Writing in the Works, 2009 MLA Update Edition
ISBN: 9780495802006 | 049580200X
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 6/19/2009
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WRITING IN THE WORKS (WITW) uses a real-world writing approach to intrigue and inspire users of all ages and backgrounds—showing you how to produce well-written pieces that people will want to read. The book's 11 Assignment chapters cover real-world genres such as application essays, news articles, editorials, proposals, public service messages, and film reviews. WITW is motivating and sophisticated, with dynamic visuals, timely readings, and obvious relevance and connection to the real world. Throughout, the authors don't treat you as a learner, but as a serious writer who is capable of writing for an actual audience. In all of the book's writing tasks, you are asked to write as if your work will be submitted for publication—or to actually to do so. With this as the end result, you learn genre conventions, audience, purpose, research, critical thinking, and style—skills directly transferable to all kinds of writing, including writing you may do for work and community.
| The Writer's Craft | |
| The Writer's Process | |
| Introduction | |
| Warm-up Practice | |
| Writing Rituals | |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Practice | |
| Writing Processes | |
| Brainstorming Strategies. | |
| Keeping a Writer's Notebook | |
| Practice | |
| Keeping ... MORE | |
| Freewriting | |
| Practice | |
| Freewriting | |
| Clustering | |
| Practice | |
| Clustering | |
| Listing and Outlining | |
| Composing | |
| Researching | |
| Focusing and Developing a Thesis | |
| Organizing | |
| Writing the First Draft | |
| Reading: Anne Lamott, From Bird by Bird | |
| Revising | |
| Refocusing | |
| Reordering | |
| Adding | |
| Cutting | |
| Editing and Proofreading | |
| Peer Editing | |
| The Process | |
| The Writer | |
| The Peer Editor | |
| One Student's Writing Process: Justin Lin | |
| Freewrite | |
| Annotated First Draft | |
| Peer-Editing Log Sheet | |
| Final Draft | |
| Critical Reading Questions | |
| Publishing | |
| Reading | |
| "'Recovery Is Not Something You Get Over': Span Provides Lifelong Support for Nurses with Addictions." | |
| Writing in the Works: Interview with Andrew Waite | |
| Readings | |
| "How I Trumped Rudolf Steiner and Overcame the Tribulations of Illiteracy, One Snickers Bar at a Time." | |
| "Finally a Writer(Student) | |
| Writing with Style and Voice | |
| Introduction | |
| Warm-Up Practice | |
| Defining Style and Voice | |
| Reading | |
| Applications: School, Community, Work | |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| Visualizing | |
| Ten Strategies for a Clear Writing Style | |
| Lose the Fat | |
| Practice | |
| Cutting Wordiness | |
| Practice | |
| Deleting Doublespeak | |
| Build Muscular Language | |
| Practice | |
| Identifying Active and Passive Voices | |
| Practice | |
| Choosing Active or Passive Voice | |
| Practice | |
| Editing for Clarity and Brevity | |
| Understanding Voice | |
| Practice | |
| Defining Voice | |
| Adding Creative Touches | |
| Use Figures of Speech, but Sparingly | |
| Practice | |
| Creating Oxymorons | |
| Use the Sound of Words | |
| Use the Rhythm of Sentences | |
| Practice | |
| Identifying Figurative Language, Sound, and Rhythm | |
| Practice | |
| Revising for Style | |
| Practice | |
| Writing Prompts | |
| Visual Literacy: Considering Visual Style | |
| Reading, Thinking, and Looking Critically | |
| Introduction | |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| Ten Questions for Critical Thinking and Reading | |
| Active Reading | |
| Underlining Key Points | |
| Paraphrasing | |
| Summarizing | |
| Warm-Up Practice | |
| Underlining, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing | |
| Annotation and Marginal Notes | |
| Outlining or Clustering | |
| Practice | |
| Annotation and Outlining | |
| Analyzing and Synthesizing | |
| Analysis | |
| Practice | |
| Deciding on Principles of Division for Analysis | |
| Practice | |
| Analyzing Words and Images | |
| Sidebar: Analyzing Texts, Analyzing Images | |
