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Writing : A Guide for College and Beyond
ISBN: 9780321396266 | 032139626X
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007
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"Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond" uses written instruction and visual tools to teach how to read, write, and research effectively for different purposes." " Teaches how to read, write and research. Writing Guidelines, Critical Reading, Research. General Interest, Writing
| The Writer as Explorer | |
| Making Discoveries | |
| Look with new eyes | p. 3 |
| Explore the world | p. 4 |
| Find a territory | p. 6 |
| Use guides | p. 10 |
| Reading to Explore | |
| Become a critical reader | p. 13 |
| Look with a critical eye | p. 14 |
| Read actively | p. 16 |
| Recognize fallacies | p. 18 |
| Re... MORE | p. 20 |
| Planning a Journey | |
| Determine your direction | p. 23 |
| Write a thesis | p. 24 |
| Plan your route | p. 26 |
| Returning and Revising | |
| See again | p. 28 |
| Evaluate your draft | p. 29 |
| Respond to others | p. 31 |
| Pay attention to details last | p. 32 |
| The Writer as Guide | |
| Writing in College | |
| Understand the demands of writing in college | p. 37 |
| Think about your aim | p. 38 |
| Think about your genre | p. 40 |
| Writing Effectively | |
| Understand the rhetorical situation | p. 43 |
| Think about your audience | p. 44 |
| Think about your credibility | p. 46 |
| Become an effective writer | p. 48 |
| Got Roddick? | p. 49 |
| Reflecting | |
| Writing reflections | p. 54 |
| An effective reflection | |
| Some Lines for a Younger Brother... | p. 56 |
| How to read reflections | p. 60 |
| Editorial | |
| Two Ways to Belong in America | p. 61 |
| Short Story | |
| A Blizzard Under Blue Sky | p. 64 |
| Memoir | |
| Arrival: 1960 | p. 71 |
| Essay | |
| Let It Snow | p. 74 |
| Blog | |
| Just Another Soldier | p. 77 |
| Essay | |
| Why I Hunt: A Predator's Meditation | p. 81 |
| Essay | |
| Mother Tongue | p. 85 |
| How to write a reflection | p. 90 |
| Student essay | |
| The Miracle Quilt | p. 102 |
| Projects | p. 106 |
| Observing | |
| Writing observations | p. 110 |
| An effective observation | |
| Living Like Weasels | p. 112 |
| How to read observations | p. 117 |
| Travel Account | |
| The First Descent of the Grand Canyon | p. 118 |
| Photo Essay | |
| Photographs of Japanese-Americans at Manzanar | p. 123 |
| Essay | |
| A Small Place | p. 128 |
| Article | |
| Low Wages, Strong Backs | p. 133 |
| Travel Account | |
| The Travelogue of an Astronomer | p. 142 |
| How to write an observation | p. 146 |
| Student essay | |
| Chemistry 105: An Analysis of Classroom Dynamics in a Large Lecture Course | p. 160 |
| Projects | p. 164 |
| Informing | |
| Reporting information | p. 168 |
| Effective informative writing | |
| The Emperor's Giraffe | p. 171 |
| How to read informative writing | p. 176 |
| Profile | |
| Russell Simmons | p. 177 |
| Essay | |
| How Do I Love Thee? | p. 184 |
| Executive Summary | |
| The National Commission on Writing for America's Families, Schools, and Colleges: Writing: A Ticket to Work...Or a Ticket Out | p. 194 |
| Instruction | |
| Building a Shelter | p. 197 |
| Information Web Site | |
| Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Visitor Information: View LavaSafely | p. 200 |
| How to write to inform | p. 204 |
| Student report | |
| The Life Cycle of Stars | p. 222 |
| Projects | p. 230 |
| Analyzing Texts | |
| Writing to analyze | p. 234 |
| Writing a rhetorical analysis | p. 236 |
| Writing a visual analysis | p. 238 |
| Writing a literary analysis | p. 240 |
| An effective analysis | |
| Straight from the Heart | p. 242 |
| How to read analyses | p. 247 |
| Article | |
| The Collapse of Big Media: The Young and the Restless | p. 248 |
| Essay | |
| Race, Gender, and Civilization at the Columbian Exposition | p. 256 |
| Building | |
| The Ray and Maria Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | p. 261 |
| Corporate Logo | |
| Landor Associates: Federal Express Logo | p. 264 |
| Product Design | |
| Volkswagen Beetle | p. 266 |
| Short Story | |
| Everyday Use | p. 269 |
| Literary Analysis | |
| "Make Something of Yourself": Symbolism in Alice Walkers "Everyday Use" | p. 278 |
| Short Story | |
| Love in L.A. | p. 281 |
