Reading and Writing in the Academic Community
ISBN: 9780205689460 | 0205689469
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 7/9/2009
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Reading and Writing in the Academic Communityis a comprehensive rhetoric with engaging, timely readings. The authors wrote their book to include more coverage of the writing process to better meet the needs of students than other books in this market. The text presents the major types of academic writing students encounter as undergraduates while giving full consideration to the writing process and the basics of rhetoric. This text makes few assumptions about students'prior academic experience and provides explicit, step-by-step instruction in ... MORE
| Preface | p. xiii |
| The Composing Process | p. 1 |
| Writing as Process | p. 2 |
| Resistance to Process Writing | p. 3 |
| Prewriting | p. 5 |
| Analyze the Assignment | p. 6 |
| Establish a Focus | p. 8 |
| Read and Respond to Sources | p. 9 |
| Drafting | p. 10 |
| Develop a Thesis | p. 10 |
| Select an Organizational Plan | p. 15 | ... MORE
| Write a First Draft | p. 17 |
| Revising | p. 27 |
| First Draft | p. 29 |
| Revised Draft | p. 31 |
| Revise the Title and Opening | p. 33 |
| Revise the Body Paragraphs | p. 33 |
| Revise the Conclusion | p. 34 |
| Add Attribution | p. 34 |
| Improve Focus and Development | p. 34 |
| Improve Cohesion | p. 34 |
| Move from Writer-Based to Reader-Based Prose | p. 36 |
| Revise Sentences for Clarity and Style | p. 38 |
| Proofreading | p. 39 |
| Spelling | p. 41 |
| A Word About Auto Correct | p. 41 |
| Submitting the Final Draft | p. 41 |
| A Summary of the Writing Process | p. 42 |
| Reading Sources and Incorporating Them into Your Writing | p. 49 |
| Reading Sources | p. 50 |
| Reading Academic Texts | p. 50 |
| A Comprehensive Strategy for the Reading Process | p. 52 |
| Reading for Content | p. 52 |
| Reading for Genre, Organization, and Stylistic Features | p. 59 |
| Reading for Rhetorical Context | p. 67 |
| Reading and Interpretation | p. 72 |
| Tackling Difficult Course Readings | p. 74 |
| Paraphasing, Quoting, and Acknowledging Sources | p. 79 |
| Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting | p. 79 |
| Setting Rhetorical Goals | p. 79 |
| Considering Your Audience | p. 82 |
| Identifying Your Sources | p. 84 |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | p. 89 |
| The Paraphrasing Process | p. 90 |
| Strategies for Paraphrasing | p. 91 |
| Direct Quoting | p. 98 |
| Reasons for Direct Quoting | p. 98 |
| Altering Quotations | p. 100 |
| Documenting Quotations | p. 102 |
| Weaving Quotations into Your Essay | p. 104 |
| Incorporating Quotations and Paraphrases into Essays | p. 107 |
| Summarizing Sources | p. 111 |
| The Summarizing Process | p. 111 |
| Creating a Graphic Overview | p. 112 |
| Compressing Information | p. 116 |
| Creating a Sentence Outline | p. 120 |
| Documenting Summaries | p. 122 |
| Incorporating Summaries into Your Essays | p. 123 |
| The Summary Essay | p. 125 |
| Responding to, Analyzing, and Evaluating Sources | p. 139 |
| Responding to Sources | p. 140 |
| Response Essays: An Introduction | p. 140 |
| Writing Response Essays | p. 146 |
| Prewriting | p. 146 |
| Drafting | p. 157 |
| Revising | p. 158 |
| Expanding Your Rhetorical Goal | p. 159 |
| Analyzing and Evaluating Sources | p. 169 |
| Analysis and Evaluation as Opposed to Response | p. 169 |
| Rhetorical Analysis | p. 171 |
| Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay | p. 174 |
| Prewriting | p. 174 |
| Drafting | p. 180 |
| Revising | p. 180 |
| Editing | p. 181 |
| Evaluation | p. 182 |