| Synthesis | |
| Practice | |
| Writing a Synthesis Sentence | |
| Interpreting Irony and Figurative Language | |
| Irony | |
| Practice | |
| Irony | |
| Metaphors and Other Figures of Speech | |
| Practice | |
| Metaphor | |
| Practice | |
| Annotating Ironic and Figurative Language | |
| Distinguishing Fact from Opinion | |
| Determining the Bias of Sources | |
| Practice | |
| Distinguishing Fact from Opinion | |
| Writer's Background and Publication Type | |
| Practice | |
| Detecting a Source's Bias | |
| The Way the Material Is Written | |
| Active Looking | |
| Layout | |
| Practice | |
| Using Layout to Emphasize Meaning | |
| Color | |
| Practice | |
| Using Color to Emphasize Meaning | |
| Checklist for Active Looking | |
| Readings and Images | |
| Reading | |
| "The Pleasure of Rabbit Holes.? | |
| Assignments | |
| Short Articles: Writing Exposition | |
| Assignment | |
| Short Articles | |
| Applications: School, Community, Work | |
| Visual Literacy: Finding a Thesis in a Photo Essay | |
| Warm-Up Practice | |
| Collaborative Activity | |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| Understanding Short Articles | |
| Focus: The Explanatory Thesis | |
| Practice | |
| A Thesis and Its Promise | |
| Strategies for Developing Ideas | |
| Examples | |
| Practice | |
| Using Examples | |
| Description | |
| Practice | |
| Using Description | |
| Narration (Storytelling) | |
| Practice | |
| Using Narration | |
| Definition | |
| Practice | |
| Using Definition | |
| Process Analysis | |
| Practice | |
| Using Process Analysis | |
| Comparison and/or ContraSt. Practice | |
| Using Comparison and/or ContraSt. Classification | |
| Practice | |
| Using Classification | |
| Causes and/or Effects | |
| Practice | |
| Using Cause and Effect | |
| Practice | |
| Using Development Strategies | |
| Research Paths | |
| Anatomy of a Short Article | |
| Practice | |
| Finding Sources and Integrating Research | |
| Anatomy of a Short Article | |
| Reading | |
| "Going with the Grain." | |
| Introduction | |
| Body | |
| Conclusion | |
| Reading | |
| "Genetics: The Moistness of your Earway Is Controlled by a Single Gene--And That May Be More Important Than You Think." | |
| Annotate "Genetics." | |
| Readings | |
| "How Bullets Tell a Tale." | |
| "Mighty Mice." | |
| "The Scoop on Disney's Dirty Laundry," | |
| "Reading at Grade Level." | |
| Writing in the Works: Interview with Charles Fishman | |
| Writing and Revision Strategies | |
| Writer's Notebook Suggestions | |
| Peer-Editing Log | |
| Revision Checklist | |
| Application Essays: Writing for a Specific Audience | |
| Assignment | |
| Application Essays | |
| Applications: School, Community, Work | |
| Visual Literacy: Your Image and Style | |
| Warm-Up Practice | |
| Collaborative Activity | |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| Understanding Application Essays | |
| Purpose and Audience | |
| Finding Your Focus: Reading the Prompt of Question | |
| Purpose of the Prompt | |
| Practice | |
| Writing a Prompt | |
| Types of Prompts | |
| Practice | |
| Analyzing Prompts | |
| Choosing a Development Strategy | |
| Using Narration | |
| Using Analysis | |
| Using Argumentation | |
| Combining Strategies | |
| Research Paths | |
| Practice | |
| Research | |
| Anatomy of an Application Essay | |
| Reading: Jessica Polanski (Student) | |
| "Smoke." Writing a Thesis. | |
| Practice | |
| Analyzing Thesis Statements | |
| Introduction | |
| Practice | |
| Analyzing Introductions | |
| Body | |
| Conclusion | |
| Sidebar: Tips for Writing Application Essays | |
| Reading: Stephanie Sheen, "African Eyes." | |
| Annotate "African Eyes." | |
| Readings: Katie Robbins (Student) | |
| "An American's Freedom to Choose." | |
| "That Other Part." | |
| Writing in the Works | |
| Writing and Revision Strategies | |
| Writer's Notebook Suggestions | |
| Peer-Editing Log | |
| Revision Checklist | |
| Memoirs: Writing a Narrative | |
| Assignment | |
| Memoirs | |
| Applications: School, Community, Work. | |
| Warm-Up Practice | |
| Collaborative Writing: Six-Word Memoir | |
| Chapter Objectives | |
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