| How to write a rhetorical analysis | p. 284 |
| Student rhetorical analysis | |
| Investigating 'Independence": An Analysis of Frederick Douglass's Speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" | p. 296 |
| Projects | p. 302 |
| Analyzing Causes | |
| Writing to analyze causes | p. 306 |
| An effective causal analysis | |
| Pesticides, Parasite May Cause Frog Deformities | p. 310 |
| How to read causal analyses | p. 314 |
| Essay | |
| New Orleans' Blessing; New Orleans' Curse | p. 315 |
| Essay | |
| If You Build It, They Will Come-on Foot | p. 320 |
| Essay | |
| Why Should I Be Nice To You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good Service | p. 326 |
| Article | |
| Barbie's Body May Be Perfect, but Critics Remind Us It's Plastic | p. 335 |
| Article | |
| Television Violence and Aggression | p. 339 |
| Leaflet | |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom Leaflets | p. 342 |
| How to write a causal analysis | p. 344 |
| Student causal analysis | |
| Borrowing Bling: The Appeal of Hip-hop to Young White Men | p. 360 |
| Projects | p. 364 |
| Evaluating | |
| Writing to evaluate | p. 368 |
| An effective evaluation | |
| The Aesthetics of Wind Power | p. 371 |
| How to read evaluations | p. 376 |
| Article | |
| Learning to Love PowerPoint | p. 377 |
| Opinion | |
| PowerPoint Is Evil | p. 380 |
| Review | |
| McNasty: The New "Healthy" Fast Food Items Taste Bad (and Aren 't So Healthy Either) | p. 384 |
| Essay | |
| Gangsta Rap and American Culture | p. 390 |
| Article | |
| The Nitpicking Nation | p. 398 |
| How to write an evaluation | p. 402 |
| Student essay | |
| Stop Loss or "Loss of Trust" | p. 416 |
| Projects | p. 422 |
| Arguing for a Position | |
| Writing a position argument | p. 426 |
| An effective position argument | |
| Take My Privacy, Please! | p. 430 |
| How to read position arguments | p. 435 |
| Speech | |
| What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? | p. 436 |
| Speech | |
| Treaty Oration | p. 444 |
| Article | |
| The Color of Mayhem | p. 448 |
| Letter | |
| Hillary vs. "Grand Theft Auto" | p. 452 |
| Article | |
| Life Without Health Insurance | p. 455 |
| Advertisements | |
| Buff Daddy | p. 458 |
| Food Cops Bust Cookie Monster | p. 459 |
| How to write a position argument | p. 460 |
| Student argument | |
| Speech Doesn't Have to be Pretty to Be Protected | p. 476 |
| Projects | p. 482 |
| Arguing for Change | |
| Making an argument for change | p. 486 |
| An effective argument for change | |
| The Declaration of Independence | p. 490 |
| How to read arguments for change | p. 495 |
| Essay | |
| A Trail of DNA and Data | p. 496 |
| Article | |
| Coal in a Nice Shade of Green | p. 500 |
| Speech | |
| Building the Interstate Highway System | p. 503 |
| Grant Proposal | |
| Monterey County Fire Chiefs Association | |
| Breaking the Fire Department's Language Barrier | p. 507 |
| Web Site | |
| U.S. Armed Forces | |
| United States Marine Corps Recruitment | p. 513 |
| Article | |
| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Are Muscular Men the Best of All? | p. 518 |
| How to write an argument for change | p. 522 |
| Student argument | |
| Let's Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All | p. 538 |
| Projects | p. 544 |
| The Writer as Researcher | |
| Planning Research | |
| Analyze the research task | p. 549 |
| Ask a question | p. 550 |
| Determine what you need | p. 551 |
| Draft a working thesis | p. 553 |
| How to plan research | p. 554 |
| Researcher at work | p. 555 |
| Exploring Libraries | |
| Determine the print sources you need | p. 557 |
| Search using keywords | p. 558 |
| Find books | p. 559 |
| Find journal articles | p. 560 |
| Evaluate print sources | p. 562 |
| Start a working bibliography | p. 563 |
| How to explore libraries | p. 564 |
| Researcher at work | p. 565 |
| Exploring Online Libraries | |
| Find Information in databases | p. 567 |
| Construct effective searches | p. 568 |
| Locate elements of a citation | p. 569 |
| How to explore online libraries | p. 570 |
| Researcher at work | p. 571 |
| Exploring the Web | |
| Find Information on the Web | p. 573 |
| Evaluate Web sources | p. 575 |
| Find visual sources online | p. 577 |
| How to explore the Web | p. 578 |
| Researcher at work | p. 579 |
| Exploring in the Field | |
