have a Lot to Lose" | |
| "Do Americans Really Want Jobs?" | |
| "Raid Leaves Families Fractured" | |
| "Viewpoints: US Illegal Immigration" from BBC News | |
| "Immigration Forum" in SpeakOut.com | |
| Arguing: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Peer Response | |
| Revising Fallacies in Logic | |
| Writing Process Postscript | |
| "Welfare is Still Necessary for Women and Children in the U.S." | |
| "Standardized Tests: Shouldn't We Be | |
| Helping Our Students?" | |
| Responding to Literature | |
| Responding to a Short Story | |
| "The Story of an Hour" | |
| Responding to a Poem | |
| "Musée des Beaux Arts" | |
| Techniques for Responding to Literature | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| Purposes for Responding to Literature | |
| Responding to Short Fiction | |
| "A Worn Path" | |
| "The Lesson" | |
| Responding to Poetry | |
| Five Contemporary Poems | |
| Responding to Literature: The Writing Process | |
| Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "On 'A Worn Path'" | |
| "Death: The Final Freedom" | |
| Writing a Research Paper | |
| Techniques for Writing a Research Paper | |
| Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Guides | |
| Finding the Best Sources | |
| Critically Evaluating Your Sources | |
| Using Sources to Make Your Point | |
| Documenting Your Sources | |
| Preparing Yourself for the Research Process | |
| Warming Up: Journal Exercises | |
| Research Notebook | |
| Research Timetable | |
| Documentation Format: MLA and APA Styles | |
| Research Paper: The Writing Process | |
| Choosing a Subject | |
| Collecting | |
| Internet Browsers and Search Engines | |
| Evaluating Internet and Library Sources | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Shaping | |
| Drafting | |
| Using Graphics | |
| Revising | |
| Documenting Sources: MLA and APA | |
| Postscript on the Writing Process | |
| "Foreign Language Study: An American Necessity" | |
| Appendix: Writing Under Pressure | |
| Know Your Audience | |
| Analyze Key Terms | |
| Make a Sketch Outline | |
| Know the Material | |
| Practice Writing | |
| Proofread and Edit | |
| Sample Essay Questions and Responses | |
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