Part 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Writing and Genres
A Working Definition of Genres
Using Genres to Write Successfully
Genre and the Writing Process
Using Genres in College and Your Career
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Chapter 2: Topic, Angle, Purpose
Topic: What Am I Writing About?
Angle: What is New or Has Changed Recently About the Topic?
Purpose: What Do I Want to Accomplish?
Choosing the Appropriate Genre
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Chapter 3: Readers, Contexts, and Rhetorical Situations
Profiling Readers
Analyzing the Context
Using Genres to Analyze the Rhetorical Situation
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Part 2: Using Genres to Express Ideas
Chapter 4: Memoirs
Overview
A Student’s Memoir: “Binky and Toodles: A Frontier Saga” by Alisa Harris
Inventing Your Memoir’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Memoir
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Memoir
Revising and Editing Your Memoir
MicroGenre: The Literacy Narrative
Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Wang Ping, “Book War”
Joe Mackall, “Words of My Youth”
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Chapter 5: Profiles
Overview
A Student’s Profile: “Brother, Life Coach, Friend: Troubled Kids Turn Their Lives Around” by Katie Koch
Inventing You Profile’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Profile
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Profile
Revising and Editing Your Profile
MicroGenre: The Resume
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Jody Ipsen, “Prudencia”
Jennifer Senior, “The Near-Fame Experience”
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Chapter 6: Reviews
Overview
A Student’s Review: “Review of AC/DC’s Black Ice” by Kim Sanders
Inventing Your Review’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Review
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Review
Revising and Editing Your Review
MicroGenre: The Rave
Tom Charity, "Review: Star Trek is Exhilarating.”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Carina Chocano, “Long Overdue: Review of Movie Juno”
Gerard Jones, “Violent Media is Good for Kids”
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Chapter 7: Evaluations
Overview
A Student’s Evaluation: “Evaluation of Spring Break Options” by Danielle Cordaro
Inventing Your Evaluation’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Evaluation
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Evaluation
Revising and Editing Your Evaluation
MicroGenre: The Slam
Mark Vaughn, “The Worst Car I Ever Owned”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Tony Swan, “2008 Mini Cooper Clubman—Road Test”
Jeff Hemmel, “There’s Something About Breckenridge”
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Chapter 8: Literary Analysis
Overview
A Student’s Literary Analysis: “Doing the Right Thing in Edwidge Danticat’s `A Wall of Fire Rising’”
Inventing Your Literary Analysis’ Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Literary Analysis
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Literary Analysis
Revising and Editing Your Literary Analysis
MicroGenre: The Reading Response
Student Reading Response to Langston Hughes’ “I, Too”
Quick Start Guide
Readings:
A Casebook on Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat, “A Wall of Fire Rising”
Renée H. Shea, “An Interview with Edwidge Danticat”
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Chapter 9: Rhetorical Analysis
Overview
A Student’s Rhetorical Analysis: “Rhetorical Analysis of the Keep America Beautiful Public Service Announcement (1971)” by Wes Rodenburg
Inventing Your Rhetorical Analysis’ Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Rhetorical Analysis
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Rhetorical Analysis
Revising and Editing Your Rhetorical Analysis
MicroGenre: The Ad Critique
Seth Stevens, “Salesjerk”
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Readings
Jack Shafer, “How Obama Does That Thing He Does”
Liza Featherstone, “What’s a Girl to Read?”
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Chapter 10: Commentaries
Overview
A Student’s Commentary: “Why My Generation Doesn’t Care About Performance Enhancement” by David Meany
Inventing You Commentary’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Commentary
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Commentary
Revising and Editing Your Commentary
MicroGenre: The Letter to the Editor
Michael Spatz, “Why I’m Against the Statewide Smoking Ban”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Benedict Carey, “Brain Enhancement is Wrong, Right?”
James Bowman, “Oops! I’ll Do It Again. And Again. And Again.”
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Chapter 11: Position Papers
Overview
A Student’s Position Paper: “Allowing Guns on Campus will Prevent Shootings, Rape” by Tyler Ohmann
Inventing Your Position Paper’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Position Paper
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Position Paper
Revising and Editing Your Position Paper
MicroGenre: The Rebuttal
Russ Walker and David Roberts, “Letter to the Editor on Climate Story”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Sam Harris, “In Defense of Torture”
Kate Dailey, "Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Friends Provide The Same Support As Those In Real Life?"