| Conduct interviews | p. 581 |
| Administer surveys | p. 582 |
| Make observations | p. 584 |
| How to conduct field research | p. 586 |
| Researcher at world | p. 587 |
| Writing the Research Paper | |
| Plan your organization | p. 589 |
| Avoid plagiarism | p. 590 |
| Quote sources without plagiarizing | p. 591 |
| Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing | p. 593 |
| Incorporate quotations | p. 595 |
| Incorporate visuals | p. 598 |
| Review your research project | p. 599 |
| How to write a research paper | p. 600 |
| Researcher at work | p. 601 |
| MLA Documentation | |
| Elements of MLA documentation | p. 604 |
| Entries in the works cited list | p. 605 |
| In-text citations in MLA style | p. 607 |
| Books in MLA-style works cited | p. 610 |
| Periodicals in MLA-style works cited | p. 614 |
| Online sources in MLA-style works cited | p. 618 |
| Other sources in MLA-style works cited | p. 622 |
| Visual sources in MLA-style works cited | p. 623 |
| Sample MLA paper | |
| It's Time to Shut Down the Identity Theft Racket | p. 624 |
| APA Documentation | |
| APA citations | p. 634 |
| In-text citations in APA style | p. 635 |
| Books in APA-style references list | p. 637 |
| Periodicals in APA-style references list | p. 640 |
| Online sources in APA-style references list | p. 643 |
| Other sources in APA-style references list | p. 646 |
| APA reports of research | p. 646 |
| Sample APA paper | |
| Her Life Depends On It | p. 647 |
| The Writer as Designer | |
| Thinking Visually | |
| Communicate with visuals and words | p. 657 |
| Understand visual and verbal concepts | p. 658 |
| Creating Visuals | |
| Know when to use images and graphics | p. 663 |
| Take pictures that aren't boring | p. 664 |
| Compose images | p. 665 |
| Edit images | p. 666 |
| Create tables, charts, and graphs | p. 667 |
| Designing for Print | |
| Start with your readers | p. 669 |
| Use headings and subheadings effectively | p. 670 |
| Design pages | p. 671 |
| Understand typography | p. 672 |
| The Writer as Editor | |
| Designing a Web Site | |
| Plan a Web site | p. 679 |
| Make your site visually effective | p. 680 |
| Make navigation easy | p. 681 |
| Delivering Presentations | |
| Plan a presentation | p. 683 |
| Design effective visuals | p. 684 |
| Give a memorable presentation | p. 685 |
| Working as a Team | |
| Organize a team | p. 687 |
| Understand the team process | p. 688 |
| Work as a team | p. 689 |
| Writing Effective Paragraphs | |
| Develop paragraphs | p. 693 |
| Pay attention to paragraph length | p. 694 |
| Link within and across paragraphs | p. 696 |
| Start fast | p. 698 |
| Conclude with strength | p. 700 |
| Summary for editing paragraphs | p. 701 |
| Writing Effective Sentences | |
| Understand sentence basics | p. 703 |
| Pay attention to verbs | p. 705 |
| Stay active | p. 706 |
| Find characters | p. 707 |
| Write concise sentences | p. 708 |
| Write ethical sentences | p. 709 |
| Match structure with ideas | p. 710 |
| Summary for editing sentences | p. 711 |
| Avoiding Errors | |
| Fix fragments | p. 713 |
| Fix run-on sentences | p. 714 |
| Fix comma spices | p. 715 |
| Make verbs agree with subjects | p. 716 |
| Make pronouns agree | p. 717 |
| Fix shifts | p. 718 |
| Use modifiers correctly | p. 719 |
| Place modifiers carefully | p. 720 |
| Summary for editing for errors | p. 721 |
| Understanding Punctuation and Conventions | |
| Identify where commas are needed | p. 723 |
| Place commas correctly with modifiers | p. 724 |
| Place commas correctly with clauses and phrases | p. 725 |
| Use semicolons and colons correctly | p. 726 |
| Use hyphens, dashes, and parentheses correctly | p. 727 |
| Use quotation marks correctly | p. 728 |
| Use other punctuation correctly | p. 729 |
| Understand print conventions | p. 730 |
| Summary for punctuation and conventions | p. 731 |
| Writing in a Second Language | |
| Understand how languages differ | p. 733 |
| Understand nouns in English | p. 734 |
| Understand articles in English | p. 735 |
| Understand verbs and modifiers in English | p. 736 |
| Understand English sentence structure | p. 738 |
| Summary for second-language writers | p. 739 |
| Appendixes | |
| Writing Essay Exams | p. 740 |
| Creating Portfolios | p. 742 |
| Credits | p. 746 |
| Index | p. 748 |
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