The Harbrace Guide to Writing

by Glenn, Cheryl

• ISBN13: 9780838460795
• ISBN10: 0838460798
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-24
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

The first situation-based 4-in-1 writing guide (including a rhetoric, reader, research manual and handbook), Cheryl Glenn's THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING infuses the common genres and strategies with a rhetorical awareness in the context of actual local situations. THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING translates rhetorical theory into easy-to-follow (and easy-to-teach) techniques that help sharpen your ability to observe what words, assertions, or opinions might work best with a particular audience in a specific situation.

Table of Contents

Entering The Conversation: The Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Rhetoric Surrounds Us

The Purposeful Use of Language and Images

Recognizing and Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation

Selecting a Rhetorical Audience and Purpose

Identifying a Fitting Response

Establishing a Fitting Response

Using the Available Means of Persuasion

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis

Working with Your Available Means

Writing Processes: From Tentative Idea to Finished Product

Finding Pleasure in Writing Recognizing an Exigence

Responding to an Exigence through Planning, Drafting, and Revising

What Happens during Planning? What Happens during Drafting? What Happens during Revision? Editing and Proofreading

A Final Draft: Anastasia Sinkanin, +Technology and the Learning Process: One Student+s View.+

Rhetorical Situations For Writers

Sharing the Experience of Taste: Responding with Memoirs

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Memoirs: A Fitting Response Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing a Memoir: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Anna Seitz, +Herb+s Chicken.+

Portraying Successful Rhetors: Responding with Profiles

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Profiles: A Fitting Response

Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing a Profile: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Matthew Glasgow, +The Liberating Mind.+

Investigating Corporations on Campus: Responding with Reports

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Investigative Reports: A Fitting Response

Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing an Investigative Report: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Kelly McNeil, +Red Bull: Out-Marketing the Campus Competition One Energy Drinker at a Time.+

Persuading in a Multilingual Context: Responding with Position Arguments

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Position Arguments: A Fitting Response

Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing a Position Argument: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Alicia Williams, +The Ethos of American Sign Language.+

Who Decides? Responding with Proposals

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Proposals: A Fitting Response

Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing a Proposal: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Rupali Kumar, +Baal Leela.+

Evaluating Visual Culture: Responding with Critical Reviews

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Evaluations: A Fitting Response Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing an Evaluation: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Alexis Walker, +Donuts at Easton+s Center Circle: Slam Dunk or Cycle of Deterioration?+

Causes and Consequences of the Global Village: Responding with Critical Analyses

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Critical Analyses: A Fitting Response

Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Identifying a Fitting Response

Writing a Critical Analysis: Working with Your Available Means

Student Paper: Anna Seitz, +The Real-Time Consequences of an Online Degree.+

Everyday Reading: Responding with Literary Analyses

Real Situations

Real Responses to Real Situations

Literary Analyses: A Fitting Response

Three Literary Works for Analysis

Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation

Understanding the Rhetorical Situation Identifying a Fittin

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