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The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0618642021 ISBN-13: 9780618642021
720 Pages Casebound
© 2007 Published
- Overview
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- About the Author
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- Table of Contents
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- Features
Table of Contents
Each chapter contains an Intro, an Overview, Guidelines, and Writing Checklist/Activities.
I. A Rhetoric: College Student's Guide to Writing
Reading, Thinking, Viewing, and Writing
1. Critical Thinking Through Reading, Viewing, and Writing
The Writing Process
2. Beginning the Writing Process
3. Planning
4. Drafting
5. Revising
6. Editing and Proofreading
7. Submitting, Writing, and Creating Portfolios
The College Essay
8. One Writer's Process
II. A Reader: Strategies and Models
Writing Across the Curriculum
9. Forms of College Writing
Narrative, Descriptive, and Reflective Writing
10. Narration and Description
"Mzee Owitti" by Jacqui Nyangi Owitti
"That Morning on the Prairie" by James C. Schaap
"A Hanging" by George Orwell
"Sunday in the Park" by Bel Kaufman
"Northing" by Annie Dillard
11. Description and Reflection
"The Stream in the Ravine" by Nicole Suurdt
"Call Me Crazy But I Have to Be Myself" by Mary Seymour
"None of This Is Fair" by Richard Rodriguez
"Who Shot Johnny?" by Debra Dickerson
Analytical Writing
12. Cause and Effect
"Adrenaline Junkies" by Sarah Hanley
"The Legacy of Generation N" by Christy Haubegger
"Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids" by Anna Quindlen
13. Comparison and Contrast
"A Fear Born of Sorrow" by Anita Brinkman
"Two Views of the River" by Mark Twain
"Shrouded in Contradiction" by Gelareh Asayesh
"Like Mexicans" by Gary Soto
14. Classification
"Three Family Cancers" by Kim Brouwer
"Four Ways to Talk About Literature" by John Van Rys
"No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch" by Ann Hodgman
15. Process Writing
"Wayward Cells" by Kerri Mertz
"Downloading Photographs from the MC-150 Digital Camera" (from WFB)
"Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" by Verne Meyer
"Campus Racism 101" by Nikki Giovonni
16. Definition
"The Gullible Family" by Mary Beth Bruins
"Understanding Dementia" by Sarah Anne Morelos
"Deft or Daft" by David Schelhaas
On Excellence by Cynthia Ozick
Persuasive Writing
17. Strategies for Argumentation and Persuasion
18. Taking a Position
"An Apology for Ms. Barbie D. Doll" by Rita Isakson
"In Defense of the Animals" by Meg Greenfield
"Apostles of Hatred Find It Easy to Spread Their Message" by Leonard Pitts Jr.
"Pornography" by Margaret Atwood
"Demystifying Multiculturalism" by Linda Chavez
19. Persuading Readers to Act
"To Drill or Not to Drill" by Rebecca Pasok
"Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time" by Paul Rogat Loeb
"I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The Media's Image of Arabs" by Jack G. Shaheen
20. Proposing a Solution
"Preparing for Agroterror" by Brian Ley
"Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha" by Anna Quindlen
"The Media and the Ethics of Cloning" by Leigh Turner
Report Writing
21. Observation Report
"The Beach" by Laura Apol
"Scab!" by Randall VanderMey
"Communication Styles" by Deborah Tannen
22. Interview Report
"The Dead Business" by Benjamin Meyer
23. Lab, Experiment, and Field Report
"Working with Hydrochloric Acid" by Coby Williams
"The Effects of Temperature and Inhibitors on the Fermentation Process for Ethanol" by Andrea Pizano
Special Forms of Writing
24. Writing About Literature and the Arts
"'Good Country People': Broken Body, Broken Soul," by Anya Terekhina
"Brooding on 'The Darkling Thrush'" by David Koza
"Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun" by Annie Moore
"Wonder of Wonders: The Lord of the Rings" by Jennifer Berkompas
25. Taking Essay Tests
26. Writing for the Workplace
27. Writing and Designing for the Web
28. Preparing Oral Presentations
III. Research and Writing
Research and Writing
29. Getting Started: From Planning Research to Evaluating Sources
30. Conducting Primary and Library Research
31. Conducting Research on the Internet
32. Drafting a Paper with Documented Research
Documentation and Format Styles
33. MLA Documentation Format
34. APA Documentation Format
IV. Handbook
Punctuation, Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar
35. Marking Punctuation
36. Checking Mechanics
37. Using the Right Word
38. Understanding Grammar
Sentence Issues
39. Constructing Sentences
40. Avoiding Sentence Errors
Addressing Multilingual/ESL Issues
41. Multilingual and ESL Guidelines