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A Reader's Guide to College Writing

by: Ruszkiewicz, John J.

A Reader's Guide to College Writing

by: Ruszkiewicz, John J.

ISBN 13:
9781457642586
ISBN 10:
1457642581
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/13/2013
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

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Summary

Get the insider view on how critical reading really works and can help you as a Reader's Guide to College Writing teaches you how to engage with ideas while growing as a successful academic writer.

Author Biography

John J. Ruszkiewicz is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin where he has taught literature, rhetoric, and writing for more than thirty-five years. A winner of the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award, he was instrumental in creating the Department of Rhetoric and Writing in 1993 and directed the unit from 2001-05. He has also served as president of the Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) of Texas, which gave him its Frances Hernández Teacher—Scholar Award in 2012. For Bedford/St. Martin's, he is coauthor, with Andrea Lunsford, of Everything’s An Argument (6th edition, 2013), and the author of　How To Write Anything (2nd edition 2012) and A Reader's Guide to College Writing (2014).

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE: You, the Reader

Chapter 1 Contexts

Get the Backstory: Who’s Assigning What?

Common Readings

Course Syllabi

Locate the Text: Canonical or Contemporary?

Scan the Text: Meet the Supporting Elements

Read Reviews — Intelligently

YOUR TURN

Chapter 2 Authors and Publishers
Appreciate Scholars and Their Work

Understand Bloggers, Tweeters, and Citizen Reporters

Appraise Individual Authors

Know Publishers and Their Platforms

YOUR TURN

Chapter 3 Audiences and Publics
Define the Audience: Who’s a Text For?

How Writers Appeal to Readers

Your Background as a Reader

Welcome to the Academic Community: A Fish Story

Accommodate Readers: Keep Them Interested

Chapter 5 Sources

How Academics Establish Credibility

Sources in STEM Fields

Sources in the Humanities

How Experts and Public Intellectuals Earn Authority

How the Other Guys Do It

YOUR TURN

Chapter 6 Critical Reading

Leave Tracks on a Text

Read against the Grain: Logical Fallacies

Be Smart: Read beyond Your Range

YOUR TURN

PART TWO: You, the Respondent

Chapter 7 Claims and Contents

Look for a Thesis: Statement and Proof

Expect Variations: It Gets Complicated

How Writers Direct a Claim

How Writers Orchestrate a Claim

How Writers Lay Out Complex Ideas

YOUR TURN

Chapter 8 Explain and Imply

Examine Evidence: Support a Point

Find Meaning: Read between the Lines

YOUR TURN

Chapter 9 Dispute, Concede, and Rebut

Dispute and Challenge: Build Interest

Concede and Correct: Build Trust

Rebut and Reply: Build Authority

YOUR TURN

Chapter 10 Summarize, Annotate, and Paraphrase

Summarize a Reading

Annotate a Bibliography

Paraphrase a Selection

YOUR TURN

Chapter 11 Discuss

Write a Response Paper in Your Head

Agree or Disagree

Identify Strengths and Weaknesses of a Text

See Similarities and Differences

Point Out Complications

Express Any Doubts

Get Involved

Learn the Right Moves

Effective Strategies in Discussions

What to Avoid in Discussions

YOUR TURN

PART THREE: You, the Writer

Chapter 12 Compose

Chapter 13 Make a Point

Chapter 14 Structure

Chapter 15 Evidence

Chapter 16 Frame Ideas and Quotations

Chapter 17 Style

Chapter 18 Clarity and Economy

Appendix A: Style Guides Used in Various Disciplines

Appendix B: MLA and APA Basics

Bibliography of Works Quoted or Discussed
Index

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