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Chapter 12: Proposals
Overview
A Student Group’s Proposal: “Changing the Campus Climate” by Fahmida Ahmed, Jeff Brown, David Felix, Todd Haurin, and Better Seto
Inventing Your Proposal’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Proposal
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Proposal
Revising and Editing Your Proposal
MicroGenre: The Pitch
One Page Genealogy, “One Page Genealogy”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Robert Sullivan, “The Wild Bunch”
Alfie Kohn, “From Degrading to De-Grading”
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Chapter 13: Reports
Overview
A Student’s Report: Scott Walker, “Gender Stereotypes and Toys: Is it Nature or Nurture?”
Inventing Your Report’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Report
Choosing An Appropriate Style
Designing Your Report
Revising and Editing Your Report
MicroGenre: The Brief
Amanda Lenhart and Susannah Fox, “Twitter and Status Updating”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Dave Johns, “My Own Private B.O.”
American Psychological Association (APA), “Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls.”
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Part 3: Developing A Writing Process
Chapter 14: Inventing Ideas and Pre-Writing
Pre-Writing
Using Heuristics
Exploratory Writing
Giving Yourself Time to Invent and Prewrite
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Chapter 15: Organizing and Drafting
Using Genres to Organize Your Ideas
Sketching an Outline
Drafting and Overcoming Writer’s Block
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Chapter 16: Choosing A Style
Writing in Plain Style
Establishing a Persona
Writing Visually with Detail
Writing Visually with Figurative Language
Writing with Sound
Improving Your Writing Style
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Chapter 17: Designing
Before You Begin Designing
Five Basic Principles of Design
Design Principle 1: Balance
Design Principle 2: Alignment
Design Principle 3: Grouping
Design Principle 4: Consistency
Design Principle 5: Contrast
Using Photography and Images
Using Graphs and Charts
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Chapter 18: Revising and Editing
Level 1: Global Revision
Level 2: Substantive Editing
Level 3: Copyediting
Level 4: Proofreading
Peer Review: Asking For and Giving Advice
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Part 4: Strategies for Shaping Ideas
Chapter 19: Drafting Introductions and Conclusions
Beginnings, Middles, and Endings
Drafting Introductions: Tell Them What You’re Going to Tell Them
Drafting Conclusions: Tell Them What You Told Them
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Chapter 20: Developing Paragraphs and Sections
Creating a Basic Paragraph
Getting Paragraphs to Flow
Deciding on Paragraph Length
Organizing a Section
Using Sections and Paragraphs Together
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Chapter 21: Using Basic Rhetorical Patterns
Narrative
Description
Definition
Classification
Comparison and Contrast
Combining Rhetorical Patterns
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Chapter 22: Using Argument Strategies to Persuade
What is Arguable?
Using Reason, Authority, and Emotion
Countering or Disarming Your Opponents
Avoiding Logical Fallacies
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Chapter 23: Working Collaboratively with Other Writers
Working with a Group of Other Writers
Choosing Group Roles
Figuring Out What the Group Needs to Do
Getting the Work Done
Editing and Proofreading Each Other’s Work
Working with a Team
Forming: Planning a Project
Storming: Overcoming Differences
Norming: Getting Down to Work
Performing: Working as a Team
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Part 5: Doing Research
Chapter 24: Starting Your Research
Why Do Research in the First Place?
Following a Reliable Research Process
Starting Your Research Process
Doing Start-Up Research
Assessing the Reliability of Your Sources
Managing Your Research Process
Following and Modifying Your Research Plan
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Chapter 25: Finding Sources and Collecting Information
Using Primary and Secondary Sources
Finding Electronic Sources
Using the Internet Critically: A Word of Caution
Finding Print Sources
Finding Empirical Sources
Developing an Annotated Bibliography
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Chapter 26: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Citing Sources
Quoting Sources
Paraphrasing and Summarizes Sources
Framing Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Avoiding Plagiarism
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Chapter 27: Using MLA Style
Parenthetical Citations
Preparing the List of Works Cited
Citing Sources in the List of Works Cited
A Student’s MLA Research Paper: Katelyn Turnbow, “Lives Not Worth the Money?”
