Note: All chapters end with "Writing Projects" assignments | |
Analysis and Argument | |
Analyzing Texts | |
Understanding Texts Rhetorically | |
Understanding Rhetoric | |
Analyzing Texts Rhetorically | |
Strategies for Analyzing Persuasive Texts | |
Reading: Samuel P. Huntington, "Under God" | |
Reading: Doug Marlette, "I Was a Tool of Satan" | |
Writing a Rhetorical Analysis | |
Student Writing: Jason Benhaim, "Tapping into the American Psyche" | |
Turning to Texts of Your Choice | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Understanding Strategies of Persuasion | |
Analyzing Ads as Arguments | |
Reading: Seth Stevenson, "You and Your Shadow" | |
Understanding the Rhetorical Appeals | |
Considering Context | |
Using Strategies of Persuasion | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Composing Arguments | |
Understanding the Canons of Rhetoric | |
Invention in Argument | |
Arrangement in Argument | |
Style in Argument | |
Crafting a Position Paper | |
Student Writing: Angela Rastegar, Position papers | |
Writing Multiple Sides of an Argument | |
Student Writing: Aisha Ali, Multiple Sides project (excerpt) | |
Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives | |
Reading: Nora Ephron, "The Boston Photographs" | |
Constructing Your Own Argument | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Research Arguments | |
Planning and Proposing Research Arguments | |
Asking Research Questions | |
Student Writing: Felicia Cote, Research log (excerpt) | |
Generating Topics | |
Bringing your Topic into Focus | |
Planning your Research through Writing | |
Student Writing: Bries Deerrose, Research freewrite | |
Drafting a Research Proposal | |
Student Writing: Susan Zhang, "Little Photoshop of Horrors?" | |
Student Writing: Tommy Tsai, Research Proposal (excerpts) | |
Student Writing: Tommy Tsai, Reflection Letter (excerpt) | |
Planning Your Own Research Project | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Finding and Evaluating Research Sources | |
Visualizing Research | |
Developing Search Terms | |
Primary and Secondary Sources | |
Evaluating Your Sources | |
Conducting Field Research | |
Student Writing: Sean Bruich, Field research inquiry letter | |
Creating a Dialogue with Your Sources | |
Student Writing: Amanda Johnson, Dialogue of sources (excerpt) | |
Note-Taking and Annotated Bibliographies | |
Student Writing: Carly Geehr, Visual annotated bibliography | |
Implementing Your Research Skills | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Organizing and Writing Research Arguments | |
Organizing Your Draft in Visual Form | |
Learning Outline Strategies | |
Student Writing: Lee-Ming Zen, Outline: "Finding the Woman Who Never Was" | |
Outlines with Subheads and Transitions | |
Student Writing: Dexian Cai, Research paper outline | |
Spotlight on Your Argument | |
Working with Sources | |
Drafting Your Research Argument | |
Student Writing: Sunthar Premakumar, Draft: "Bollywood Sing-Along" | |
Revising Your Draft | |
Student Writing: Sunthar Premakumar, "Bollywood Sing-Along" | |
Focusing on Your Project | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Design, Delivery, and Documentation | |
Designing Arguments | |
Understanding Document Design and Decorum | |
Understanding Academic Writing Conventions | |
Student Writing: Allison Woo, "Slaying the Dragon" (excerpt) | |
Tools of Design for Academic Audiences | |
Student Writing: Sunthar Premakumar, Research abstract | |
Student Writing: Sunthar Premakumar, Research bio | |
Combining Visual and Verbal Design Elements | |
Student Writing: Ashley Mullen, Newsletter | |
Student Writing: Gene Ma and Chris Couvelier, Nonprofit Website (excerpts) | |
Reading: Greenpeace, "What's Wrong with the Body Shop?" | |
Designing Visual Arguments | |
Crafting an Op-Ad | |
Student Writing: Carrie Tsosie, "Alternative Energy for Whom?" | |
Producing the Photo Essay | |
Student Writing: Ye Yuan, "Looking through the Lens" | |
Composing Websites | |
Student Writing: Sarah Douglas, Website (excerpt) | |
Making Multimedia Montages | |
Student Writing: Yang Shi, Photo montage | |
Designing Your Own Arguments | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Delivering Presentations | |
Understanding the Branches of Oratory | |
Audience, Purpose, and Persona | |
Student Writing: Tommy Tsai, Presentation outline | |
Transforming Research into a Presentation | |
Student Writing: Susan Zhang, Presentation script | |
Considering Strategies of Design | |
Using Visuals Rhetorically | |
Writing for Poster Sessions | |
Student Writing: Tanja Haj-Hassan, Carlos Ortiz, and Jonathan Hwang, Research posters | |
Writing for PowerPoint or Slide-Based Presentations | |
Student Writing: Natalie Farrell, Tracy Hadnott, Sarah Trube, Morgan Springer, and Kavi Vyas, Presentation slides | |
Choosing Methods of Delivery | |
Practicing Your Presentation | |
Documenting Your Presentation | |
Creating Your Own Presentation | |
Prewriting Checklist | |
Documentation and Plagiarism | |
Rhetorical Imitation and Intellectual Property | |
Understanding Plagiarism | |
Student Writing: Michael Rothenberg, Research log (excerpt) | |
Reading: Doris Kearns Goodwin, "How I Caused That Story" | |
Understanding Documentation Style | |
MLA Style Works Cited Lists | |
Student Writing: Sunthar Premakumar, Works Cited and Consulted List | |
Student Writing: Dexian Cai, Works Cited | |
Documentation for Print and Online Sources | |
Documentation for Visual, Audio, and Multimedia Sources | |
Copyright and Citing Sources | |
Student Paper in MLA Style | |
Student Writing: Tanner Gardner, "Show Me the Money! The Globalization of the NBA" | |
Documentation for Your Paper | |
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