| Writing an Evaluation Essay | p. 191 |
| Prewriting | p. 191 |
| Drafting | p. 195 |
| Revising | p. 195 |
| Editing | p. 196 |
| Analysis and Evaluation of Images | p. 196 |
| In-Depth Analysis and Evaluation | p. 205 |
| Writing an In-Depth Analysis and Evaluation | p. 220 |
| Prewriting | p. 220 |
| Drafting | p. 223 |
| Revising | p. 223 |
| Editing | p. 224 |
| Synthesizing Sources | p. 227 |
| Writing Multiple-Source Essays | p. 228 |
| Comparing and Contrasting Sources | p. 228 |
| Uses of Comparison and Contrast | p. 229 |
| Rhetorical Purpose for Comparison-and-Contrast Essays | p. 230 |
| Writing an Essay that Compares and Contrasts Sources | p. 236 |
| Prewriting | p. 237 |
| Drafting | p. 242 |
| Revising | p. 245 |
| Editing | p. 245 |
| Summary of Multiple Sources | p. 248 |
| Objective Synthesis | p. 252 |
| Essay Written in Response to Multiple Sources | p. 258 |
| Writing a Synthesis for a Specific Purpose | p. 264 |
| Arguing from Sources | p. 277 |
| The Argument Essay | p. 280 |
| Find an Issue and Stake Out Your Position | p. 291 |
| Formulate a Major Claim | p. 292 |
| Develop Your Thesis | p. 293 |
| Support Your Thesis | p. 294 |
| Marshal Solid Evidence and Make a Strong Case | p. 295 |
| Consider Your Audience and Identify Your Readers' Needs | p. 304 |
| Organize and Arrange the Argument Essay | p. 305 |
| Writing an Argument Essay | p. 313 |
| Prewriting | p. 313 |
| Drafting | p. 316 |
| Revising | p. 317 |
| Editing | p. 318 |
| Researching Sources and Writing Research Papers | p. 319 |
| Assignments That Require Research | p. 319 |
| Research and the Writing Process | p. 320 |
| Prewriting | p. 321 |
| Set a Research Schedule | p. 321 |
| Select a Topic | p. 323 |
| Develop a Research Strategy | p. 325 |
| Conduct Research in Your College Library | p. 327 |
| Use Electronic Catalogs and Periodical Databases | p. 335 |
| Locate Information on the World Wide Web | p. 344 |
| Collect Information Through Surveys and Interviews | p. 352 |
| Evaluate Information Sources | p. 353 |
| Excerpt Relevant Information from Sources | p. 354 |
| Drafting | p. 356 |
| Synthesize Sources | p. 356 |
| Argue, Analyze, and Evaluate | p. 356 |
| Draft a Thesis | p. 356 |
| Derive a Plan | p. 357 |
| Create an Outline | p. 358 |
| Write from Your Outline | p. 362 |
| Revising | p. 362 |
| Revise Based on Readers' Comments | p. 362 |
| Editing | p. 363 |
| Reading Selections | p. 377 |
| Grades and Learning | p. 378 |
| "Zen and the Art of Grade Motivation" | p. 379 |
| "A Young Person's Guide to the Grading System" | p. 385 |
| "Grades and Money" | p. 389 |
| "Childhood Pay for Grades is Related to College Grade Point Averages" | p. 393 |
| Cyberhood | p. 396 |
| "Modern Romance" | p. 397 |
| "Cyberspace and Identity" | p. 400 |
| "Is There a There in Cyberspace?" | p. 408 |
| Adolescent Pregnancy | p. 416 |
| "Gloucester Girls Gone Wild" | p. 417 |
| "Suddenly Teen Pregnancy Is Cool?" | p. 420 |
| "Give the Girls a Break" | p. 427 |
| "Adolescent Girls' Attitudes Toward Pregnancy: The Importance of Asking What the Boyfriend Wants" | p. 430 |
| Creativity and Ownership | p. 441 |
| "Why Crush Them?" | p. 442 |
| "Control of Creativity?" | p. 444 |
| "A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn't Its Copyright?" | p. 448 |
| "I, Me, Mine" | p. 451 |
| Race and American Society | p. 457 |
| "Race, Higher Education, and American Society" | p. 458 |
| "A More Perfect Union" | p. 471 |
| Appendices | |
| Documenting Sources | p. 480 |
| Editing for Correctness | p. 485 |
| Revising for Style | p. 505 |
| Credits | p. 517 |
| Index | p. 521 |
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