Chapter 28: Using APA Style
Parenthetical Citations
Preparing the List of References
Citing Sources in the List of References
A Student’s APA Research Paper: Austin Duus, “Assortative Mating and Income Inequality”
Part 6: Getting Your Ideas Out There
Chapter 29: Using the Internet
Creating a Social Networking Site
Starting Your Own Blog
Joining a Virtual World
Putting Videos and Podcasts on the Internet
Is This Writing?
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Chapter 30: Creating A Portfolio
Two Basic Kinds of Portfolios
Getting Started on Your Portfolio
Step One: Collecting Your Work into an Archive
Step Two: Selecting the Appropriate Artifacts
Step Three: Reflecting on Your Work and Abilities
Step Four: Presenting Your Materials
Keeping Your Portfolio Up to Date
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Chapter 31: Succeeding on Essay Exams
Preparing for an Essay Exam
Starting Your Essay Exam
Answering an Essay-Exam Question
Finishing Your Essay Exam
An Example Essay Exam
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Chapter 32: Presenting Your Work
Getting Started
Organizing the Content of Your Presentation
Designing Your Visual Aids
Delivering Your Presentation
Practicing and Rehearsing
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Part 7: Anthology of Readings
Chapter 33: Memoir
M. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain”
bell hooks, “Talking Back”
Langston Hughes, “Salvation”
Bich Minh Nguyen, “The Good Immigrant Student”
Chapter 34: Profiles
Terry Tempest Williams, “The Clan of the One-Breasted Women”
Joanne Christie, “John Zdanowski, Second Life Finance Chief”
Thomas Lynch, “Bodies in Motion and Rest”
K.C. Cole, “Fun with Physics”
Chapter 35: Reviews
Christine Schoefer, "Harry Potter's Girl Trouble."
Ann Bauer, “Erica Kane is My Guru”
Todd Hertz, “Twilight”
Jane Lampman, “`Left Behind,’ a Virtual Battle for the Souls of Unbelievers”
Chapter 36: Evaluations
Stephen King, “Why We Crave Horror Movies”
Dave Barry, “The Lord of the Dance Doesn’t Have Anything on Me”
Lars Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving”
Steven Levy, “Apple iPhone 3GS”
Chapter 37: Literary Analyses
Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” [short story]
Daniel P. Deneau, “Chopin’s `The Story of an Hour’”
Robert Frost
Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” [poem]
Steven Monte, “An Overview of `Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’”
Laura Miller, “Touched by a Vampire”
Chapter 38: Rhetorical Analyses
Marie Arana, “He’s Not Black”
Gary Sloan, “Sleuthing Patriotic Slogans”
Libby Copeland, “Shooting from the Hip, With a Smile to Boot”
Rebecca Feldmann, “Discovering the Truth: The Operation of Ethos in Anti-Smoking Advertising”
Chapter 39: Commentaries
Michael Bronski, “A Gay Man’s Case Against Gay Marriage”
Kay S. Hymowitz, “Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen”
Marci A. Hamilton, “Why Suing College Students for Illegal Music Downloading is Right”
Ken Harbaugh, “Challenging Veteran Stereotypes”
Chapter 40: Position Papers
Barack Obama, “A More Perfect Union”
Todd Huffman, “TV Watching–The Top Environmental Hazard for Children”
Eilene Zimmerman, “It’s Time to Drink Toilet Water”
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, “The Making of a Divorce Culture”
Chapter 41: Proposals
Julia Whitty, “Diet for a Warm Planet”
Carrie Lukas, “Who Pays for My Time Off?”
Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal”
Wendell Berry, “Thoughts in the Presence of Fear”
Chapter 42: Reports
SAMHSA, “Underage Alcohol Use Among Full-Time College Students”
Katherine Bessiere, A. Fleming Seay, and Sara Kiesler, “The Ideal Elf: Identity Exploration in World of Warcraft”
Jennifer Senior, “Alone Together”
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, “Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?” from Freakonomics
Part 8: Handbook
Credits.
Index.
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