The Harbrace Guide to Writing, Concise, 2009 MLA Update Edition

by Glenn,Cheryl

• ISBN13: 9780495803492
• ISBN10: 0495803499
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The first situation-based 3-in-1 writing guide (including a rhetoric, reader, and research manual), Cheryl Glenn's THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING, CONCISE EDITION infuses the common genres and strategies with a rhetorical awareness in the context of actual local situations. THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING, CONCISE EDITION 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. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2009 MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS, SEVENTH EDITION.

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

Identifying and Shaping Reasons to Write

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Available Means: Strategies For Developing Ideas

Definition

Definition as an Available Means

What Is Definition?

Classification and Division

Exemplification

Description

Definition and the Rhetorical Situation

Comparison

Comparison as an Available Means

What Is Comparison and Contrast?

The Elements of Comparison and ContraSt

Comparison and Contrast and the Rhetorical Situation

Relationship

Relationship as an Available Means

What Is Cause and Effect Analysis?

The Elements of Cause and Effect Analysis

Cause-and-Effect Analysis and the Rhetorical Situation

What is Process Analysis?

The Elements of Process Analysis

Process Analysis and the Rhetorical Situation

What is Narration?

The Elements of Narration

Narration and the Rhetorical Situation

Circumstance

Circumstance as an Available Means

What Is Argument?

The Elements of Argument and Rhetorical Fallacies

Argument and the Rhetorical Situation

A Guide To Research

Research and the Rhetorical Situation

An Overview of Research

Exigence and the Research Question

Research and Audience

Research and Purpose

Research and a Fitting Response

Research and Constraints and Resources

Research in the Library and Online

Sources for Research

Finding Sources In Print and Online

Research in the Field

Basic Principles of Naturalistic Study

Methods for a Naturalistic Research Study

Organizing a Naturalistic Research Study

Reading, Evaluating, and Responding to Sources

Reading with Your Audience and Purpose in Mind

Keeping a Research Log

Summarizing

Paraphrasing

Quoting Sources in Your Paper

Evaluating and Responding to Your Sources

Preparing a Working Bibliography

Annotating a Bibliography

Planning a Research Paper

Acknowledging Sources

Why Acknowledge Sources?

Which Sources to Cite

Common Citation Errors

MLA Guidelines for In-Text Citations

MLA Guidelines for Documenting Works Cited

Formatting an MLA Research Paper

APA Guidelines for In-Text Citations

APA Guidelines for Documenting References

Sample APA Research Paper

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